TPMS recommendations F450
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TPMS recommendations F450
I have a 24 F450, with after market 20" steel wheels. I want to install a tpms, and looking at the options, Ford are a lot more expensive than Schrader. Does anyone have any particular recommendations for which brand and model valves to go for and whether to go for plastic snap in or metal clamp in? The truck will be going down to central and South America for a while and I'm expecting the tires to take a beating, so want something robust that will cope with being abused by tire changes in the middle of no-where!
Appreciate your input.
Appreciate your input.
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Any thoughts on the question of plastic snap in or metal clamp in, vis a vis durability in harsher environments (such as central and south america)
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With aftermarket wheels, you can use OEM F-2/350 Ford sensors, and enable the factory TPMS via Forscan or something like the Edge EZX module. Or you can go to an aftermarket TPMS system. There is a long thread about it on here, just search "F-450 tpms activated" and it'll come up. I have been running F350 sensors for a couple of years now and they have worked great.
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I do not. I am staying with the OEM wheels, and plan on adding the new version Ford sensor introduced with the 25 F600 that is compatible with the 19.5 commercial tires and all 433mhz trucks.
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Its bad enough that our trailer plugs go "ding fries are done" 87 times a day, on long trips. Do you really want janky pressure sensors doing the same thing?
F550's never come with TPMS for a reason. Harsh tires and potholes eat them up.
F550's never come with TPMS for a reason. Harsh tires and potholes eat them up.
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And my 24 450 has never once given me an erroneous trailer disconnect message.
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I have a 24 F450, with after market 20" steel wheels. I want to install a tpms, and looking at the options, Ford are a lot more expensive than Schrader. Does anyone have any particular recommendations for which brand and model valves to go for and whether to go for plastic snap in or metal clamp in? The truck will be going down to central and South America for a while and I'm expecting the tires to take a beating, so want something robust that will cope with being abused by tire changes in the middle of no-where!
Appreciate your input.
Appreciate your input.
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Did the 450 come with a TPMS system because mine did not. From my understanding the receiver module is mounted behind the ceiling panel in the back right of the cab. If you don't have a TPMS receiver, the TPMS sensors you install won't do anything. Regardless, you'll need the TPMS receiver module, programming to eh BCM so the system is recognized and initiated, they you need to match the frequencies of the sensors to the module. Or you can use an aftermarket system. Or you can just check your tires like millions and millions of us did before TPMS.
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