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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I got the tires and TPMS sensors today. It turns out the guy who gave me the estimate gave me the price to dismount a tire, replace the sensor and remount the tire. Since I was getting new tires, they were $49 each, not $100.
I may have been able to get a better price elsewhere, but I wanted to go with a local place and develop a relationship with them. I like to stay on the good side of my tire store and the local NAPA store.
So:
4 Michelin 215/50R17XL Cross Climate 2 tires
4 TPMS sensors
alignment
Sales tax
Ohio tire tax
tires disposal fee
$1268.80.

Nice! That's not bad for them to order and install the sensors.

I have a small local place ~4mi west and a bigger place ~10mi east. I've used both. We recently needed all 4 tires and TPMS sensors for both cars. I wanted to use the little closest place. I've had them install a couple of tires and they've had good prices and done a good job of installation. They said that they couldn't get (and even if I brought the sensors) or install the sensors on the boxster. And they wanted $100 each for the sensors on my wife's Outback.

I called the other place, and they also said that they couldn't do the sensors on the Boxster. They had decent prices on the tires and sensors for my wifes car, but couldn't get the tires that I wanted, so I ordered the tires from TireRack. They charged $350 for 4 sensors, and to mount and balance the 4 tires that I brought from TireRack. The guy asked why I didn't buy the tires from them, and I told him "you said that you couldn't get them from any of your warehouses." When I ordered from TR, they came from Minnesota (most of my past orders have shipped out of Louisiana). After they installation the guy said "2 of the tires were date stamped 2024. I think maybe these are old and being discontinued, and maybe that's why we couldn't get them. Those guys have always been good in the past, so I'll continue to use them.

I ended up going to the top Porsche Indie shop in Houston for the boxster. They installed Porsche TPMS sensors which was $$$, but then I've seen tons of chatter on the various boxster groups about folks having constant issues with aftermarket. If these OEM last as long as the originals, then the cost won't be a big deal averaged over time.