Tire Pressure Monitor

nicoss · 10-01-2006, 01:49 PM

Anybody used/installed this gadget?

http://www.sigmaauto.com/smartire/smartire.php

Bill Merchant · 10-02-2006, 02:41 AM

Doesn't your '06 have a factory-installed tire pressure monitor? What would you do with another, after-market one?

nicoss · 10-02-2006, 03:28 AM

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Doesn't your '06 have a factory-installed tire pressure monitor? What would you do with another, after-market one?
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It does but it will not show which tire is out of range or the internal tire temperatures.

This smartire gadget allegedly does both BUT it involves removing the tires from the rims to install the sensors and this is something I do not want to be the first to experiment with.

Pinto Girl · 10-03-2006, 07:32 PM

Are you doing some track driving? Just curious why you're interested in this much data about tire temps.

If you're doing some suspension tuning on a closed course, you might be better served with an external tire temperature gauge. That'll give more accurate feedback and let you determine how hot different parts of the tread are running, relative to each other.

I believe that monitoring internal tire temperature is more critical when there's a concern about tire failure at freeway speeds in a heavy vehicle, like an over the road truck (although this unit only works with a single axle, I believe).

nicoss · 10-03-2006, 09:29 PM

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Are you doing some track driving? Just curious why you're interested in this much data about tire temps.

If you're doing some suspension tuning on a closed course, you might be better served with an external tire temperature gauge. That'll give more accurate feedback and let you determine how hot different parts of the tread are running, relative to each other.

I believe that monitoring internal tire temperature is more critical when there's a concern about tire failure at freeway speeds in a heavy vehicle, like an over the road truck (although this unit only works with a single axle, I believe).
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Since Priites (Priers?, Prisiens? Prians?) want (need) to know everything about our babies why not about their shoes?

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10-01-2006, 01:49 PM	#1
nicoss Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 304 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Anybody used/installed this gadget? http://www.sigmaauto.com/smartire/smartire.php

10-02-2006, 02:41 AM	#2
Bill Merchant absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA \| Oregon \| Portland area \| 97004 \| Posts: 3,964 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 6 Times in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 1 Friends: 53	Doesn't your '06 have a factory-installed tire pressure monitor? What would you do with another, after-market one?

10-03-2006, 07:32 PM	#4
Pinto Girl Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,372 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Are you doing some track driving? Just curious why you're interested in this much data about tire temps. If you're doing some suspension tuning on a closed course, you might be better served with an external tire temperature gauge. That'll give more accurate feedback and let you determine how hot different parts of the tread are running, relative to each other. I believe that monitoring internal tire temperature is more critical when there's a concern about tire failure at freeway speeds in a heavy vehicle, like an over the road truck (although this unit only works with a single axle, I believe).