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For the first time, I'm in a position to be able to run winter tyres. Up to a couple of years ago, I had no space for storage and then when I did, I wasn't sure how long I'd be keeping my current Q5. I'm mulling over whether to get a second set of aftermarket wheels for the winter tyres or run the original Jag wheels year-round and get my local tyre fitter to do the twice yearly tyre swap. Costing it over 5 years, I reckon the price will be similar for both methods, possibly cheaper for the separate wheels if I can sell them on at the end (or keep for a second F-Pace).
My question is whether any of you have had experience doing this on JLR cars, or other brands, and fitting TMPS sensors to the second wheels? Is it easy to get the car to see the new sensors and will it retain programming for two sets? I've seen one supplier who offers to clone new sensors from the originals but they need the sensor ID's which I don't know if that's easy to find? I'm making the assumption here that getting Jaguar dealers to supply, fit and program would be stupidly expensive.
Or, I could just not bother with TMPS in the second wheels. Reading the online manual, it says you'll get a TPMS fault warning which will clear when the originals are put back on in the spring and not to worry about it. The car's future MOTs (assuming it's delivered in the next 2-3 weeks) would be in October when I'm running the original summers so don't need to worry about it failing the test on that count.
Appreciate any experiences/thoughts you may have. Many thanks!
My question is whether any of you have had experience doing this on JLR cars, or other brands, and fitting TMPS sensors to the second wheels? Is it easy to get the car to see the new sensors and will it retain programming for two sets? I've seen one supplier who offers to clone new sensors from the originals but they need the sensor ID's which I don't know if that's easy to find? I'm making the assumption here that getting Jaguar dealers to supply, fit and program would be stupidly expensive.
Or, I could just not bother with TMPS in the second wheels. Reading the online manual, it says you'll get a TPMS fault warning which will clear when the originals are put back on in the spring and not to worry about it. The car's future MOTs (assuming it's delivered in the next 2-3 weeks) would be in October when I'm running the original summers so don't need to worry about it failing the test on that count.
Appreciate any experiences/thoughts you may have. Many thanks!