Tyre pressure monitors

[delaxm]

Does/has anyone use an electronic tyre pressure monitor ? the type that shows you the temperature & pressure from a transmitter in your tyres valve, I'm thinking of getting one as 205/40/17's are difficult to tell by looking as they are so low profile & manually checking them is a pain. Any recomendations -good or bad.

 

[reedbradshaw]

my dad got one from ebay, they not very good, jus pop along to your local garage ( i go asda ) and push the nozzle on to your valve it will tell you the preasure, what is the rpeasure in psi or bar thats meant to be on the beeeeeeza?

 

[reedbradshaw]

not ebay, i mean halfrauds (halfords) sorry dunno why i said ebay

 

[Leigh15]

Pressures depend on what size wheels you've got on.

Tye FR on 205/45x16's is 33 Front, 30 Back

Don't know about others

 

[delaxm]

The type I'm talking about is like this
http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Tire-pressure/p/sm/1002810889.htm

My local tyre supplier is doing a deal on these for £89.99 fitted when you buy 4 new quality tyres. I know the ones fitted to Renaults in 04/05 were nothing but trouble, these are a different make & I just wanted to know if anyone else was using them.

 

[rashcupra]

the electric tyre valve jobbys are just anouther part to go wrong imo also if on the car standard like on the renault megane 225 if they break it causes car to go into limp mode as this happend to my mate and cost a fortune to repair (for what it is and how useless it is) i normally put 32psi in mine front and rear every now and again i check and adjust accordingly

 

[delaxm]

Yes I know the Renault ones are crap, I think thier sensors are made by Beru.
The system I've been ofered has Siemens sensors & they sell them to other companies that make systems for artic lorries. I found one on the Bosch website, but no price or suppliers

 

[Rosco906]

not worth the money honestly

 

[rashcupra]

really would just ad the tyre pressure checks into your weekly wash or something more hassle than its worth only something else to beep at you when your lost for money or in a rush how much are aftermarket ones anyway ??

 

[delaxm]

Some of the cheap Chinese made ones appear to quite good & can be had for under £100, some UK sellers are rebadging them & selling them for £200 - £300 (similar price to the Bosch or Siemens systems) When you look at the statistics of high speed tyre failures from some tyre companies, most are preceded by a rise in temperature or gradual loss of pressure that these systems would alert the drive to before a potential blowout at speed.

 

[Guinness]

chances of having a blow out with good condition tyres at sensible driving are very very slim, so I dont think it warrants the expense.

 

[rashcupra]

its your money matey go for it if you feel that you and your car woiuld benifit we all spend our money diffrently fella wwould you have the facilities somewhere to install them yourself,