Winter wheel (or aftermarket) changeover

[kamiguy]

Like so many other people here I want to change over to 17" wheels and tires mainly to protect my factory rims from harsh road conditions in the winter. And 17"snows are way easier to find. However, the Infiniti dealer advised that the tire pressure monitoring system will blink at me all winter, but that's nothing that a small black piece of tape over the indicator can't fix! When it's time to reinstall the factory rims and tires the TPMS would need to be reinitialized at the dealers again. It appears there are TPMS sensors that could be installed in the winter or aftermarket wheels but they seem to be about $350and again, would need to be initialized at the dealers. Anyone had any experience with this?

[EXceptional]

Is there maybe a Fuse, you could pull for the Winter Months... and then re-insert when Summer rolls around ?

The "TPMS" and "initialization" is something that the Winter Tire Choice threads have NOT addressed.

[kamiguy]

Good tip, and thanks for your reply, Dean. Being new to a forum I guess I should have added that query to the winter tire thread.