Assuming you have something like a ProCal to disable the TPMS, what would be the downsides of removing the TPMS sensors from the rims and installing regular valve stems?

I've had vehicles for years that have never had a TPMS and I got by just fine. I am having new tires installed shortly, and was considering telling the shop to remove the TPMS sensors and install regular valve stems.

I have just heard too many accounts of these factory stems being ripped off on the trail, and I am having a hard time seeing what benefit I am gaining from the TPMS.

Thoughts?

 

i broke one valve stem and bent another. took mine out and disabled tpms with super chips. don't need no stinking tpms

 

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Seems to me there are 2 types out there. There is one that is a stiff stem and has a nut on the outside of the rim to hold the TPM sensor in place and the other type is a regular rubber valve stem and the TPM is attached via a screw on the INSIDE of the tire. You can have a look at that type HERE

I guess the stiffer one is the one that people have the most issues with on the trail.....the other valve stem there is really nothing too special about and it should be short enough where you can bend it quite a bit before it gives out. Other rubber type stems are likely going to be able to take the same punishment. I know there are laws regarding SUV's and TPM is mandatory, but if you can flash or reprogram your computer to ignore the TPM sensor all together, that's a better option. At least then you can inflate/de-flate as much as you want to on the trail!

 

The TPMS are federally required. If you remove them and have an accident your insurance company may claim it is contributive. They cause no problems and can really save you if you have a slow blowout or flat on the highway.

 

the feds should stay out of it. TPMS is an emisson device. there is far more vehicles with out tpms than with. routine pressure checks are more than good enough.

as for tmps causing no problems : when you're 50 miles from nowhere and you have busted valve stems that can create serious problems.

as far as insurance goes... those crooks will do anything to deny a claim.

no hate just a different point of view.

 

I know it is federally required for the auto maker to equip the vehicle with a TPMS, but it sounds like you are saying that these things are actually considered a safety device? It seems a far stretch of the imagination to think that an accident could actually be caused by the lack of the TPMS, especially considering that most vehicles lack these devices.

That is not to say that an insurance company wouldn't try to deny a claim over it. I would love to hear if anyone has actually had a claim denied (or at least seriously delayed) because at the time of an accident they lacked a TPMS on a vehicle that originally shipped with one.