I'm looking for advice on installing an aftermarket TPMS system on my 2000 Land Cruiser. Nothing beats walking around and actually checking your tires with a good pressure tool, but with the prices on TPMS systems around $40 to $100, it looked like a decent add on. Any experience or feedback on aftermarket systems would be appreciated.
I have searched the forums, and while there is some information out there, I was hoping for some advice from others who have installed aftermarket systems (what they liked or didn't like).
In my research, there are basically 2 different types of sensors: 1) internal where the sensor goes inside each tire, and 2) external cap where the sensors replace the tire valve cap.
I like the idea of internal (protected, etc), but the ease of installation and battery replacement on the external cap style has its merit. I'm wondering if you need to re-balance the tires after installing the external cap style?
Then there are different types of receivers/displays (i.e. built into cigar lighter power adapter, separate display (some solar with internal battery) that sits on the dashboard, or some other display mounted elsewhere), or sensors that communicate with smart phone via blue tooth (I think) although I couldn't find many of these and you might not get alert if ringer is turned off and/or app not running in background?
Here are 2 systems I was looking at.
Amazon product
$39 external caps, with solar power (or USB powered) display that sits on dashboard. Zeepin brand (although this looks like some re-branded Chinese system).
Or this one
Amazon product
$83, external caps with display that replaces a switch blank (I really like the idea of putting the display in a blank switch hole, but I'm wondering if it would be hard to see/read)... If you search for TPMS U912, you can find other brand listings of this model.
A couple of questions:
1. Do you need to re-balance tires after adding the external cap style (I would think so, but many of the websites say it isn't necessary).
2. I wonder if you can set different limits for the front and rear tires, or maybe you just set the minimum limit and if any tire drops below that limit, you get an alerts?
3. Are the internal ones better?
4. Anyone with experience, what are your thoughts in the display (what works well: built in to a switch blank, sitting on dashboard, etc.)...
Thanks
Lee
2000 LC
2004 LX
I have searched the forums, and while there is some information out there, I was hoping for some advice from others who have installed aftermarket systems (what they liked or didn't like).
In my research, there are basically 2 different types of sensors: 1) internal where the sensor goes inside each tire, and 2) external cap where the sensors replace the tire valve cap.
I like the idea of internal (protected, etc), but the ease of installation and battery replacement on the external cap style has its merit. I'm wondering if you need to re-balance the tires after installing the external cap style?
Then there are different types of receivers/displays (i.e. built into cigar lighter power adapter, separate display (some solar with internal battery) that sits on the dashboard, or some other display mounted elsewhere), or sensors that communicate with smart phone via blue tooth (I think) although I couldn't find many of these and you might not get alert if ringer is turned off and/or app not running in background?
Here are 2 systems I was looking at.
Amazon product
$39 external caps, with solar power (or USB powered) display that sits on dashboard. Zeepin brand (although this looks like some re-branded Chinese system).
Or this one
Amazon product
$83, external caps with display that replaces a switch blank (I really like the idea of putting the display in a blank switch hole, but I'm wondering if it would be hard to see/read)... If you search for TPMS U912, you can find other brand listings of this model.
A couple of questions:
1. Do you need to re-balance tires after adding the external cap style (I would think so, but many of the websites say it isn't necessary).
2. I wonder if you can set different limits for the front and rear tires, or maybe you just set the minimum limit and if any tire drops below that limit, you get an alerts?
3. Are the internal ones better?
4. Anyone with experience, what are your thoughts in the display (what works well: built in to a switch blank, sitting on dashboard, etc.)...
Thanks
Lee
2000 LC
2004 LX
