What's the best air compressor to use for refilling tires? I want a built-in because I don't want to fill a tank periodically. I was looking at the ARB CKMTA12 but don't know where I would put it. I am running 35s currently, but may go to 37s. At the end of a long day I don't want to spend any more time bent over a hot dusty tire than I have to!!

 

Go look at jeepswag and Northridge4x4. I personally would by the VIAIR setup but the ARB seems to be a great setup too

Look under air setup or whatnot

 

I'm wrestling with this too. It's tough to believe that the ARB unit is as effective as the Viair constant duty system. In the grand scheme of things, the Viair is $150 more. All I am going to ask of the system is to air up 37s and actuate the locker. I guess that's all most people are looking for in an air system though. ARB doesn't post up a lot of specs about duty cycles and the like, so I will be interested to see what others say about real applied usage.

 

ARB hands down, I have had and still have several and they never gave me any bother.....slightly more expensive but worth it

 

There is a full specs sheet on their website...


hxxp://www.arb.com.au/media/products/compressors/ARB-Air-Compressor-Specifications.pdf

50% for the CKMA12
100% for the new CKMTA12

 

if you go with viair or arb you can mount under the hood with a bracket from jeepswag.

 

He was looking at the new twin compressor arb, it's twice as big as the old one, and twice as heavy. Even if it fit, don't know that I would want a 20 pound compressor hanging off the master cylinder.

 

Powertank!

 

For the same price of the ARB, you can get the Warn VTC, which will do 8 CFM @ 90 PSI.

But I don't know if it could be mounted, and it weighs 50lbs.