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I don't have a picture, but mine is on the right front fender, under the hood. And for what it's worth, I have a 2.5 gallon air tank between the rear driveshaft and the left side frame rail.
On the driver side wheel well. Also make sure you route the air house, away from any heat. They have a tendency to melt, If you have to go near something warm, look into converting the airline to -3 braided hose.
I have an air horn in my boat. Small ARB compressor is under the seat. Just an idea. They are also sealed, you can use a remote inlet. Makes for more options. Do you have trim boards in the cargo area?
properly formed tank(s) can go in that lill area @ top inner edge that runs along the entire bed rails (frnt to back). A lill 'extra weight up hi' cuz tanks need mass to hold pressure, but not inordenant in my mind (use pipe w/end caps?).
U could rip out the pass side vent system'n stuff the compressor in there (near glovie)...
I had mine on the drivers side inner fender for a while. The under hood heat would trip the thermal switch and leave me without a working compressor on hot afternoons. Moved it to the top of the passenger side wheel and it worked without overheating but I didn’t like there - seemed to be in the way and too noisy. I then tubed and narrowed the front clip without inner fenders so under hood heat would not be an issue but no room there anymore! First I went to using a CO2 bottle mounted next to my fuel cell. That worked fine until I ran out of CO2 at the wrong time! And paying to have it filled and the tank recertified gets costly! Now I have a bracket that holds a 1 gallon tank and the Viair compressor in the general shape of the CO2 bottle and mounts in the place of the CO2 bottle. Now I can run either the bottle or the compressor/tank. This setup has been working well for me for several years now. Sorry for the long story!%)
It sounds like you already have the locker. If I had it to do over I would go with e-lockers. No compressor, no air lines...however I got the ARB system about 20 years ago. Compressor was on the inner fender, now it's in the former aux tank spot with a snorkel inlet line.