[Mubby]

Heya just got the goods from arb, air compressor, air up kit and a gauge. Just wondering were you guys mounted your air compressors, my 09 jimny has minimul room under the bonnet ? Also what are the pros and cons of placing the compressor under the drivers seat? Thanks

[gjb977]

Mine is under the passenger seat. So far so good.

[monley]

I haven seen them mounted, over by the washer bottle, with a bracket made up, to move the washer bottle forward (towards the headlight), then the compressor mounted in between the bottle and the ABS thingo. The other place i have seen them mounted, is right behind the passenger side head light, but it would be a pain in the arse, if you had to change a globe on the middle of woop woop at night. Take pics once you have mounted your, cus i will have to be doing the same to soon

[Mubby]

Hey gjb977 how did you go about mounting it under the passenger seat? Did you make up a bracket of some sort? Will definately post pics once its sorted monkey!

[kemlar]

If you want you can have a look at mine. Its under the drivers seat. Saves looking at pictures..

[Teracis]

Just be careful if it's touching anything, they get bloody hot! I learned the hard way when I went to disconnect the hose on tuff coily's compressor!

[Jagman]

Ive got mine under the passengers seat aswell. But in a vitara. Perfect spot for me as it is a space not used for anything else, plus it keeps it away from water sand mud and other shit. Also saves getting under the bonnet just to air up.

[suzukiboy]

My mate had his fitted under the bonnet of his Jimny, can't remember which side.

Not much room under the Vitara bonnet as well, mine is on the passenger side.



My mate had problems with oil coming back out of the compressor, so I wouldn't want diff oil in the cabin.

Never had a problem in the Vitara.

[gjb977]

Will take a photo tomorrow. It's out of the way. And yes, they do get bloody hot.

[Mubby]

Awesom thanks for your help guys, Think im going to mount under the seat!

[woo603]

any updates on this im waiting to get my compressor and mount it in the jimny

[Liljim]

woo603 wrote:

any updates on this im waiting to get my compressor and mount it in the jimny

x2

I want to install mine, and install the switches to cut down the cost of air locker installation down the track.

[Scales]

i didnt realise itd fit under a seat. love to see a pic of the mounting also. i was just going to bolt it on my flat floor in the back. but thats a much better idea

[ajsr]

no way I'd put one under the seat, the noise would send me insane

[Scales]

personally, i dont fill tyres while i am sitting in the car......
so the noise wouldnt annoy me

[Benz]

if you ever plan on fitting lockers don't put it under the seat.
cab will smell of diff oil... they shouldn't leak... but trust me... it will squirt a fine mist of oil every you turn off the locker/s

mine is fitted behind the passenger side headlight.
as i have dual bats under the bonnet it's the only place it would fit.

[woo603]

Thanks mate that is what i wanted to, see where some one has put one
I think that is where mine will have to go, only problem i see though is how do you change a globe ??

[Moag]

woo603 wrote:

Thanks mate that is what i wanted to, see where some one has put one
I think that is where mine will have to go, only problem i see though is how do you change a globe ??

Two screws and a pull..........

Has anyone considered putting it under the left front guard? More then likely it won't fit so just a thought.

Where mine got fitted

[squibby]

Moag wrote:

Two screws and a pull..........

Has anyone considered putting it under the left front guard? More then likely it won't fit so just a thought.

Where mine got fitted

I was just going to suggest this! If you put it here you still have room for dual batteries. Did you just bolts through the inner wheel arch? that would have been easy.

[VAXXi]

Inside rear wing:




Or under the trunk flooring, where the jack is:

[Benz]

yeah you can pull the whole headlight out pretty easily.

can't say i have ever changed a headlamp globe...

may be better mounting it like monkey did (come on, put a pic up) as you can't put dual bats under the bonnet without moving a fair bit of stuff anyway on the ABS jimnys.

vaxxi has some good ideas =]

[monley]

Benz2369 wrote:

yeah you can pull the whole headlight out pretty easily.

can't say i have ever changed a headlamp globe...

may be better mounting it like monkey did (come on, put a pic up) as you can't put dual bats under the bonnet without moving a fair bit of stuff anyway on the ABS jimnys.

vaxxi has some good ideas =]

I don't even have a arb compressor.
I was going to get one today. How much it cost for the air locker compressor and air kit?

[Scales]

i got the mid-range one (not the airlocker exclusive one) and the air kit for 320 total

[monley]

Scales wrote:

i got the mid-range one (not the airlocker exclusive one) and the air kit for 320 total

Was that with the air hose and gauge??

[monley]

I ordered my compressor today (the ones that dose lockers and tyres) i got it for $345 with air hose and gauge.

[woo603]

Thanks for the info guys

[Mubby]

sorry for taking so long heres were i ended up mounting it, just gotta relocate the breather to a higher position but otherwise works a treat! I welded up a right angle bracket and used the screw holes that were already there to mount it solid as a rock

[Benz]

sorry monkey misread your post. didn't see the "have seen" bit

looks good anyway mubby. will be lots easier to work on in that location if anything ever goes wrong. one of the great things about the arb ones is you can get spares for them =]

[Scales]

just finished mounting mine, this is what i did.




full info on my build thread.
http://auszookers.com/index.php?name=Fo ... 298#455298

[Mubby]

nice thats a good idea!