Toga

Hi guys, "long time no see"!

I still have my 993 4S with my carbon wheels. After a puncture, I was lucky enough that I didn't damage them, but I'm seriously thinking of installing a tire pressure monitoring system.

Many brands and models of course, so my question is: Does any anyone ever installed that on a 993?
I'd like an accurate one with the possibility to set an alarm level and a system that fits discreetly in our "cockpit"...

Thanks for your advises

JP

goofballdeluxe

I have a tire pressure gauge that I use to check pressure every time I fill up for gas. Might be all you really need?

Cheaper, better, more reliable

600RR

https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...l_63w0v7j0up_b

NYC993

...unless you you get a puncture while driving. The sidewalls are so stiff on some tires that they act almost like run flats so you are unaware of the puncture.

I had a puncture that cause a blowout, which felt like I may have run over something. There was a friend behind me didn't make any signals and car drove fine so I kept driving. 15min later I stopped at a light to check it out, the tires was flat, ok no biggie. When I took the wheel off, the entire inside sidewall was ripped and tire was held by the mettal cords. Thankfully no damage was done even to the rims or anybody else.

TPMS would have prevented that.

Toga

Thanks for your answers.
NYC 993, that exactly what I want to anticipate.
600RR, thanks for the link. Are you using that one? is htere a battery in each sensor?

Jay J

Yes actually I have TPMS in my 993. Its made by CUB TPMS .
They have a standalone and a version that works off of Bluetooth.

fsa

TPMS should have been in our cars, potentially as an option, more important than leather lined console switches and other nutty pricey opportunities to enrich the company. The technology was then available, even if in its earlier stages of execution.
I had a '94 Corvette ZR1 prior to exchanging for my '97 C4S(no complaints), and the former had a system. It saved my ruining a tire, and possible dangerous subsequent blowout, by a readout that was about 8-lbs low. The tire "looked" fine.
Given the low profile on current tires, eyeballing can be off. Even routinely checking pressures is not a 24/7 event, as crap happens, and where I live in Portland, OR, where construction projects of all sorts are the now the norm, nails and screws are around.
TPMS is as important as ABS, for those with newer machines who like to predictably maneuver or stop, no matter the surface or circumstance.
Sadly, aftermarket options do not match factory setups, but some do offer more than mere good luck.

pp000830

These systems have proven to be so aggravating to use and maintain that VW has abandoned the direct reading system for one that uses the wheel rotation sensors to catch changes in rotational speed to indicate an under inflated tire. One of the nice features of the 993 is that it doesn't have all the subsequent model regulatory driven features that act more like design bugs. Keep it simple I say!

Toga

Thanks for your opinions and guidance guys.
After a chat with a tire specialist, we agreed that the perfect system doesn't exist yet. ABS systems base the detection on the different of tire diameter when deflating. The problem being that with our low profile tires the accuracy of the detection is far from ideal and anyway comes generally too late.

I'm going to try this one: http://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/CUB-Retr...UAAMXQtUxTdMHl

it's the price of a new tire anyway, so If I can save a tire in 6-7 years (the detectors battery life) ...or may be my car that's good enough ;-)

Thanks again

600RR

FWIW, I believe that FOBO uses the actual air pressure, as the unit is not within the wheel but part of the enlarged valve cap. I do know it accurately reports psi on my wheels, and warns when the reading is above/below user determined limits.

HPNer

Spot on, had one on a BMW once. A complete pain.