TPMS Sensors Recommedations

[drasch21]

Hey everyone,

2008 viper coupe

Replacing the wheels on the car to a gloss black variant - Ideally dont want to reuse the old sensors as they have a silver stem and it would clash with the new rims. Anyone have recommedations? My general take away was a generic 433hz sensor should be okay as long as its cloned from the orginal?

[Old School]

On my 2003, I cloned mine with Autel sensors:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22538899958...3ABFBMzJHg9Pth

https://www.ebay.com/itm/39205989126...3ABFBMzJHg9Pth

Using their PAD:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18582728689...3ABFBM2ILy9Pth

I was able to clone them with to old tires still mounted.

[drasch21]

On my 2003, I cloned mine with Autel sensors:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22538899958...3ABFBMzJHg9Pth

https://www.ebay.com/itm/39205989126...3ABFBMzJHg9Pth

Using their PAD:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/18582728689...3ABFBM2ILy9Pth

I was able to clone them with to old tires still mounted.

bah, really looking for black ones - really went out the of the way to black out everything on the rim - really want to avoid a silver valve

[Old School]

The rubber ones are black, but typically have a lower MPH rating.

[drasch21]

The rubber ones are black, but typically have a lower MPH rating.

yea trying to avoid the rubber ones for that reason

[Steve M]

That's pretty much it...any blank 433 MHz sensor that gives you the ability to assign the codes manually should work.

Dan Lesser at Viper Specialty Performance offers this as a service - you give him the codes, and he sends you already programmed sensors.

Otherwise, you just have to source sensors and a scanner that will allow you to program them. Autel is one of the more ubiquitous brands out there that should allow you to do this with their all-in-one sensors.

I've done it with Alligator sensors, but the programming pad is no longer readily available, so that's not really much of a DIY option anymore.

[Steve M]

Nothing that a little paint can't fix.