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I've got cheap Chinese one's on my bike Bazz.
They seem to be accurate and also show the tyre temperature which is worth knowing on a bike. I'm well pleased with them.
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My car failed on one it got detached an was sliding around in side tyre ATS Truro where frighting with price i bought 4 complete from ebay for a lot less local tyre bay fitted one for 5£ I found out after that my car had them fitted a year before they became mandatory so really shouldn't have failed on them last mot was half price when I told them.
If you got a good ecu service agent nr by you can have them written out
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You can often get third-part sensors that talk to the OEM receiver in the vehicle but trickier to setup.
Yes and No. Many vehicles had TPMS before it was obligitory and on those vehicles, if the TPMS failed it would not be an MOT fail.
I am not sure if an add-on TPMS system was fitted to a vehicle that was obliged legally to have an operational TPMS, it would be ok in MOT terms? As the requirement was to have TPMS, don't really see why it shouldn't be acceptable, but guess it is down to the regulations in the MOT testers manual.
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When ordering the new van I did not go for fiats TPMS which lacks the flexibility and temperature info that I get from my Tyrepal system. You can buy cheaper systems but I find Tyrepal better quality, and if a sensor becomes faulty you can buy them individually.
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If TPMS is optional, I don't think I would ever specify it as it is bound to make later life (MOTs) more complicated.
And as you say, aftermarket systems can be (and very usually are) both better and cheaper. win-WIN-WIN
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My Tyrepal system cost £95 after a C&MC discount, Fiats system was £250.If TPMS is optional, I don't think I would ever specify it as it is bound to make later life (MOTs) more complicated.
And as you say, aftermarket systems can be (and very usually are) both better and cheaper. win-WIN-WIN
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This MG has them fitted, as did the Fiesta, I was shown how to check when I was about 10.
If they all look the same then unless you are very unlucky they are more or less ok, if in doubt check the pressures.
on the MG there is a difference of about 4 PSI between them.
If they all look the same then unless you are very unlucky they are more or less ok, if in doubt check the pressures.
on the MG there is a difference of about 4 PSI between them.
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You can go right off some peeps VERY quickly.
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That Graham one really takes the biscuit, doesn’t he Kev.
But I thought he was asking a serious question.
My question would have been slightly different though Kev.
Where Ford Fiestas and MGs around back then
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That Graham one really takes the biscuit, doesn’t he Kev.
But I thought he was asking a serious question.
My question would have been slightly different though Kev.
Where Ford Fiestas and MGs around back then
Leave the Bear alone Bill.
He can't help being old and decrepit.
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