Dreaded tpms 997c4s 2007, east sussex area help needed.

[harleywilma]

The dreaded tpms inactive warning light has decided to come on and stay illuminated on the dash, It looks like 2 tyres not sending information any more so guessing dead batteries in those 2 sensors.
Has anyone in the east sussex area hastings bexhill had any luck with getting them replaced at a reasonable cost,
Main dealers pricing looks hideous for something I find quite useless,and looks expensive just to turn a friggin annoying light out,It would be good to know if someone in my area has successfully had these infernal items replaced at reasonable cost

[harleywilma]

Geoff997 said:

OEM versions available here for about £200/set of 4 + shipping, tax and possible duty. Non OEM much cheaper.
http://www.oewheelsllc.com/TPMS-Sensors_5/TPMS-Sen...

Many thanks,but have you personally used these items and is it just a case of bunging them in and let the car relearn etc bobs yur uncle??

[harleywilma]

Geoff997 said:

The OEM versions are the same as from any Porsche centre. As for fitting its just bolt in and go. Can done by just using any tyre bead breaker to push down next to valve to gain access. System will automatically relearn new ones after a few minutes driving. All mine, 3 sets, are still working at the moment but when time comes this source or other similar will be where I get them.

Ok Ive emailed them for there shipping price as does not state and see how they fair..

[harleywilma]

Shewie said:

I think to be fair the post does refer to the Huf/Beru ones which are listed further on and do seem to be keenly priced. The link just provides a search on Porsche TPMS which returns about 7 pages. You are right though they should be 433mhz.

FWIW I had the sensors on my 997.1 Turbo replaced last week with aftermarket TPMS. They're called iSensor and are manufactured by a company called AutoGem. I had them supplied and fitted by Protyre in Bristol who just manually cloned the existing sensors. Took about an hour to do and the car's ECU picked them up straightaway. They cost £300 fitted and look indistinguishable from the originals. That price also included having to have one of the old ones drilled out, as it sheared off when they were removing it. Very pleased with them so far....

I got a call back from etyres whom are now just starting with the tpms thing as i believe will be an mot failure if fitted to cars and not working correctly.
Have been quoted £350 for all 4 wheels, and done on my drive,will re-post when done.

[harleywilma]

Job will be done Monday at my home by etyres, they will be shrader units I am told, 2 units will be cloned and the other 2 will be picked up by the relearn system.Was quoted £816.50p opc,£635 indy
and £350 etyres so no brainer....

[harleywilma]

Yes I think so but will clarify on Monday Just in case of the dreaded!

[harleywilma]

I am having the mobile etyre chap coming to my house to sort it, so if you go on there website they should have most areas covered I would imagine!

[harleywilma]

After the horrendous rain downpours this week the dreaded TPMS is now sorted by Nick from etyres ...

[harleywilma]

Yes £350 all in. Wheels off,only bead needs to be broken then tyre dropped so not totally removed and sensors replaced.He was able to clone 2 of the sensors as they had a bit of life left in them,the other 2 near side where dead and they where given new id,s.Wheels rebalanced, change from summer to winter tyres in the tpms settings then back to summer tyres,car goes into relearn, drove the car 2 miles then the light went off ok. All seems fine. I recently had 2 new rear Michelin n2.s fitted as was quoted hideous amounts by local indy so got them on them on-line and fitted by my local and noticed that they had put cheap copper valve inserts that had already started to corrode and they have only been on the car for a couple of months,I don't think they where Tpms Savvy but now all good with the correct ones that came complete with the shrader units.