Alan Caruth
Member
Winter is coming fast here in Alaska and I'm wondering about getting new rims/studded tires for my '07 ST for the winter. There are a couple of questions I have right now regarding this..
1. This is the first car I've had with TPMS. How hard is it to get more sensors and can they be paired with the current car in addition to the factory wheels? I see from the owners manual that the sensors are add-on for the factory rims - will they work with aftermarket rims or would I need to buy a whole new set of Ford rims? I'll be changing the tires out seasonally so I would prefer to not have to re-pair the tires with the vehicle each time around.
2. If I can get additional wheels and tires together does anyone have reccomendations as to what size of tires/wheels to get? I see the XLT comes with 16" rims so that means I've got at least a few options in rim/tire sizes. Another thing I was thinking was maybe pickup a good set of aftermarket chrome or alloy wheels then use the factory rims in the winter... thoughts?
If all else fails I'll just have the tires swapped on the factory rims seasonally but it would be nice to have other options..
Thanks for any input!
1. This is the first car I've had with TPMS. How hard is it to get more sensors and can they be paired with the current car in addition to the factory wheels? I see from the owners manual that the sensors are add-on for the factory rims - will they work with aftermarket rims or would I need to buy a whole new set of Ford rims? I'll be changing the tires out seasonally so I would prefer to not have to re-pair the tires with the vehicle each time around.
2. If I can get additional wheels and tires together does anyone have reccomendations as to what size of tires/wheels to get? I see the XLT comes with 16" rims so that means I've got at least a few options in rim/tire sizes. Another thing I was thinking was maybe pickup a good set of aftermarket chrome or alloy wheels then use the factory rims in the winter... thoughts?
If all else fails I'll just have the tires swapped on the factory rims seasonally but it would be nice to have other options..
Thanks for any input!