Tire pressure warning light?

[Altstatic2003]

So I just got new 19's and when I had them put on the guy said he would have to break down my old wheel and take the pressure sensors out and put them on my 19's. So for 1 day of riding on my new wheel everything was fine. Now today the warning light is on in my dash. All the tires still are full of air so I dont know what is wrong. Is it just bc they are low profile tires or something? Also, I was expecting a little bit of a less smooth ride with these bigger rims. How much vibration is normal? Everything is smooth til I hit around 60. Then I feel a slight vibration and my steering wheel starts to shake a little. Is this normal? I drive alot of highway and I just want to make sure I am not going to blow a tire going 80.

Edit:So I took it back to the tire place and all they did was look at the wheels on the car and said that they are balanced and the vibration is because I upgraded to a bigger rim. They wouldnt do anything else for me. So I called Nissan and they told me the same thing. Now I dont have the hub rings, i think that is what they are called. Would that make a big difference? And if so where should I buy them?

Final Edit: Everything is fixed.. No vibration. The place I first went is ran by a bunch of morons and they messed everything up. Went to a bigger place and they fixed everything and told me what was wrong.

Modified by Altstatic2003 at 4:03 PM 2/9/2009
Modified by Altstatic2003 at 3:56 PM 2/11/2009

[dldjros69]

Did he align your tires?

Also i think you have to take your car to nissan to have your tpms recalibrated. The cost is around 100 dollars.

[alphapig]

Hmm I had America's Tire put mine on. They have "tmps rebuild kits," and I believe they still use the factory sensors.

Everything was fine on my setup until a month ago when the pressure warning light activated for no reason... I'll just have to go back to America's Tire, I guess.

As for the vibration, it sounds to me like the wheels aren't prefectly balanced. There is no reason that the alighnment was affected only by new wheels.

*Edit*

I forgot to comment on the wheels They look great! Needs to go lower though.

[RaiderKID]

SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME. WHAT CAN BE THE REASON TO THIS ISSUE

[michaelthepsycho]

TPMS is because it's not calibrated by professionals (a.k.a stealership).

Steering wheel vibrating is because your wheels are not balanced.

Alignment has to do with directional pull, not steering wheel vibrating but usually new wheels get em both done so people group them together.

[losenone]

Same thing happened to me. The next day with aftermarket wheels the sensor went off.

[Ferguson]

ANY vibration means your wheels are not balanced correctly. If you can feel it through the steering at 60, I would go right back to the shop and have it corrected - they screwed something up. And I definitely would not try to drive at higher speeds, even if it disappears at slightly faster speeds - the effect of an imbalance gets far worse when you reach the next speed at which the harmonic imbalance rears it head.

As for the TPMS sensors, I believe they respond to pressure, not air volume, so if the pressures you are running are similar, then they should also work. But I don't know enough about the TPMS to comment.

[headhunt3r]

Vibrations could also be coming from unevenly worn tires after being rotated too. I'm not saying that this is the case for you, but it's just an FYI. No intentions of going against you Ferguson.

[dangeris]

Your car shouldn't shake if the tire was balanced properly. I've had mine on for over almost a year now and still steady as a rock even at speeds of over a 100mph!

As for the TPMS, there is a threshold that is set in the computer. If the pressure is down to about 25PSI the light will light up on your dash. Make sure all the tires are at 32psi when cold. That means don't ride them for a couple of miles then check the pressure. The driving will warm up the air mass inside the tire thereby giving you an inaccurate reading. If all the tires are on the same pressure, then take it to the dealership and have them recalibrate it. My recalibration only cost like $20. No one should be charging your $100 to do this. This is a simple 15 minute procedure! I know cause I watched the guy do the calibration). My dealership charges $80 an hour for labor rates. since it only took 15 minutes, it cost me $20!

[RaiderKID]

how would you go about getting the light off

[Altstatic2003]

Lost.. This vibration is pissing me off. I am taking it to another guy and if I cant get it to stop I am getting rid of the rims..

[BlackNWhite]

My rim shop just swapped out my sensors and to this day I have had 0 problems.

[bradz]

The same here! I am using the stock TPMS from my old wheels with no problems. Not to mention, we got the same wheels and I haven't experienced what you have right now. I guess you have a BENT rims. Try to check that out; because when I got mine, my tech found out that I had a bent wheel.

[Altstatic2003]

They shouldnt be bent they were brand new from tire rack. I am taking it to a new guy today i will have him check it out.

[RobPaulson]

They shouldnt be bent they were brand new from tire rack. I am taking it to a new guy today i will have him check it out.

sounds like the original shop F'd u over . . . i would go back, make a scene, and demand 1. my money back 2. satisfaction

otherwise, BBB all over them. That is BS that they TOLD you the tires were balanced, just looking at them.

[bradz]

Bent from shipping. I got mine from tirerack and when we got it, my tech found one wheel had a small bent so we call tirerack right away for an exchanged. This small bent will cause vibration at higher speeds like what you told us. Make sure your tire balanced is right too.

[maxentropy]

I dont have the hub rings, i think that is what they are called. Would that make a big difference? And if so where should I buy them?

Yes, hubcentric rings may stop those vibrations. Our wheels are hubcentric which means they rely on the centerbore to keep the wheel center instead of the lugs. You need to lookup the centerbore on your aftermarket wheels. Altima Coupe OEM centerbore size is 66.1 mm. Many aftermarket wheels come with hubcentric rings that lock or slide into the back of the wheel to adapt a wheel with a larger centerbore to a smaller hub. They are usually made of plastic but also in aluminium. (Thanks to Loop who taught me all of this back when I bought my wheels) .

I purchased my hubcentric rings from here: http://www.1010tires.com/hubrings.aspThey took a while to get to me, but no other issues.

Good luck!

[08altima35]

wheels don't come with HCR's. Bores are different depending on the vehicle and it would make no sense to include HCR's with wheels. Also, you will not need HCR's on an altima. As far as the vibration goes just take them back in and have them balanced again. If nissan or the tire shop is telling you it's normal to have slight vibration when plus sizing wheels they're full of sh*t and don't know what they're talking about. As far as your TPMS light goes, just take it to any half way decent tire shop and they can recalibrate for you. It's simply done by a hand held scanner that will get your sensors all on the same frequency. If one of them is damaged a tpms scanner will detect that as well and which one. Most tire techs aren't the brightest and it helps to know what you're talking about when asking for service.

[maxentropy]

Honestly spend the $25 for hubcentric rings, it can only make your ride safer and smoother.

Hubcentric is always safer than lugcentric, just get the rings and see what happens.

To solve your problem; either you need hubcentric rings, the wheels are bent, or not balanced properly.

Regardless of what other folks say-- getting the hubcentric rings and putting them on will only make your ride safer and most likely smoother.

[Altstatic2003]

Yeah I am dumb.. I thought the first placei brought them too balanced them again when they put the sensors in the new rim. I guess they dont have too when they do that so they never rebalanced (because tire rack said the rims will come pre-mounted and balanced). So tire rack never balanced them right. So I am taking them to get fixed tom.. Lets hope I can make it the 15 min I need to drive on the highway to get there.

[08altima35]

i might need to rephrase what i said above. if you need to use hub centric rings on aftermarket wheels your wheels are usually outta whack. there's a chance you might need them, but 9 times outta 9.1 times you just need your sh*t balanced again. and, if they took the tires off to install your tpms sensors you'll have to be rebalanced for sure.

[rjdmmfl1]

The same here! I am using the stock TPMS from my old wheels with no problems. Not to mention, we got the same wheels and I haven't experienced what you have right now. I guess you have a BENT rims. Try to check that out; because when I got mine, my tech found out that I had a bent wheel.

sort of off topic.. that now makes three white coupes on here with the exact same wheels...

[Altstatic2003]

sort of off topic.. that now makes three white coupes on here with the exact same wheels...

Yea I noticed that after I bought them. I actually saw them first on the black altima on the wheels, brakes, suspension ect. forum and thats what made me get them. They look like crap on tire racks web site but when I saw them on an actual car I loved them. Eh whatever, chances are I will never run into one of those guys anyway.

[BlackNWhite]

sounds like the original shop F'd u over . . . i would go back, make a scene, and demand 1. my money back 2. satisfaction

Lol! When I read that, I pictured Homer Simpson walking up to the shop owner and slapping him in the face with a white glove.

sort of off topic.. that now makes three white coupes on here with the exact same wheels...

Man, I know.

When I saw Windhaven's pics... I considered these wheels, ESPECIALLY when they were so cheap on Tirerack, but now I'm glad I didn't. And am I the only one that thinks everyone with these wheels is screwed down the line hitting their very first pothole? How the hell are these wheels getting bent from SHIPPING?! Double .