I looked at a couple different ways to to mount the compressor. I found someone who was able to to shoe horn one under the brake booster with some special built brackets. I also saw one manufacturer have a bracket
that put it right behind the passanger seat up on the side. I didnt like the first due to having to build special brackets and I hate to see a $500 piece of equipment like that in the elements as well as the selinoid. Putting it behind
the passenger seat put it in the cab and this thing is not quite and thought it would be to loud. So here is where I ended up putting it.
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Its is still a little loud but better under the cargo tray. Some may say that this is a waste of good storage. Well if I have the back piled up with stuff taking it all out to get to this didnt seem reasonable. Also if you look this seems to fit
perfectly here. Almost like Jeep said put it here.
My Jeep was a sport and therefore came with no powere windows. So where did I put the switches you say? I found me a a piece of sample wood laminate a homedepot and put some holes in it. I plan to have a buddy of mine make
me a 3D printed one soon. I drilled a hole in the back of the cubby hole fed the wires through and and sandwiched the new piece between the front facing and the cubby. To supply the ignition power I cut the pink wire going to the back
of the 12V power source in the dash. I then added an extra wire to hook up to the ARB switches. I had to extend the ARB harness to reach all the way to the back. I also rewired the switches so I could switch the front ARB without
having the rear in first.
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The power wires for the compressor I ran from ther battery down the top right side of the frame. I was going to run it inside but for one was not sure if I could get the big wires to fit under the plastic trays and two getting it through the fire
wall was to big of a pain. I had to extend these power wires by about 8 feet.
Also last Wednesday I recieved the new trac bar from dynatrac and had it on the road Friday. I have been driving it since. It rides a little rougher, but not much. Although when I hit a big bump it seems to hit had up front.
Not sure why at this point. There was also a definate loss of power and my gas mileage went from 22-23 to about 15. Im not complaining here and this was all expected. On the upside it looks fantastic and I can already tell that this
Jeep will be a beast offroad. I like being up high again. I also like seeing how many lights I can make go off on my dash. So far 3.
Deer hunt is this weekend and I will have pictures and a story to tell when I get back. Here are some good shots of the Jeep.
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