Nismo 19"s Valve Stem Question

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:12 pm

For those of you who have installed the Nismo 19's on your car. What did you guys do about the valve stem and the TPMS? The valve stem that came with the rims, can you use those with the TPMS sensors or would i have to go and order new ones?

i need to know soon because i am getting these installed tomorrow

Post by **Loop** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:14 pm

You can either use the Rays vavle stem it comes with or you can transfer your stock TPMS to the Nismo's. Either one will work.

Post by **LongBeachCoupe** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:20 pm

Id swap the stock tpms in there and sell the rays stems on ebay... but either should work...

Hell you could sell both of them and just use any old valve stem!

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:20 pm

if i were to use the rays valve stems, could i install the OEM TPMS sensors right onto it though?

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:24 pm

but if i were to swap them, would i have to remove the valve stem along with the tpms from the OEM rim and install them onto the NISMO's?

Post by **Loop** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:37 pm

No you can't. You will have to choose one. As for swapping it out, they would need to compress the tire where the TPMS is. That way they can take it out and put it in the Nismo's.

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:43 pm

so what would you do in my situation because im not sure what to do and this stuff gets me nervous lol

Post by **Loop** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:57 pm

How about this, if these were my wheels. I would install the Rays, but at the sametime I don't care about the TPMS warning light you would get since the TPMS isn't installed. Its really your own decision.

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:03 pm

alright, i wouldn't mind it as well, but my neighbor, who is going to install the rims and tires, would find it annoying and try to fix it. so im trying to get this done right the first time you know.

thanks for your help Loop and LBC!!, probably won't be installing these tomorrow since he is doing it for free, so i will be waiting probably a week or two, but its all good

Post by **altima777** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:46 pm

i actually bought a new set of tpms sensors. havent installed my nismo 19's yet, but it looks like you can use the top part of the rays valve stem and the valve cover on the tpms sensor. it mite look a little off because the tpms stem isnt black.

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:35 pm

when you install them, let me know how it goes because ill be waiting a little before these are installed. going to wait till first week of april! when the good weather comes in

Post by **LongBeachCoupe** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:03 am

dont mix and match them, either rays or the stock ones...

beware though, if someone jacks the cap off the rays it wont look right without a rays cap!

I have nismo valve caps and they have been jacked several times.

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:37 am

damn LBC, thats not cool, damn new yorkers bro, you gotta see by me, i live right next to wyandanch, which is almost as bad as south side jamaica, ohh boy is it scary sometimes lol

but yeah i think im just going to have them swith the oem valve stem and TPMS over to the rays and ill put the rays cap on there, to be crazy, or maybe ill go to the bike store and get some Chromies lol

Post by **altima777** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:12 am

True, it would look a little off if you mixed and match them. I did buy some nismo valve cover from ebay. They also have some nismo valve covers that you can tighten with a small allen key, not sure if you looked into those ones LBC or if they work well.

Post by **LeGates** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:45 am

crayzitalian3 wrote:damn LBC, thats not cool, damn new yorkers bro, you gotta see by me, i live right next to wyandanch, which is almost as bad as south side jamaica, ohh boy is it scary sometimes lol

but yeah i think im just going to have them swith the oem valve stem and TPMS over to the rays and ill put the rays cap on there, to be crazy, or maybe ill go to the bike store and get some Chromies lol

Hehe I think I have the chrome ones on my 19" nismos. Guess I should put the rays caps on. For the record I switched over the stock TPMS to my 19". About a month ago. I got a slow leak on one of the tires and found out I cracked a TPMS sensor. Must of hit a pot hole. Everything is cool with a new one. Just have to get it recalibrated next time I am at the dealer for an oil change.

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:59 am

how bad was the pot hole?

and do you think it could of happened because of a bad install?

and what is the profile of your tire? did you get the recommended set up of 245/40/19

Post by **altima777** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:19 am

is 245/40 the recommended tire size for 19x8.5 rims? Tirerack reccomends 245/35 for a 19x8.5" rim for the altima coupe 3.5 and 245/40 for the maxima. I guess its a marginal difference?

Post by **LeGates** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:54 am

crayzitalian3 wrote:how bad was the pot hole?

and do you think it could of happened because of a bad install?

and what is the profile of your tire? did you get the recommended set up of 245/40/19

Yeah I think the pot hole was pretty bad. The snow plow tore the street up and I hit when I was going around a corner. I don't think it was a bad install. The rims have been on the cars since October. Yeah get 245/40/19. I think you can go down to 235, but I like have the most meat I can on my tires. I took it to a goodyear service center for the install. They were pretty cool and careful when doing the install.

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:10 am

good stuff man, alright so im not too worried then, i think they will be going on monday, can't wait !!!

i'm hoping i can find 4 spare tpms w/ valve stems so i can throw them in my other tires.

you guys have any pics of your cars with the rims on?

Post by **LeGates** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:15 am

crayzitalian3 wrote:good stuff man, alright so im not too worried then, i think they will be going on monday, can't wait !!!

i'm hoping i can find 4 spare tpms w/ valve stems so i can throw them in my other tires.

you guys have any pics of your cars with the rims on?

I am on this page:

http://forums.altimas.org/zero...age=2

Post by **Bmore-coupe** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:57 pm

crayzitalian3 wrote:good stuff man, alright so im not too worried then, i think they will be going on monday, can't wait !!!

i'm hoping i can find 4 spare tpms w/ valve stems so i can throw them in my other tires.

you guys have any pics of your cars with the rims on?

see sig

Post by **crayzitalian3** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:12 pm

that looks really good man, i have the silver ones though so im not sure how its going to turn out, i wish i got the gunmetals, but im not going to complain, i got mine brand new for 350 lol including shipping

hopefully ill be getting these on soon man im getting really impatient

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