I am usually the guy who recommends waiting until something breaks to fix it. I have learned through experience that pro-actively replacing parts not only adds expense but also creates opportunities for other things to get messed up.

BUT, in this situation, it's so much easier to replace the sensors when the tires are off and the sensors are so inexpensive, that it just doesn't make sense not to replace them while you're having your tires replaced. If your car was 4 or 5 years old, I'd be telling you to take the chance and wait it out.

It is possible to get high quality sensors for less than $175 for all four, including shipping. Paying more is completely unnecessary.

A buddy of mine just went through this when he got new tires for one of his work trucks. He had a sensor go out. He needed tires so while he was getting them replaced, he replaced the one sensor that had gone bad. Less than two weeks later, another one of them went out. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but it involved another trip to the tire store, an hour's wait and the additional labor of breaking the tire's bead and replacing the sensor. It was completely unnecessary, and now he knows the other two are on borrowed time.

 

Thanks to Iceter for the very informative thread on TPMS and thanks for everyone's input.
I will definitely replace all 4 sensors next week with the new Michelin Pilot Sport 4S on my 2009 997.2 C2S

I have narrowed it down to 2 different sensors:
Huf TPMS UVS2000 433 Mhz (which needs to programmed, cloning the original sensors)
or
Huf TPMS RDE011v21 433 Mhz (direct fit, no programing required. Cost almost double the price)

Official sources:
http://www.products.intellisens.com/...80B794912C0AF9

http://www.products.intellisens.com/...80B794912C0AF9

I am trying to figured out what's the differences in the installation. I guess the garage cloning the sensors shouldn't add much more to the cost?

 

Be careful. Just because it is 433 MHz and comes up on a parts finder, doesn't mean it will work on your car. There are more than one 433 MHz sensors that come up on some sites and not all of them are compatible with an '09 C2.

If that website shows two different PNs and one set needs to be programmed and one doesn't, then I think one of those sets is wrong for your car. When I received the correct sensors, they required no programming to get them to work on my car...and they weren't expensive, either.

 

Intellisens is the official Huf site, so hopefully they have it correct.. I know, it's not always true!

Iceter, are you sure they didn't clone your original sensors when you installed the Titan Sensors?

Conning seems to be a normal thing with most sensors which aren't OEMs direct fit.
It's kinda hard to say because not much people have actually posted online the exact model of sensors they used and if it was direct fit or needed to be cloned. We should build a list here for anyone who needs to get new TPMS in the future.

 

My two sets have been direct bolt-ins and worked with the car's monitoring system without any action on the shop's part.

It's entirely possible that some version of TPMS requires additional work but I question the need to do so when there are sensors available that bolt in and work right away.

My main point is just to look out for vague application charts that can give you the wrong PN. OE Wheels is a perfect example. It is very easy to order the wrong sensors based on their website's application information. In my case, I accidentally ordered a set of 433 MHz sensors that were for a Porsche but didn't work on my car. In addition, some sites I went to told me I needed other sensors that were a different frequency.

It's best to pore over the information on this site, pick what you want, get the PN and then find those sensors by PN on a website, instead of relying on their application chart, which may or may not be correct.

 

I've purchased two sets of 997.2 sensors from the Tire Rack and it was a hassle free buying experience and the syncing to the car worked like magic.

They cost $70/each. Much lower than Porsche but more than some low price online retailers. I had to call them, they didn't have them on the website to order unless you were buying wheels and tires at the same time.

 

That's comparable to pricing I have gotten at tire stores for sensors. Much cheaper than Porsche parts, and about twice what you'd pay online.

To some, it's worth eliminating the hassle of ordering and carrying the sensors to the tire store and avoiding the risk of getting the wrong parts and the accompanying delays.

 

I have ordered 4 x Huf TPMS UVS2000 433 Mhz from tpms.com

Tpms.com support says they come pre-programmed ready to go on the 2009 997.2 C2S

I will come back with feedback on them next week after installation.

 

Its a $ 1000 for four when installed with new tires at my local P dealer

 

Reporting back:
Bought four Huf TPMS UVS2000 433 Mhz from tpms.com
They worked straight away, direct swap.
2009 997.2 C2S

 

FWIW, I bought 433 mhz TPMS sensors from TireRack (Along with wheels and tires...) for my 2009. Price for the sensors was $71 each. Put them on the car yesterday, with no issues. The car was reading the sensors before I got out of my neighborhood.

 

Good!

Please tell us the price with shipping for the set of 4 for future reference.

James

 

I paid $34.98 for each sensor.
It was on discount at the time.

Total was $159.11 for all 4 sensors + CA tax and shipping.

Very fast shipping and responsive customer service. I am very happy with http://www.tpms.com/

Hope it helps!

 

It makes you wonder why anyone would spend a thousand dollars or more at the dealer when you can get them and have them installed for 20% of that cost--with sensors made by the same company that makes the ones you buy at Porsche.

 

Can anyone else confirm that the HUF UVS2000 tpms sensor will work with the 2009 non-turbo cars, without additional programming? Getting new tires on soon and want to premptively replace the original sensors from 2009!