CES (UK) urges independents: prepare for TPMS

Car parts and garage consumables distributor CES (UK) says that it is working to help independent garages ready themselves for continuing developments in the market, focusing on new TPMS legislation. From November 2012, TPMS will be mandatory on all new vehicle platforms, legislation designed to improve vehicle safety and drive down emissions. Although there is still almost a year until TPMS becomes mandatory, there are already many vehicles in the car parc that use the technology. The company has also recently launched its 2012 catalogue, with 100 pages of consumables, tools and cleaning products that are typically used every day by technicians.

Following more than 100 deaths from faulty tyres, it became obligatory to fit TPMS in the USA in 2007, as part of the country’s Tread Act. A plethora of different systems hit the market, as manufacturers clamber to take advantage of this new opportunity, with technologies categorised as direct and indirect. Direct technology involves the physical measurement of tyre pressures, whilst indirect “infers” air pressure by monitoring individual wheel rotation or other indirect indicators.

With next year’s change in EU law and the anticipated inclusion of TPMS within the MOT test, technicians can expect to see a lot more of the technology in the near future. CES argues that it will vital that garages understand how to check these sensors correctly. They’ll also need the knowledge to install and service them.

CES (UK) has worked closely with Schrader, the leading OEM manufacturer to offer a comprehensive range of sensors. Its latest Workshop Essentials catalogue features over 130 sensors from Schrader, covering many of the leading vehicle manufacturers. The distributor also stocks many of the accessory kits, along with the specialist TPMS diagnostic tools for measuring tyre pressures.

The new 100 page catalogue includes a wide range of products for tyre repair, such as balancing weights, fluids (lubricants, bead sealer etc) along with tyre fitment and removal tools, alongside wide ranges of maintenance fluids, service fluids, assortment trays, hand tools, power tools and car care products. The catalogue features some of the industry’s most recognised brands, such as Comma, Wynn’s, Kent Car Care, Sealey and Teng Tools. With winter around the corner, Workshop Essentials also stocks some of the most in-demand products during the colder weather, such as antifreeze, screenwash, lamps, de-icer, hi-vis clothing and wiper blades.

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