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A few people have shown an interest in my new little toy - the Orange TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System) and wanted to know more about it. I must admit I first heard about it fro Jeff Beable who runs one in his Targa car - but then also was shown 1st hand the effectiveness of them on the Maserati Quattroporte James and I drove which told me about the flat tyre before I realised.

I'll have it on the car this weekend at DECA to get a real feel for how good it is but basically it's a little gadget which has sensors fitted inside all 4 tyres which then provide information on both tyre pressure and tyre temperature to you live in your car. You can also set "alarm" points for low tyre pressure and high temperatures.

I got mine from Bit Distribution in Bayswater for $315 - Bit Distribution

In the last 12 months or so I've managed to delaminate a number of semi-comps on the skidpan basically from over heating - so I'm hoping this will help stop me from doing that. Also - earlier in the year I destroyed a tyre from driving on it flat (sidewalls were so hard I didn't realise it was flat until it was too late).

So pretty much if this thing can save me 1 tyre it will pay for itself. Also it means I don't have to get out and check each tyre regaularly on the track and can also get a better understanding of how quickly tyre temps come up and go down on the track because I can see all the data live. It will also show me if my tyres are overheating due to excess wheel spins on the skidpan.

More information on the unit is available from thr Orange Website here - Orange TPMS

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Hey Snowy

Ive had TPMS on my 34 for the past 12 months, its a very handy gadget :P

Mine is a little bit different as it displays all tyres at the same time, its seems the one you have displays one at a time

Ive attached a pic of the display, note pic shows tyre pressure in bar but is selectable to psi

Cheers

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how much 4 ur one CNBLOW...not that I need it, but I like buying stuff.

actually as Snowy said, I had the issue of driving on some low profiles and it was flat and I didn't know....wellldidn't know until I went around a corner and the tyre came off and I just missed an oncomming truck as I span out...not cool.

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Mine is a little bit different as it displays all tyres at the same time, its seems the one you have displays one at a time

Details would be great,

One of these would have been handy when my tyre went down through the flip flop at calder!

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hey guys

The TPMS i have is direct from the manufacture, i did extensive R & D for more than 6 months on this product alone working in conjuction with the manufacture to get his product 100% (ie software bugs)

If people are intrested in the product, i can try and find out some prices if needed

In the 12 months i have been using it, its never failed once

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hey guys

The TPMS i have is direct from the manufacture, i did extensive R & D for more than 6 months on this product alone working in conjuction with the manufacture to get his product 100% (ie software bugs)

If people are intrested in the product, i can try and find out some prices if needed

In the 12 months i have been using it, its never failed once

hey mate

details...who makes them and roughly how much. where are they located?

the other one Snowman posted is pretty wicked though. Reading through the install manual it looks pretty easy.

Hey Snowy...does the trasmitter sit around the existing tire valve..i.e. the valve stick through...I couldn't work that out. I saw they installed it from inside...not sure how its gonna look I wouldn't mind I pic. The dispay unit looks tops though.

KJ

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