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What floor openings are available for routing cable and airline? Hopefully there's a floor plug somewhere nearby but this may be wishful thinking! If not, any thoughts about access? Photos of your routing?
There's a rubber grommet almost directly under the left slider rail for the driver's seat, above the frame rail. This works good for getting wires/air lines into the cab. There is no grommet on the passenger side, unfortunately.
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What floor openings are available for routing cable and airline? Hopefully there's a floor plug somewhere nearby but this may be wishful thinking! If not, any thoughts about access? Photos of your routing?
There is a rubber grommet under the passenger seat, I have my rear view mirror wiring from the rear camera coming through it. It is not easy to get to from beneath, but it is accessible using a snake. There is also a plastic plug that can be removed that you would need to reseal. I am using another one of those by the rear door to run my Rockslide wiring.
 
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There's a rubber grommet almost directly under the left slider rail for the driver's seat, above the frame rail. This works good for getting wires/air lines into the cab. There is no grommet on the passenger side, unfortunately.
My 2020 has one on the passenger side, not easy to get to from below but it is usable.

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I ran my wiring for my under driver seat mount through that passenger seat grommet as well, as said it's not easy to get to but it's there.
 

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Mine arrived a mere 26 hours after ordering. The mounting bracket, packaging and provisions are all top notch, thanks a ton!
Awesome! Glad you like it. I try to get most orders out within 1 day of the order so I'm glad it made it there quickly! I just emailed you the install instructions, I finished them last night.
 

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The highest point (base of plate to top of the black casing on compressor) on the ARB twin compressor when it is mounted is 4 1/4" tall. Anything taller may start hitting the seat rails/wires
Anything taller and you need to order the 813 1/2" seat spacers ;)
 

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Have you thought about making a mount for the same compressor under the bed, under the spare tire mount?
I have thought about it some but don't really like how exposed it is. I know ARB says it is ok to expose them to water as long as you route the filters to a dry location, which becomes an issue also for that location, so not sure how well it would work. To work well, the filters will need to be routed into the bed (if there is a cap or cover on the bed) or inside the fender somehow.
 

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I have thought about it some but don't really like how exposed it is. I know ARB says it is ok to expose them to water as long as you route the filters to a dry location, which becomes an issue also for that location, so not sure how well it would work. To work well, the filters will need to be routed into the bed (if there is a cap or cover on the bed) or inside the fender somehow.
Or possibly up into the bedside behind the wheel liner.
 

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OK folks, I purchased my mount and have a few comments for those that follow...
1. I have heated seats and the compressor outlet fitting is hitting the wires. This is after using the bracket to trace cut lines on the carpet and removing the carpet under the mount (saves about 1/4"). I have the compressor outlet fitting rotated via the compressor end cap bolt but will try to lower it even more using a 4AN to 1/4NPT fitting if the trick I'm thinking of works :)
2. There is a convenient rubber floor plug under the carpet. I ran the wire harness and braded SS/Teflon line down through this opening and cut the plug to fit around them.
3. The ARB harness had a small black ground with that runs with the power leads to the battery. I repurposed this wire to connect my aux switch lead by the battery to the relay in the compressor so I didn't have to run a second wire.
4. I installed a ground lug under one seat bolt to save having to run a ground wire to some remote location. I stripped all the unused wires out of the harness for the small connector so the ground wire is the only wire in this connector.
5. I trimmed the factory slush mat to be flush with the bracket.
6. I'm running 1/4" ID braded to a 1 gal air tank under the bed

Not done with everything yet but if I come up with any useful info I'll post it.
 

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OK folks, I purchased my mount and have a few comments for those that follow...
1. I have heated seats and the compressor outlet fitting is hitting the wires. This is after using the bracket to trace cut lines on the carpet and removing the carpet under the mount (saves about 1/4"). I have the compressor outlet fitting rotated via the compressor end cap bolt but will try to lower it even more using a 4AN to 1/4NPT fitting if the trick I'm thinking of works :)
2. There is a convenient rubber floor plug under the carpet. I ran the wire harness and braded SS/Teflon line down through this opening and cut the plug to fit around them.
3. The ARB harness had a small black ground with that runs with the power leads to the battery. I repurposed this wire to connect my aux switch lead by the battery to the relay in the compressor so I didn't have to run a second wire.
4. I installed a ground lug under one seat bolt to save having to run a ground wire to some remote location. I stripped all the unused wires out of the harness for the small connector so the ground wire is the only wire in this connector.
5. I trimmed the factory slush mat to be flush with the bracket.
6. I'm running 1/4" ID braded to a 1 gal air tank under the bed

Not done with everything yet but if I come up with any useful info I'll post it.
How bad was it rubbing the wires without cutting the carpet? I have the same option, but would like to no trim the carpet. Thanks
 
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OK folks, I purchased my mount and have a few comments for those that follow...
1. I have heated seats and the compressor outlet fitting is hitting the wires. This is after using the bracket to trace cut lines on the carpet and removing the carpet under the mount (saves about 1/4"). I have the compressor outlet fitting rotated via the compressor end cap bolt but will try to lower it even more using a 4AN to 1/4NPT fitting if the trick I'm thinking of works :)
2. There is a convenient rubber floor plug under the carpet. I ran the wire harness and braded SS/Teflon line down through this opening and cut the plug to fit around them.
3. The ARB harness had a small black ground with that runs with the power leads to the battery. I repurposed this wire to connect my aux switch lead by the battery to the relay in the compressor so I didn't have to run a second wire.
4. I installed a ground lug under one seat bolt to save having to run a ground wire to some remote location. I stripped all the unused wires out of the harness for the small connector so the ground wire is the only wire in this connector.
5. I trimmed the factory slush mat to be flush with the bracket.
6. I'm running 1/4" ID braded to a 1 gal air tank under the bed

Not done with everything yet but if I come up with any useful info I'll post it.
Thanks for the input! I wonder if the wiring hangs differently or not 100% the same under the seats for different Jeeps. In my JLU that I was test fitting and prototyping the mount in the carpet did not need to be cut and the wiring is not laying down on the compressor. I also wonder if zip ties will help clean up the wires that are hanging vs cutting the carpet. My goal was to create the mount so that there was no carpet cutting required. I will do some more testing fitting to get a better idea of what might be happening. Thanks again!
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