I ran the dual compressor without the manifold kit for a few years on previous vehicles and it led to the first few feet of the air hose getting insanely hot. I installed the manifold after the original hose failed due to high heat.
ARB dual compressor mount: Slee or SDHQ?
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Great point.
Hype or price? Can you expand? Just confused at your statement about Slee hype and price because SDHQ is more expensive for just about everything. I look and compare all the time as I think they both make great products. Not sure too many people have hyped up battery trays, dual battery mounts, or other mounting solutions as it's just bent metal, so I would think as long as it does the job, things are pretty similar. Having Slee local is great to see things first hand, but I don't think they're overhyped or expensive compared to SDHQ or others.
You mention the dual battery mount. Slee's is $145. SDHQ's is $449. I think for $145 vs. $449, that's a pretty good value as less than a 1/3 of the cost. Maybe it's not as eye catching as the SDHQ, but I'd personally rather have the $300 difference go towards other things.
I also have the Slee main battery tray upgrade you mentioned. Does anyone else make one? $115 doesn't seem too steep.
Slee's compressor mount is $155 or their accessory tray is $195 which can also hold the compressor on the passenger side. SDHQ compressor mount is $220 and doesn't have provision for manifold like Slee's as mentioned in this thread.
Slee classic step sliders are $1225. SDHQ are $1550.
List goes on, but I know a lot of it is personal preference. That's why I have a range 200 products from a variety of vendors.
That being said, I have quite a few of SDHQ's products and they're great. Their billet terminals are about $140 and come with terminal covers. I have them on my main and auxiliary batteries. Haven't seen or used Slee's, but their equivalent is a little cheaper ($135), but doesn't come with covers. So, SDHQ is maybe a bit of a better value. Slee also has the larger terminals with a few more mounting points at $149, but covers are extra.
Sorry for the late reply! Missed this notification for a while as i was quite busy.
Yeah, exactly, i was shopping terminals with covers actually... Seems like everything else gets nosebleed levels in price jump for some reason?
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SDHQ tray setups going into the the thousands is a real head scratcher.
No real beef with Slee products though, but the trays i bought in my build weren't exactly up to my expectations in terms of finish.
What do you think is the better terminal though in your experience?
Im over my truly ghetto oreilly setup and im done with amazon parts for good.
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We do appreciate the feedback. The only comments we have had on the battery trays and mounts were sharp edges. Unfortunatelly our TimeSaver deburring machine was 8 monhts delayed due to supply chain issues and we had to use a DA to finish the parts. The machine is now operational and all parts manufactured now and deburred and edge rounded so that should provide a more consistant finish and better overall product.
As for cost, low volume machinning / production in the US is not cheap. We work cotinuiously to get prices lower but we had seen drastic increases in material, labor, finishing cost as well as utilities for the facilities and those all contribute to an increase in price.
Here is a video of the machine in action. It uses a idebelt sander first and then rotary brushes to finish the material.
New video by Christo Slee - https://photos.app.goo.gl/x5ViA6F48bE1zJad6
As for cost, low volume machinning / production in the US is not cheap. We work cotinuiously to get prices lower but we had seen drastic increases in material, labor, finishing cost as well as utilities for the facilities and those all contribute to an increase in price.
Here is a video of the machine in action. It uses a idebelt sander first and then rotary brushes to finish the material.
New video by Christo Slee - https://photos.app.goo.gl/x5ViA6F48bE1zJad6
Christo, would you ever consider a passenger side dual compressor Mount? I’d switch in a heartbeat.
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Great to know! Thats awesome of you to share that with us and be that transparent. I did cut my hand a bit.
And i would maybe probably bug you for a replacement were it not fully installed and already done.
A discount code for me in PM for a battery terminal set with covers would be very very nice of you though!
Thanks!
So passenger side > driver? Need to purchase one of these the sooner the better
What’s your electrical situation under there? I personally didn’t like having everything crowding the driver’s side so I moved my electrical. Relocating compressor would have been easier.
If starting from scratch I’d buy the SDHQ mount and have compressor on passenger side.
This will be my only electrical add on.
I'll be mounting my puma behind the passenger headlight (I think there is a bracket someone makes for mounting doodads there?).
But FWIW, I installed a slee bracket and dual ARB on my stepdad's 4runner (all purchased through slee) and thought it was well built and easy to put together. He only uses it for airing up tires, so we had a boatload of leftover wiring from the slee harness, which we balled up, wrapped in tape, and stuffed under the mount in case some future owner wants to add lockers.
But FWIW, I installed a slee bracket and dual ARB on my stepdad's 4runner (all purchased through slee) and thought it was well built and easy to put together. He only uses it for airing up tires, so we had a boatload of leftover wiring from the slee harness, which we balled up, wrapped in tape, and stuffed under the mount in case some future owner wants to add lockers.
That is a pretty cool de-burr setup , way cooler than my boring ass old school fixed axis belt time saver
View attachment 3358136View attachment 3358138Wasn’t to bad except the firewall mounting point. See above
FYI those coolant pipes get wicked hot right there.
Should I be concerned?
Yes I would make sure those power wires aren’t touching or draped over. It was hard to tell from your photo.
