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Hey everyone.
I’m new to this, so hopefully I’m posting correctly.
So here’s the deal, I installed my ARB air compressor using the mount sold by 4x4TruckLEDs. Let me start off by saying… outstanding job on the mount!
But no one wants to open the hood every time they want to use the air compressor (I’m running it off my uplander switch) and the options I found for relocating the outlet were not really what I wanted (or they were made for Tacomas or Jeeps). So I decided to just make my own.
Now, my criteria was I wanted to have the ability to access it from outside the car from both the front and rear of the car, and I didn’t want to open the hood. So I went to Home Depot, and got:
-the cheapest air hose they had
- 1, piece hose repair kit (cause the shortest hose is 25 feet)
- 1 male and female decoupler kit
- 2 port ball values
- 1 Tee fitting
- 2 Simpson strong tie frame anchors
Using the above stated items I split the compressor output (to the front and later the back) and gained the ability to shut off one end by using the ball valve. And using this I ran the cheap air hose to the front bumper, and used the Simpson strong tie L angle (that I cut out an additional hole out of) to anchor the air output. Yes, the additional hole was made terribly, cause I used what I had, and it was not made for drilling holes, but it works.
I also wanted to angle it to the side, cause… it made sense in my head.
I’m sure this will spark much better suggestions on how to do this, but I had not seen any posts of anyone showing their air output relocation, so I figured I would start it.
I’m new to this, so hopefully I’m posting correctly.
So here’s the deal, I installed my ARB air compressor using the mount sold by 4x4TruckLEDs. Let me start off by saying… outstanding job on the mount!
But no one wants to open the hood every time they want to use the air compressor (I’m running it off my uplander switch) and the options I found for relocating the outlet were not really what I wanted (or they were made for Tacomas or Jeeps). So I decided to just make my own.
Now, my criteria was I wanted to have the ability to access it from outside the car from both the front and rear of the car, and I didn’t want to open the hood. So I went to Home Depot, and got:
-the cheapest air hose they had
- 1, piece hose repair kit (cause the shortest hose is 25 feet)
- 1 male and female decoupler kit
- 2 port ball values
- 1 Tee fitting
- 2 Simpson strong tie frame anchors
Using the above stated items I split the compressor output (to the front and later the back) and gained the ability to shut off one end by using the ball valve. And using this I ran the cheap air hose to the front bumper, and used the Simpson strong tie L angle (that I cut out an additional hole out of) to anchor the air output. Yes, the additional hole was made terribly, cause I used what I had, and it was not made for drilling holes, but it works.
I also wanted to angle it to the side, cause… it made sense in my head.
I’m sure this will spark much better suggestions on how to do this, but I had not seen any posts of anyone showing their air output relocation, so I figured I would start it.
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