Trailhunter OEM Onboard Tire Inflator/Air Compressor Retrofit into Tacoma Offroad Premium DIY

[cape_taco]

Dumb question for you....I see in your video you used a green/yellow air hose. Does the one provided not reach all the tires?

The red hose reaches all wheels just fine but only fills one tire at a time. I already had a quad hose setup (morrflate quad) I was using with my old compressor that fills all the tires at the same time without having to go around and switch them from tire to tire. The morrflate is the green hoses and there's the additional yellow hose i got at the hardware store as an extension.

I'll probably end up only using the red hose to fill up the random tire on another car or beach balls or whatever else needs filling /airing down that isn't my truck where I usually want to do all four tires at once. The case it comes in is pretty snazzy though.

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[cape_taco]

Question on this post, what is that white paint on the bed. Did you use spray paint to mark the holes?

That's the fiberglass debris that gets thrown around from drilling into the bed. Wipes right off.

 

[ejosesa]

Question on this post, what is that white paint on the bed. Did you use spray paint to mark the holes?

That seems to be composite dust from drilling into the bed.

 

[bsquaredMTB]

DUH ME. That makes sense. Thanks for the info.

 

[VBFD Taco]

Would love to do this mod for just the ease of doing it and it being OME. But for that price, I think my M12 Milwaukee tire inflator will suffice until that price drops some. ?

Nice write up, thanks.

 

[ligershark]

Does anyone know what the differences are between the following part numbers?

PT949-35240
PT949-35240-AA
PT949-35240-AB

There are noticeable differences on prices between sites so I am assuming some parts are missing from the -AA and -AB part numbers.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bravada]

Does anyone know what the differences are between the following part numbers?

PT949-35240
PT949-35240-AA
PT949-35240-AB

There are noticeable differences on prices between sites so I am assuming some parts are missing from the -AA and -AB part numbers.

Thanks in advance.

PT949-35240 should be the whole kit, the others are just parts of the full kit.

 

[turnermier]

looks awesome.. I definitely want it but my hybrid has absolutely nowhere to store that compressor kit lol.

 

[turnermier]

Looks like the OEM compressor is a VIAIR 450C Part Number 45040 if anyone is curious.

Did you see any markings on the compressor?

https://viaircorp.com/products/450c-compressor

 

[cape_taco]

I didnt look for a part number on the compressor. some other threads identify the manufacturer as NSV but maybe NSV only makes the controller.

 

[turnermier]

I didnt look for a part number on the compressor. some other threads identify the manufacturer as NSV but maybe NSV only makes the controller.

Good to know.. I'm thinking of installing one but relocating the air compressor so it's not so noisy.

 

[VBFD Taco]

Good to know.. I'm thinking of installing one but relocating the air compressor so it's not so noisy.

Where would you relocate for less noise? At the back of the bed where this thread shows the OEM location seems the quietest spot on the truck?

 

[turnermier]

Waiting for black friday 25% off parts to snag this .. guess for now ill just stick to the trusty milwaukee

 

[cgdmnky]

Out of curiosity because I'm leasing. Seems great for me as plug and play for the control unit. I will save my TRD OR 12v usb power panel to reinstall when lease is up. Could I just install the air compressor control unit then cut a hole on the blank space to the right (see mockup) of the unit and just have the air compressor silver hose hanging through the hole. I can then stow the actual air compressor inside my cab and then when I need to use it, I bring the air compressor into the bed and connect the silver hose to the compressor and red hose to the control unit? This way I don't have to cut through the bed?

Sounds confusing here is a bad pic (I should have made the green arrows point the opposite direction):

 

[cape_taco]

it's not just the sliver hose, that's just for air up. there's also an electrical connector for power as well as a blue tube i assume is for air down.

i suppose you could try it but at that point i'd personally just use a portable setup. seems like the worst of both worlds (added complexity & cost, + you still have to lug around the compressor).

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