Ok, I'm dumb, please explain tpms to me and how it fits...

[clevernickname]

Lmao I still don't get it. I'm just gonna ask them to show me when I get this done.

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[Evil Minion]

I think you're overthinking this...

You know the valve stem that's on your wheels? Where you fill them up with air?
That goes through a hole in the wheel itself. The tire mounts to the wheel further out along the diameter.

Take a look at the quick image I just made below. The green box represents the TPMS sensor, the red is the valve stem that you put air in. Notice how the tire itself is higher up. There's no hole in the tire, only in the wheel.

 

[Killspray]

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Sorry dude...

Pic1: Tire mounted to wheel

Pic2: Valve stem through hole in wheel

Pic3: TPMS mounted on wheel, sticking through hole in wheel

 

[Evil Minion]

lol I like how we found the same picture.

 

[Killspray]

lol I like how we found the same picture.

Lol yeah, but yours was custom with that TPMS mod you did to it

 

[clevernickname]

Haha thanks guys. So from what I can see here, the tpms isn't in the tire at all. But then

1) How does it read the tire pressure without being in the tire

2) How does that valve blow air into the tire if its not in the tire?!

 

[tyshenry]

Haha thanks guys. So from what I can see here, the tpms isn't in the tire at all. But then

1) How does it read the tire pressure without being in the tire

2) How does that valve blow air into the tire if its not in the tire?!

What exactly do you think is Inside the tire and Outside the tire? Maybe if we can get that straightened out, then we can proceed.

This thread has me ROLLING. :lol:

 

[Paul@PKAUTODESIGN]

It sits within the pocket


The sensor has a psi garage it transmits this with a frequency 315z to the computer that then reads that

 

[tyshenry]

Lol yeah, but yours was custom with that TPMS mod you did to it

I have custom TPMS sensors as well. They are chromed out so I can have that BLING BLING.

 

[BottleFedStang]

Is this real life....?

 

[clevernickname]

I feel like I should cut my loses and abandon thread.

Omg. I've gone my whole life thinking you inflate the tire. Is that not right?

 

[BottleFedStang]

Obvious troll is obvious. You inflate the rim.... duh

 

[clevernickname]

I've posted too much here to be a troll..

I thought...you're blowing air directly into the tire. Not the space between the wheel and tire..........................I think.

 

[EAndre]

Clevernickname your to much lol

 

[tyshenry]

I feel like I should cut my loses and abandon thread.

Omg. I've gone my whole life thinking you inflate the tire. Is that not right?

The tire is not an enclosed volume. Have you ever seen a tire not mounted on a rim? It's not like a tube. The air is between the rim and the tire.

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