Ive been trawling the net to find a good place to mount my ARB Compressor and I have seen some really creative uses of space including under the bonnet, in behind the rear tail light, under the floor near the fuel pump and under the drivers or passenger seat, I have been using the pump now for 3 months with jumper lead clips on the cables and am quite surprised just how HOT the pump gets - I would say the heat was extreme - I certainly cannot touch the pump after only filling 1x 33' mtz from 12 - 32psi - given this crazy amount of heat the ARB pump generates I rulled out under the bonnet and in behind the rear tail light and perhaps even under the seats! - plus the real-estate inside my 2dr is very expensive and i do not wish to use the under seat area for a compressor plus I would worry about the heat that would build up and maybe cause a fire!

So after much searching I decided to use the space inside my spare tyre!

1. - install 40amp auto circuit breaker close to the battery
2. - remove spare wheel
3. - run cables in behind rear door trim
4. - install 40amp relay in behind 3rd brake light
5. - install on off switch
6. - Mount compressor
7. - Connect all wires and reinstall spare wheel
Enjoy using your compressor with lots of natural airflow!
Cheers Hunty



as promised - pix of the side and rear view - its quite easy to connect the air hose - I had reason this morning to test it all out - I was towing my boat and the trailer had a flat - pumped that little 15' car tyre in less than 60sec - yeha! - cheers Hunty

 

Holy ginormous pic! pretty cool install though..How hard is it to get to the fitting?

 

wow. theres a new idea.

 

Very clean, accessible, safe and easy. How has someone not seen this before? Awesome.

 

I bow down sir.

 

Very Nice Job!!!

here is an idea could you mount the coupling for the air coming out the "Jeep cap" on the spare? (the little center cap)

 

Wow, Somebody was thinking. Good idea.

 

Thanx for the cool idea - my original idea was to plum the air hose connector into 1 of the unused wheel lug / wheel nut holes -- but I like your Idea better in the centre of the Jeep Badge - thanx so much for cool idea - i may end up doing it !!! -
cheers Hunty

 

If real estate was so valuable why not buy the JK bracket and mount it under the hood?

I have mine there installed a 1 gallon tank. Fills my 37s fast.

 

Hi
Does your pump survive OK under the bonnet - given the heat already under the bonnet - lol - here in Australia we go wheelin in temperatures above 100deg F - and I thought the heat might kill my pump - does your pump get crazy hot?
cheers Hunty