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Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

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Cobraman

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Has anyone installed a TPMS on their Classic Mustang, and if so, are you pleased with the results and what system was utilized?

Cheers,
 
What is this TPMS you talk about? Once you set your cold tire pressure.....who really cares?
 
Cmayna,

Thanks for responding. However, I don't understand what, "Set Cold Tire Pressure" refers too? Please expand.

Lay on the details of your comment. Please.
 
I'm all for custom stuff but why would you want a tpms on your classic? I think checking your pressures once a week would be way less a headache than messin with that. I can't stand them on newer cars.
 
RyanG85 said:
I'm all for custom stuff but why would you want a tpms on your classic? I think checking your pressures once a week would be way less a headache than messin with that. I can't stand them on newer cars.
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Some guys just like the challenge and wow factor of incorporating the latest tech into these old rides. I'm with you on this one though. Kind of over the top although as tech goes it is pretty simple. I wonder if someone even makes a free standing system?

EDIT: Yep. They're out there. http://www.carid.com/sunpro/sunpro-tpms-kit-16479893.html
 
Not a fan of TPMS either. Had to buy a set when I mounted the Escape's snow tires on their own wheels. A waste of time and money IMO. In fact, I still check the pressures manually just as often as I normally would do. Those monitors won't tell you if you're just a few lbs low or high (unless you add an expensive monitoring system too).

Cold tire pressures are what the tire reads when it has been at rest for a period long enough for the inside air to reach ambient temperature. Street cars you just set the pressures while the tires are "cold". Track tires are best set at "hot" .
 
Horseplay, thanks for the link.

I like the old school vehicle look and don't wish to deviate much. However, I do like some of the safety and comfort features of current cars. I'm looking for a TPMS that can provide perhaps an indicator light that can be integrated into the Dash (example) reflecting low pressure. something as simple as a light similar to low oil. While this particular vehicle sits most of the time, and I don't quite know the physics of tire aging, when I hit the hwy cruising at 80-90mph (Texas Speed Limits), I'd be more comfortable knowing if my tire(s) are running low pressure before I run off the road pulling a James Dean.
 
TPMS have their place in life, just not on a regular passenger vehicle. They are a very important tool used in the RV world. Having them on a the tires of a trailer being towed will prevent you from burning your trailer to the ground. I had a blow out on 5th wheel once and without the TPMS I would not have known for some time that there was a problem. I am going to add a remote system to the Motorhome and towed vehicle. I can't even see the Explorer behind the motorhome and would not know there was a tire problem until the smoke poured out from behind the vehicle.

I can't see why they would be necessary on a classic, as you should be able to feel a low tire.
 
I've got TPMS on my 2013 Nissan Altima and I think it is basically useless. Especially if you are running it with idiot lights as you propose instead of a digital display. We've all been driving cars for many years without the information that a TPMS provides without turning them into plows. If you check your tire pressure regularly and visual your tires before driving to detect the obvious low tire, why would you want, or need, an ongoing watch on your tire pressure? A man with one watch always knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
 
A TPMS system is useful when you picked up a nail/screw during driving a you loose slowly pressure in one of the tires.
When you exit a highway and have a 180 turn , and your speed is on the high side , you could be surprised how the cars handle.
But in a classic car , I don't know , maybe it is a bridge too far unless it is hidden.
IMHO
 
Actually, just after buying my Altima I had that exact experience. I picked up a nail in the left rear tire and the TPMS reported low pressure to me. I pulled off the freeway and aired up the tire, just in case, and continued on my trip home. Got the tire repaired the next day, but I doubt I would have been in jeopardy if I hadn't had the TPMS. If the tire had actually gone flat, I have a phone and AAA roadside service. It also doesn't protect me from catastrophic failure of a tire, unless you consider the little alarm signal going off while you fight for control of the car to be an advantage. It's just a matter of economics. How much are you willing to pay for safety systems to prevent your exposure to fairly remote dangers? If people were having rollover accidents daily and there were a constant line of cars with flats lining the side of the road, then it would be worth it to avoid the probability of danger. Since that condition doesn't exist in fact, then we are serving our own vanity and sense of worth to pay for that kind of a system. Just one more tech gadget to go south about the time that the cost to fix it is greater than the residual value of the car. If the Altima model I purchased hadn't come with TPMS as a standard feature, I sure wouldn't have paid for it as an option.
 
Let's not get carried away now. Manufacturers have all but made this a standard item on new cars. There is a value to having it on a car or it wouldn't be so. We can argue just how great but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
I did some searching and it looks like you can buy a good complete system for less than $200 delivered. If done at the time one is putting on new tires there is no real additional cost to install. Not much money at all when you consider it against all the other stuff most of us would tell a guy is "must have" for a classic mustang.
We can all write how we take the time to walk around the car every time we go for a spin but we all know that is simply not true. I know I don't and I am very anal about my rides. A couple hundred bucks to maybe save a good tire or more doesn't seem like a terrible idea. Not sure I would ever go so far as to install one though.
 
KBMWRS said:
Because......there are no more spare tires. This is your spare tire...the TPMS.
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This is true on a lot of the newer GMs. Most cars have the TPMS on the spare also, you should see the look on customers faces when the light is on and they checked all the tires over and over again not thinking about the spare.
 
RyanG85 said:
This is true on a lot of the newer GMs. Most cars have the TPMS on the spare also, you should see the look on customers faces when the light is on and they checked all the tires over and over again not thinking about the spare.
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I admit I would never think of that one and I'm at least three times as a smart as {.}. Then again that's not saying much is it.:(
 
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