Didn't see anything on the Acura forums but found this on the Toyota forums

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11058

Anybody try anything like this on our cars

 

no, pretty sure its not possible on acuras/hondas since its more integrated

 

I have a friend with an is250 that put all 4 monitors in a sealed container and pressurized the container to 35psi. He put the container in the trunk.

 

^^ Does he have them attached to anything inside the container? Do you need the valve stems or anything besides just the sensors themselves?

That seems like a wicked solution if it works, I have four sensors sitting here but didn't bother with them in the rims because I have two sets and needed special valve stems that were ridiculously priced.

 

It's called TPMS Bomb

 

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-s...pipe-bomb.html

 

its common practice for other cars to make a TPMS bomb. never seen it on acuras/hondas as most ppl just live with the light, or install the right sensors

 

no need to bypass when you can use this with a new sensor and use the memory functions.

http://www.ateq-tpms.com/ateq-quickset-tpms/

 

I don't get it, whats that little device do? I don't want to install or setup new sensors, I want to clear the dash light and have the message/charm stopped without any sensors.

 

I was told the tpms bomb does not work in Acuras because we have a sensor in each wheel well that communicates with the sensor in the wheel. If the sensor is not in the wheel it won't be able to communicate with the sensor in the wheel well.

It works on Lexus/Toyota because they have a central unit in their cars that communicates to each of the 4 tpms sensors in the wheels rather then separate sensors for each wheel well and a sensor in each wheel.

 

well you did not state why you wanted to bypass the TPMS. And I;m
not sure why you would want it to stop. the sensor is great tool to check air pressure easily.

 

I'm pretty sure the reason that it doesnt work for the TL is that we have individual TPMS sensor displays with pressure reading on our dash, so the position of each sensor is crucial. Having a tpms bomb would be too far away from the wheel well.

Most other manufacturers just have a basic tpms light. It's either on, or off. Doesnt show which tire is low on air and doesnt show the actual pressure. that's why placement is unimportant

 

Not to sound rude or anything, but I have no issues using a tire gauge at the cost of like 10 bucks or less versus the outrageous cost to outfit two sets of rims with TPMS sensors.



Wonder if you could make a small one for each side of the trunk and maybe tuck one under the hood or under the dash/footwell area up front and have it work.

Anyone know if you need valve stems installed on each monitor or just the little oval/rectangle sensor part? (for the bomb setup)

And does anyone know if the TL sensors need motion to start working?

 

The bomb doesn't make sense to me. If you have all 4 functional TPM sensors, why wouldn't you just install them on your wheels so you can actually use them properly?

For those who have two sets of wheels...getting a 2nd set of sensors is really not a big deal. You can find them used in the AZ Black Market for under $100, but brand new they're only like $150. If you can afford two sets of wheels and tires, surely you can scrounge up $100-150. If not, the holidays are coming. Tell Santa you need 4 sensors. If that doesn't interest you, then you're going to have to deal with the TPMS warning lights. To my knowledge, there is no work-around to bypass the warning lights.

 

Agreed. Tbh the easiest option is getting new ones. I dealt with my tpms light for almost 8 months and finally gave up trying to ignore it. I tried finding a work around (even built the tpms enclosure) and it didn't work.

Paperboy is correct. The only way it could possible work is by creating 4 small tpms bombs, one for each wheel well.

As far as I know the sensors need to be on the car as you have to go over 25mph to get them to register. Btw I got mine for $144 shipped from ACKTL05.


Good luck.

 

I know what I want to do, not looking for advice on that. I'm not looking to spend my money on sensors that have a mute function as I am more than capable of maintaining appropriate tire pressures without them. I mean 80 bucks for valve stems for my current sensors then another 150 (if I can get them that cheap) for the other set, then 60x2 to have both sets of rims/tires broken down and remounted/balanced, for sensors that tell me my tire pressure. No thanks, much better spent on a J-pipe, or hell even a good night out.

So if anyone has any information on bypassing the sensors, would love to hear.

With the 25mph to have them register, I'm assuming they have to be rotating not just moving at 25mph? That'd pretty much be the end of it there I guess, unless theres aftermarket sensors that work with our system that don't need the rotation to register?

 

Yeah, they must have to be rotating.


I was told by an Acura tech that a good way to test sensors is to tape one to a wheel and drive 25mph to see if it would register. That's where this reasoning comes from.

I agree. It's not really the cost of the sensors as much as the cost of switching from different sets of wheels and paying for mounting and balancing repeatedly. I wish the car didn't have tpms for this very reason; swapping wheels (which I do a lot) was much easier back when I had my 04 without tpms.

Unfortunately like I said I couldn't find a better solution after I have up on the tpms bomb.

 

Right on, well I appreciate the information. Wonder if it could be turned off with Hondata/flashpro?

 

FWIW, in order to install the sensors on the wheels that already have tires mounted...it is not necessary to completely remove the tire and remount/rebalance everything. Your tire shop should be able to break the bead, then compress the tire sidewall enough to reach through and install the sensors on each wheel.

By the way, if you hit a nail/pothole/etc. on the interstate and start to lose tire pressure, your "capability of maintaining appropriate tire pressure" argument is meaningless. You won't know there's an issue until you're riding on bare rim at 70mph.