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What r u guys running psi?

whitexc said:
2021. Peasant model 8.4 lol. That may be the difference maker. Glad it worked for yah.


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Ha, to be honest, I prefer the 8.4 over the 12. I like knobs and buttons also rather than touch screen stuff.
 
Ok, so I apparently jinxed myself. 3 weeks of everyday driving, numerous starts and then this afternoon, I get the dreaded red tire pressure low, fill to 70 psi message and the yellow tire light. WTF. Interestingly, it's only saying the rears are low. I don't believe in coincidence generally and certainly don't with mechanical or electronic devices. I just don't understand why it went 3 weeks and then today went back to a warning.

Guess I'll pick up an alpha OBD or a Jscan at some point. There are some other things I want to adjust also so not a big deal. Is there a major difference between the two?
 
klammer said:
Ok, so I apparently jinxed myself. 3 weeks of everyday driving, numerous starts and then this afternoon, I get the dreaded red tire pressure low, fill to 70 psi message and the yellow tire light. WTF. Interestingly, it's only saying the rears are low. I don't believe in coincidence generally and certainly don't with mechanical or electronic devices. I just don't understand why it went 3 weeks and then today went back to a warning.

Guess I'll pick up an alpha OBD or a Jscan at some point. There are some other things I want to adjust also so not a big deal. Is there a major difference between the two?
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The warning doesn't come on until the pressure is significantly (20%?) lower than the TPMS setting. It's possible that your pressure has been on the edge of tripping it the whole time. Was the temperature a little lower today? If that were the case, then it seems odd that it happened in the afternoon instead of the morning? Static tire pressures can vary quite a bit between the sunny side of the truck and the shady side too.
 
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klammer said:
Ok, so I apparently jinxed myself. 3 weeks of everyday driving, numerous starts and then this afternoon, I get the dreaded red tire pressure low, fill to 70 psi message and the yellow tire light. WTF. Interestingly, it's only saying the rears are low. I don't believe in coincidence generally and certainly don't with mechanical or electronic devices. I just don't understand why it went 3 weeks and then today went back to a warning.

Guess I'll pick up an alpha OBD or a Jscan at some point. There are some other things I want to adjust also so not a big deal. Is there a major difference between the two?
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Major difference is the platform.

AlfaOBD for Android or PC and JScan for iPhone.

I have both and usually use JScan for simplicity, but will also use AlfaOBD on my PC. They are both great tools.
 
AH64ID said:
Major difference is the platform.

AlfaOBD for Android or PC and JScan for iPhone.

I have both and usually use JScan for simplicity, but will also use AlfaOBD on my PC. They are both great tools.
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Great, thank you. I have all Apple (iPhone, Ipad, Macbook) so looks like the JScan is the way I should go. The JScan will do same jobs as the Alpha?
 
Boxerrider said:
The warning doesn't come on until the pressure is significantly (20%) lower than the TPMS setting. It's possible that your pressure has been on the edge of tripping it the whole time. Was the temperature a little lower today? If that were the case, then it seems odd that it happened in the afternoon instead of the morning? Static tire pressures can vary quite a bit between the sunny side of the truck and the shady side too.
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Yes, it was colder today. I didn't leave the house until afternoon today.
 
klammer said:
Great, thank you. I have all Apple (iPhone, Ipad, Macbook) so looks like the JScan is the way I should go. The JScan will do same jobs as the Alpha?
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I have both. I’d like to know which one is the cheaper investment lol


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whitexc said:
I have both. I’d like to know which one is the cheaper investment lol


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I went with AlfaOBD using my windows laptop - about $175 all in. All I have done so far is save a back-up file and change the TPMS - I didn't investigate other capability differences between the two.
https://www.alfaobd.com/download.html
https://www.kaodtech.com/product-page/security-module-bypass
https://www.obdlink.com/products/obdlink-ex/

A single Jscan license is $30-$40 less than AlfaOBD. The OBDlink EX, however, is almost $80 less than the MX+. If the usb cable doesn't bother you, then that's probably the cheapest set-up. Somebody might sell a cheaper wireless OBD adapter than the MX+, which could tip things back the other way.

Enjoy!
 
AH64ID said:
The vLinker MC+ is a great OBDII adapter and a lot cheaper than the OBDLink MX+ without any sacrifice in capability.
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Does the Vlinker also have downloadable vehicle specific codes like the OBDlink MX+ has in the OBDLINK app?
 
Gonna jack the thread here but we need the vLinker OBD adapter, a bypass cable and download the app/license?


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