I wanted to check and see if anyone has put a after market ac in there FJ.Living in South Florida i need to put it in.Also I know Cool Cruiser has one any other suggestions.Wanted to see if anyone had a person working on FJ 40 in the Dade or Broward area.
I've installed a number of Vintage air units. No real problems, just the usual learning curve. Someone had an a/c unit on ebay pretty regularly for a little under $800.00 but I know nothing about it.
I've removed several CCOT units and replaced them w/ Vintage units... never have heard anything good about them... mostly complaints.... I wouldn't waste any time or $$ on one myself...
Do you buy them from vintage directly or do you have a local person or shop that you get them from.It still has the factory heat.Can i keep that in or do i have to pull that out?
I called Vintage today they said they have a unit that will fit for about $1,000.Cool cruisers about $1,500.The question i had is either one of those systems the factory heat has to be pulled out correct.I wanted to keep that in also to keep it mostly original.But i guess if im putting AC in thats not original anyways.Any idea what install will run to put the Vintage system in.I think i am going to go with that unit.Thanks for the help going to get a little toasty in there with out AC.
These folks are located here in Tampa - no affiliation, so I cannot attest to the quality but the price seems better than most, then again you usually get what you pay for. If someone has one of these units I would be curious as to the quality of the setup.
I know a secret.......
I bought the exact same setup that Ccot uses direct from the manufacturer (Old Air Products)
However, they DO modify theirs to make it much more user friendly and there is a fair price to be paid for that.
If you are mechanically competent, and willing to make the mods yourself, the nearly identical unit can be had for about $500 bones less compressor.
I had to open the case and flip the evap so the tubes are on the left instead of on the right, but other than that, pretty easy.
Time is money though, so those that don't want to fab should buy the Ccot instead. I'll post pics of mine tomorrow and see what you think.
Don't know yet....haven't finished installing it. My bet is that the co-pilot will have frozen knees regardless. Factory a/c units had a vent that snaked over to the driver's side and mounted under the steering wheel.
The box the a/c unit is made of is plastic, so cutting a small hole and working a duct in might be easy, might not. The coils themselves are quite close to the front vents. I'm guessing an in-line type fan would be required to pull any cool air off the tap. I would really like to see what the factory unit looks like on the back and sides.
I did not have any real problems this weekend with the install. Fairly straight forward. Still need to have the system charged though. I would save a few bucks and do the install yourself.
Don't know yet....haven't finished installing it. My bet is that the co-pilot will have frozen knees regardless. Factory a/c units had a vent that snaked over to the driver's side and mounted under the steering wheel.
The box the a/c unit is made of is plastic, so cutting a small hole and working a duct in might be easy, might not. The coils themselves are quite close to the front vents. I'm guessing an in-line type fan would be required to pull any cool air off the tap. I would really like to see what the factory unit looks like on the back and sides.
