Review on 🚗 Schrader TPMS Retrofit Kit for Cars and Trucks by Adam Cornelison

As I'm doing a TPMS certification training I was intrigued by this product. Schrader supplies many products to the original equipment market and believes this will be a good product. I'd say the gauges are rock solid and indeed the same as many GM vehicles. A little tinkering with the sensors brought this to light and I decided to stop by a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado to test and check the sensors and it's NOT necessary, just out of curiosity. It's also 433MHz, in case anyone cares. And if the sensor fails over time, a new one can be programmed to match the failed sensor, again using the 2018 Chevy as the protocol without having to relearn the display unit. Or you can buy a Schrader 29015 to replace the pickups, or you can add 2 more pickups for dual pickup support. If you buy a Schrader 29015 to replace a sensor, the display unit will need to relearn the sensors. The installation was successful. I did it myself as I have access to a tire changer and wheel balancer. Some videos on YouTube show different ways to perform this procedure. I did this on a 2006 Mustang. I just broke the outer roller, removed the old shaft and installed the new shaft with the sensor, pushing down on the outer roller to gain access. Use tire grease on all sides. The sensors are labeled so you know where to place them with the appropriate rim. I inflated and checked the balance (the balance didn't change on 1 tire but a little on the other 3). I would still balance the tires but as it was only done last month I was curious. The sensors are not heavy at all. I charged the device via the USB port and since then it seems to be working fine with the solar charger built into the top of the display. Displays both pressure and temperature. It's interesting to see how the pressure and temperature increase as you drive different distances and in different ambient temperatures. Really confirms the fact that you should check and adjust the air pressure if the tires have not been used for several hours. I had 3 at 32 and FR at 30. After 30 minutes of riding 3 had gone up to 34 and FR to 32. So if I checked the FR after riding it would show that everything was fine and the other 3 were slightly higher. An adjusted RF to 32 cold the next morning resolved that part of the OCD. All is well. You can change the displayed pressure units as well as the temperature units. It's all in the manual. I ran some tests by holding the sensors to my trailer's valve stem and running them with the snap-on TPMS4. The sensors are read when the display is in the cab of my pickup. Looks promising and might add this to my trailer. The good thing is that the display unit can be delivered with a trailer and is not connected to the vehicle, although you can use an outlet to charge the display unit. Okay, a bit of TPMS lesson/terminology. Sensors can be original like 29015 or programmable like Schrader 33500, but the 33500 sensor MUST be programmed to the appropriate protocol. The display unit (or the vehicle) may need to relearn the sensors, particularly when the vehicle displays tire pressures depending on where they are in the vehicle, and this display unit does this. If you change the tires you have to follow the relearn procedure in the manual and don't lose it, Schroeder doesn't seem to have it online yet. If you change tires and don't relearn, it's no big deal. Just check ALL tires when you get a tire warning, so it's no different than Ford/Toyota and some others. I can also surmise that the top speed for these sensors is 115 mph according to documentation I've seen at Schroeder Academy. They make sensors for speeds up to 250 km/h if you need that level of performance. All in all a good device that comes with a $120 display and sensors. Not bad and time will tell the reliability of the main unit. They have nothing to do with sensors, they are Schrader OE.