this is great information, your saying the Snap-On MODIS can turn off the entire system?
Way cool. Nice job Dave.

 

im going to have to look into that modis. never heard of it. the lights been driving me crazy for 2 years

 

I treat that light the same as the check engine light.
I ignore it!

 

i'm rocking the electrical tape on the OUTSIDE of the cluster(clear shield) mod now. drives me crazy to see the damn thing flashing.

 

weird I don't have that!!! not that I mind I can check tire pressure like a big boy but is it WRX up only stuff?

 

new USDOT law that all new 2007+ USDM vehicles have to come with TPMS.

 

Did I mentionned I'm Canadian : must be that simple that and I bought it first things in august 2007 maybe she's too old already

 

Damn i had one at my shop and some POS stole it and now there is a jag investigation going on and the whole thing is off limits for personnel use, i could kill a man right now.

 

Meh sucks but what does POS stands for?? "Party of sissies"??

 

P piece
O of
S shit

 

Who doesn't know that one?

 

pipe bomp wont work
subaru's TPMS operates by rotation of the wheels

 

It's also illegal to disable the system. But we all are good law abiding citizens and we all run all of our cats, right?

 

My question is what is the MODIS doing that something like an AP can't do? I've seen a few requests over at the COBB forums for this and COBB maintains that it can't be done via the AP. I wonder if that's just from a legality point of view?

SJ

 

The AP tuning your car isn't breaking the law. Disabling a safety device is breaking the law. They're not going to sell a device, meant to be used on the street, that explicitly breaks the law. Just pull your cluster and take out the light. Not that hard.

 

That wasn't quite my point. Other than the legality issue, does anybody know of a technical reason why an AP couldn't disable a TPMS. COBB has stated that the AP isn't capable of it, but was wondering if that was really the case (i.e could an opensource/custom map disable it)

or is the MODIS accessing some circuit that just isn't accessible to other interfaces?

On the legality front, just about anything you do to your car is going to be illegal somewhere. I've been pulled over for having a clear license plate cover and told it was only approved for 'off-road use'. I think that disclaimer comes with just about every aftermarket piece I have. I think even my K&N drop-in panel filter might say that... And looking at the COBB AP box just now, it has that same disclaimer right on the side, so technically they are selling a device, meant to be used on the street, that is [potentially] explicitly breaking the law.

SJ

 

^^^turns out a stage 2 tune that disables the CEL that would alert you that cat is below efficiency range is illegal. as is replacing a functioning cat. and also, as is deleting your cars altogether.

but who's counting.

 

It's also illegal to disable the system. But we all are good law abiding citizens and we all run all of our cats, right?

if we are then i'm already ahead lol....

 

How do you delete a car?