zmttoxics Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 I need to get winter rims and tires pretty soon. Do I need to get TPMS installed on the rims? The caliber needed them otherwise it would tell me I had no air in my tires every 10 minutes. The journey doesn't have an as advanced TPMS system though (the caliber shows the air pressure in each tire and stuff where the journey says a warning light will come on if one is low). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 (edited) I need to get winter rims and tires pretty soon. Do I need to get TPMS installed on the rims? The caliber needed them otherwise it would tell me I had no air in my tires every 10 minutes. The journey doesn't have an as advanced TPMS system though (the caliber shows the air pressure in each tire and stuff where the journey says a warning light will come on if one is low). if you use your Journey without TPMS installed , you will get a one time sound chime at start up and the yellow TPMS light in the gauge cluster will blink a few times and stay on all the time while you drive ...no continuous warning sound if you are worring about that. however , i don't know what happen when you have the EVIC system ... probably the same thing as the caliber. Edited September 14, 2010 by Burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germax Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 The dealer might be able to switch it off of no TPMS is installed. Will cost you some money, a new set of TPMS (ebay - has good offers) might cost you around $ 75.00. I have an Avenger with wintertires and run them without TMPS, have the EVIC, and hear a chime when staring and every 15 miles or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Well the dealership gave me a super awesome quote of 1200 for rims, tires and installation / balancing. Then they quoted me $100 a tire for TPMS sensors. What an awesome phone call that was. :hysterical2: I will be phoning Canadian tire and some other local shops next... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted September 17, 2010 Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) Well the dealership gave me a super awesome quote of 1200 for rims, tires and installation / balancing. Then they quoted me $100 a tire for TPMS sensors. What an awesome phone call that was. :hysterical2: I will be phoning Canadian tire and some other local shops next... TPMS sensors should be around 50-60$ Cnd each ......no more. for winter wheels you can ask wheels for dodge caravan , same bolt pattern as the Journey ... some vendors will ask more $$ for journey winter wheels just because the model is newer. i tried one of my winter wheel on a 2010 Caravan and it's a direct fit ... but the Caravan need smaller tires. You can try to find some cheap Caravan alloy wheels at the junk yard and use them for the winter. Edited September 17, 2010 by Burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germax Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Why do you not buy some cheap steel wheels (16 or 17") with covers? 4 wheels and covers is max $200, 4 tires $ 120 per pce and a set of TPMS sensors (used - $ 75) is saving some good money : $750 ex GST. I did this for my Avenger and no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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