Tire Pressure Sensors and Custom Wheels

[Rain]

Just ordered a set of early C5 TPsensors and got word today that there might be an issue with installing them on my HRE 547 wheels.
(20" rears, 19" fronts)

Any truth to this?

With the madness and long lines due to Hurricane Katrina around here I'd hate to get the car up on the lift, remove the tires, and break them down, only to find out the valve stem hole is too small on the wheel.

Should I remove the wheels from the car at home first to speed up the process?

Is there a way to test these sensors before mounting them inside the wheels?

Anything you can pass along will be a huge help (yes I am considering driving to Alabama and searching out a tire shop over there that might not have a 2 hour line outside the service writer's office).
Rain
Biloxi, MS
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[LLC5]

I would contact HRE and ask them. They are probably the only people who would know for sure. Anyone else would just be guessing. Why are you installing 4 new sensors?

 

[Rain]

The original owner of this car did not install the pressure sensors and I am tired of hitting RESET each time I crank her up.
So I purchased a set of sensors to install and am now getting word that some folks had no problem with the fit and others had to epoxy or use a band to attach the sensors.

 

[LLC5]

I had one go bad. It is a pain to keep resetting the dic. Here is some info. on how to program the sensors. I would put one at each wheel and see if it programs. Mark the sensors ( left front, left rear, etc. ), and have them installed in that order, if they all program correctly. Resetting Tire Pressure Monitors -- 1 of 1
Date Published: 2001-07-02

Submitter's Name: Chris Palfi
Email Address: Private
Corvetteforum.com Member Alias: Brazen C5

I used this message forwarded from a fellow forum memeber and it worked just as described. Thought I would post for anyone else that may need to reset their TPMs. 1) Turn ignition on 2) Press "Reset" button in order to clear any IPC display warning messages 3) Press and release the "Options" button on the DIC to scroll through the display options until the IPC display is blank 4) Press and hold the DIC "Reset" button for 3 seconds 5) Press the "Options" button again until TIRE TRAINING message appears 6) Press "Reset" button until the IPC "Learn L Front Tire" message appears in order to begin the programming 7) Install the J41760 Tire Pressure Monitor (TPM) System Programming Tool (large magnet will do) over the left front valve stem 8) The horn will sound, indicating the left front TPM sensor is programmed (if this takes more than 15 seconds, pull magnet back and try again, it will give you three tries. Then you must start over) 9) When the horn sounds, proceed to program the next TPM sensor in the following order as directed by the IPC messages: -Learn R Front Tire -Learn R Rear Tire -Learn L Rear Tire Programming can be canceled by turning ignition off, waiting 2 minutes with no sensors being learned, finishing all 4 wheels or through the DIC. If the programming is canceled with less than 4 sensors learned, it will only accept the codes programmed up to that point.