jumping350 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Rears are coming off so thought might aswell put one of these in while im at it..anyone got one or reccomendations?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_566825_langId_-1_categoryId_255241 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) i meant the ones that goes in side the wheel/tyre and gives you constant temp/psi reading while driving Edited December 3, 2012 by jumping350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 i meant the ones that goes in side the wheel/tyre and gives you constant temp/psi reading while driving Yea I know what you meant TBH I never lost a drop of nitrogen from my tyres over the time I had them, so don't really see the need or point of spending the extra cash on a monitoring system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPhoboS Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Obviously if you want to buy a system like that, go for it but I've gotta say I check them every week. It only takes a couple of minutes, it gives you a chance to take a look at the tyres to see how they are doing, plus you may spot something else whilst doing it. All this automatic stuff scares me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinyflier Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Have had these on a couple of my cars and found them good for a quick check on startup. I agree with others it doesn't eliminate the good practise of a visual check, although I suspect a lot of us... including me... aren't always hyper diligent in doing that each week. Have thought about putting these on my Zed (and probably will when I switch to Michelin PSS) - it's finding a good place to mount the display unit that is hard! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I looked into this a couple of years back on my Zed, and was put off by by tyre fitters due to the possibility of damage to the sensors when they're changing tyres. That's not to slight my fitters at all, they're great guys, it's more that some of the sensors sit higher up than others (especially non-OEM stuff) and when they're removing the tyre from the rim they can sometimes be damaged, no matter how careful they are. Given the cost of them, I kinda figured that it was just something else to break rather than something I would make a massive use of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I bought this system a couple of years ago. http://www.maplin.co.uk/wireless-tyre-pressure-monitoring-system-390208?c=maplin&utm_source=endeca&utm_medium=endeca_search&utm_campaign=A55JX&utm_content=Vehicle+Security The main advantages are you don't need to take the tyres off, it's a 5 minute job to fit them, they seem to be very accurate and they can't be removed without the special tool that comes with the kit. Disadvantages, well the sensors themselves are quite large and a bit ugly. Pete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmikester Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 i looked into this a few months ago as well found that some American spec 350z came with this as standard. it displayed the pressure on the same gauge as speed time temp ect would be the best option i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Tyre monitoring systems are good the one on the Leon went off the other day and the missus realised we had a slow punture 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 been looking into it but will def get one if its at the right price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinyflier Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 If you have a Head Unit that can take an RCA (I think?) feed, Steelmate has a TPMS that uses the HU to show tyre pressure/temperatures rather than having a separate display unit. I think this will be the route I go down when I junk the Bose. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 thanks tiny flier i do actually so will take a look thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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