By Jon Maib
Installation is pretty straight forward as well. We recommend you spend some time reading through the instructions to ensure you understand how it all comes together as a complete kit. Also, plan on where you will run the provided air snorkel and quick disconnect line for easy access to your onboard air.

To begin, you will need to remove the bolts from your evap canister, as this kit sits just in front of the canister and has the ability to help protect the evap. With the bolts removed, you can install the first half of the skid cage that the air tank will rest in. Before installing the cage, you will need to apply the rubber strips to protect the tank from rubbing metal on metal. These will need to be trimmed to the correct length.

We then ran all our electrical wiring. You will need to attach the inline fuse to the main power line before running it through the Jeep body (don't install the fuse until the very end). This wire runs directly from the battery to the Kleinn system. The electrical lines should be covered with the split loom to ensure they don't rub on any sharp edges within the Jeep engine compartment or frame rails. We simply followed the instructions on the electrical setup, with one slight difference. The Kleinn instructions have you tapping into the Jeep's ignition switch so the compressor turns on automatically when you start your Jeep. We wanted the ability to power our compressor on or off, so we added an inline switch and mounted it above our LED light switch on the A pillar panel.

Before installing the air pump and skid plate, we finished out all the wiring to the relay, covered them with the provided split loom and then began to plumb our remote air disconnect. Kleinn provides everything you need for a single remote disconnect, however, we wanted to have the ability to have additional disconnects. We picked up some extra air hose and air parts to plumb a remote disconnect to the front bumper as well as to the rear. This gives us the ability to access our air disconnects in any situation as well as send air to any vehicle in front or behind us on the trail. We drilled a hole in each bumper and then ran the air hose to each location on the bumpers from the 2.8 gallon air tank. The great thing about Kleinn's air tank is, it provides you with many different accessory ports to install to.

Once the electrical and plumbing are run and secured to the Jeep, you can now install the submersible air compressor and the lower skid plate. We recommend getting a friend or family member to help you lift it as it's pretty heavy, otherwise, you can grab a floor jack and use it to raise the skid and compressor into place and bolt it together. Tighten all the bolts and you're ready to test out your kit. (When we first tried ours, it didn't turn on. After some troubleshooting, we found the issue was with how we grounded the compressor. So ensure you have a good ground!).



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