TPMS Adventures: new lessons learned and insights gained

Just went through the mindboggling research, and Toyotas quoted price motivated me to buy it all:

1. Bead breaker (vevor cheap version, added leather..) 50eu
2. I-VENU thinkcar tool - 60 euro aliexprrss
3. Clonable generic thinkcar S3 sensor x4 - 30 euro
4. Stem unscrew tool, 1 euro

Remove and empty tire, Spray soapy water and place the breaker close to vent, break bead, force access to add new TPMs with blocks. Replace with S3 sensor and inflate (used a lame 18V compressor, took a while for the bead to pop…).

Then use i-venu tool to program the S3 sensor with any ID.

Worked like a charm.

I mainly needed to replace one tpms that was broken fully off on my studded winter attire/tyre.

But the long term idea is to replace all remaining three sensors with these as they can then have the same ID as the summer tires.

We have to change tires twice a year up here, and I just hate having any malfunction light lit.

 

I bought the 4 wheels at the junkyard for $265 and put them on. The good news is the car doesn't pull left anymore. The old tires are 6yrs old. The ones from the yard are less than 2yrs old. I still have the tpms warning. I put a piece of electrical tape over it and the seat belt warning light. I have an airmoto and use it to check the tires often enough and not bothering with that tpms anymore.

 

Yes kinda like 0000 on other devices at times .

 

You could go to autozone, or other parts store, or even walfart, and they can program them for you.
That is if the batteries are good.

 

With techstream and any TPMS ID reader this is easily programmed.

One weird issue is that Toyota uses the last 7 ID digits of a normally 8 digit hex string. So remove the initial digit (often a zero) when entering them.

 

The bead buster clones are great. Just open the area close to the vent/sensor and it’s easily replaced without any shops help. There are other ways but I am satisfied.