Hey Everyone im new to sight looking to mount an OBA in my XJ want some ideas where to mount u got any Pics of yours, i am leaning twards mounting the whole kit in the cargo area thanks guys
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I've got a set up you might want to look at.

I started with this from the PO. I knew I wanted to have access to the rear floor to sleep in if I had to, so this wasn't going to cut it, and he had nothing hooked up anyway.

I looked at Eric's XJ site which has a ton of info, BTW and that got me thinking on where I wanted mine.




I liked Eric's ideas, but decided to keep the passenger's side open in case I want a speaker enclosure there or use in for something else. So I started to look at the other side.

Some have placed the compressor under the hood and the tank under the vehicle, but I thought over time this would be hard to work on if it was covered in mud, etc.

So I decided to use the tire mount bracket and fab a tray up on the other side.

I put a guage in the console:



Started with this tray but someone pointed out that the drain in the tank should be at the lowest point, so I decided to fab a better tray for it.



I came up with this design and went to my cousins place because I knew he had a sheet metal brake. We bent up a piece of scrap he had and I cut, ground, etc and painted it up.






I bought a lot of fittings and push in connectors from Discount Hydraulics - on line. I cut the tire bracket and mounted some angle to it for the compressor mount.

I've modified it a few times. I have both locker solenoids, a front air line on the front bumper, console gage, and a chuck off of the manifold. The parts that came with the Jeep also included a Wilkerson filter/regulator.

I've since added a valve for the front air line. The hose gets hot under the vehicle and I've found that if it's under pressure (charged all the time) it will blow. So I installed a shut off and only flip it on if I need air up front.

I put a glycol filled gage out back so I had a couple of readings for redundancy.

Here's some finished pics. Well actually, I should get some updated ones. If you have any questions, suggestions, let me know. Have fun with it! I loved putting mine together over the winter, it was fun thinking about it and coming up with ideas and trying them out.

One thing I want to change is the hoses for the air chuck, etc. I want to get some of the lite weight hoses for a nail gun, they'd be easier to use, store, and are safer than the spiral ones I have.

 

 

Thanks zr2toxj that is almost exactly the set up i was looking for i am gettint the viair heavy duty OBA.... one thing tho do u need to reinforce behind the plastic u mounted the brackets to? that looks awesome i will post up pics on mine when i get it done prob be a lil while tho cus i got a big off road trip planned soon and dont think ill have enough time to get it done before.... ps the air guage in the console looks awesome thanks man!!!!

 

bodybagged looks good did u use truck bed liner in the back and where did u end? do u have carpet up front or liner the whole way up?

 

No on the reinforcement. I figured it had to be stronger there because it was designed for the spare. I used 8 self drilling screws, but I decided to mark it out and drill pilot holes. There seems to be plenty of metal there to mount to.