TPMS accuracy
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I think you will find them to be very accurate. You might pick up a good quality tire gauge though in the event you ever get a low tire reading.
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Depends on the altitude at which you drive. Sea level, very accurate. Now, at 6,000 feet they're off, they read low by about 4 pounds. As the altitude goes up, they read lower and lower than actual.
Drifting
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From: Maple Ontario
And if you want an even greater degree of accuracy, use the metric display, in Kilopascals. 30 PSI is roughly 210KpA and that is a much finer scale than PSI. I know the Canadian cars go both ways... i imagine the US cars have it as a configurable option.
The biggest challenge is to get all 4 wheels to the same numbers in KpA.
You can even tell which side of the car is exposed to the sun... the numbers are like 10KpA higher.
The biggest challenge is to get all 4 wheels to the same numbers in KpA.
You can even tell which side of the car is exposed to the sun... the numbers are like 10KpA higher.
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Depends on the altitude at which you drive. Sea level, very accurate. Now, at 6,000 feet they're off, they read low by about 4 pounds. As the altitude goes up, they read lower and lower than actual.
This sounds good to me as I am at 4,500 ft and they look to read off by about 3 pounds.
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At sea level they are very accurate; the higher you go, the bigger the difference is compared to a hand-held gauge.
If you live at a high altitude, fill properly (cold) using the hand-held gauge, then check the DIC. Now you know what they should read cold in the car. Not that big a deal, IMO. The DIC doesn't update often enough to use as a guide when filling, anyway, so you should always rely on a hand-held when filling.
If you live at a high altitude, fill properly (cold) using the hand-held gauge, then check the DIC. Now you know what they should read cold in the car. Not that big a deal, IMO. The DIC doesn't update often enough to use as a guide when filling, anyway, so you should always rely on a hand-held when filling.
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Do this. When you get to sea level check and fill your tires as to the pressure you choose. When you drive back to your abode in the mountains, recheck it and you will have a baseline for what the difference should be and is.
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On my fourth Vette with TPMS and I find then to be quite accurate.
I have a digital gauge that was checked out for accuracy (at a lab) and the Vettes equipment is quite close.
I have a digital gauge that was checked out for accuracy (at a lab) and the Vettes equipment is quite close.
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