Hi everybody, I just wondered if anyone had installed an aftermarket TPMS on their 360 Modena? I believe that the 430 has a module already installed but that this is not the case with the 360 model. I am going to replace my wheels with BBS ones from a Challenge car and think it is an ideal time to fit TPMS. What do you guys think? 1) will aftermarket TPMS be suitable 2) what are the benefits of fitting such a system Thanks
Perfect,, yes a cupholder,, now you can sip your coffee while your passanger gets out and checks your airpressure at every stop light..
here's my logic for most people, if you don't track the car, the rationale for having a pressure monitoring system is that when u got a flat/semi flat tire, u could prevent tire and rim damage by stop driving immediately. for me, I will instantly notice i have a flat tire by feeling my car isn't driving straight, so that rim damage possibility was eliminated. Sure I can't notice a 1.3 bar tire but i check my tire pressure regularly and that wouldn't be an issue for practical purposes. talk about possibilities
I had an aftermarket TPMS system, a Schrader 20256, on my 575M after the OEM system was softwared out and the Schrader worked great. The antennas are in the valve stems and the receiver/programmer I used was powered by AA batteries and very small. So no change from OEM necessary in the cockpit and the remote unit is very small. I used different valve stem caps because the ones provided are pretty plain. The gray OEM ones would work fine. Here are some photos of the system, which is only $200. In heavy traffic, you will get a few false alarms, but easy to punch off and not too frequent. Normally, no false alarms. Amazing what responses you get from a simple request, no? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've been toying with the idea of installing a TPMS in the clock location as the clock is not only, ugly but its redundant for me. I've seen a few chinese made ones (Amazon Example) that I think have a display I can cleanly retrofit into that area. Only concern would be reliability of the sensors themselves.
sorry Taz,, We're still friends right... It was my clean sense of humor coming out ... it's just that the 430 TPMS system isn't that great, I wouldn't want to waste my time finding a way to get it onto the 360. "just my 2 cents" & I didn't want to ruin his weekend project, by posting that. but you now made me do it.. so I hope everybody is happy again. no ?
Kevin- The Beru (now Huf-Beru) TPMS system works fine, especially with the Gen 1.5 sensors with longer battery life (orange color RDE001 for F430s, 5-8 years). Most problems come from the sensor batteries wearing out. An SD3 will tell you battery life remaining in months for each sensor. Battery life remaining should be checked at every annual. Retrofitting an OEM Huf-Beru TPMS is not possible on a 360 because of wiring harness differences and prohibitive cost. We are still friends. Could not resist zinging the peanut gallery.
[QUOTE We are still friends. Could not resist zinging the peanut gallery.[/QUOTE] cool thx.. next time i have a good question, make sure you give me ****,, i'll be looking fwd too it.. cheers... kevin
Thanks Taz, very helpful. I've made up my mind. To everyone else....................*?*$?*# rasberries being blown very loud!!
Since you specifically referenced the BBS wheels from a Challenge car. I assume you mean from the race car, not the Challenge Stradale street car. In the past I looked into adding an aftermarket system to my 360 Challenge race car (the BBS Challenge wheels) since I had a blow-out (at full speed on a straight shortly before a turn) that tore apart some of the body-work, but luckily I could control the car and it didn't cause any off track excursion - only damage to the wallet. The tire provider speculated that it wasn't a tire defect but rather a rapid leak as a result of a puncture. To be able to get "early" warning in the future, I purchased an aftermarket system (similar, not the same, to what Taz showed), supposedly fitting the BBS Challenge wheels, but it did not. They did however fit my wife's E55 stock AMG wheels, so that is where they serve... Anyway, just a heads up to be extra careful when ordering...
The digital throttle makes it more difficult to adapt a cruise control kit to the 360 and F430. Has been done on the 550, which uses a cable. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Exactly! The control unit cable pulls on the back of the pedal. The unit sits in the void behind the pedals.
