Thanks! I've been reading your build thread and will be stealing several of your ideas.

 

A tiny update today. Painted the rear window wiper.

Before:


After:


I know that when I have to change the wiper blade again I'll lose my paint job on the blade itself, but it looks good for now and I hardly ever use it.

I'm going to a car swap meet this weekend, so hopefully I can find something for my project. If nothing else, I may come across some tools to help with my ideas.

 

Very nice I'm going to have to do that to mine as well.

 

Me too.

 

Well, didn't make it to the swap meet last weekend. My wife wasn't feeling well and the weather was bad. So, headed to Harbor Freight for some supplies for future projects. Was going to post a picture, but Photobucket isn't cooperating. Anyway, bought a multimeter, soldering iron, solder, and some heat shrink tubing. Should come in handy.

 

A couple of small updates:
Saturday, I ran the hose for my vacuum gauge through a firewall grommet. During that process, noticed that the drivers' side carpet and padding were damp. I have rubberized floor mats and hadn't noticed previously. Anyway, it appears that the rear window washer hose is leaking. I let it dry for about a day. I snipped the hose and pulled it out of the grommet. I bought some ice maker tubing at Lowe's and plan to run that line under the truck, rather than under the carpet. Not sure who came up with that design.

 

Got my rear window washer fluid tubing run. I ran it along the frame on the driver's side, so as to avoid the heat from the exhaust. I used a couple of brass hose barbs. One to secure it to the original washer fluid hose at the top-rear trim of the cargo area and one to secure it to a small piece of flexible hose I used to connect to the original line coming from the reservoir. I'll need to go back and make sure it's as secure and out of the way as it needs to be, since it was dark when I finished it.

It's pretty straightforward and I didn't take any pictures, but I could take some, or provide any other info on the swap for anyone who's tired of finding wet carpet, as this seems to be a common/recurring problem for these trucks.

 

The parts for my biggest mod to-date should be here Thursday. Hoping to have time this weekend to work on it. I'll post pictures.

 

Well, my goodies came in on Thursday and I was able to begin installing them on Saturday.



Heated seats!



This bolt sucked. Stripped out my Torx bit and the bolt head trying to get it out. (BTW, anyone know why the passenger side is size 47, but the driver side is 50?)



Anyway, used a hammer and chisel to remove it. Here's what it looked like when I was done.



I was determined not to put those bolts back in, so I went to Lowe's and bought some replacement hex bolts instead.

Switches mounted.





Got everything in place on Saturday, heating elements placed in the seats, wires run under the carpet, switches, etc.

Tonight, got the drivers seat wired to a power source and tested. It worked great. I plan to get the passenger seat wired soon.

 

looks just like the kit I got. They were money well spent, loved them last winter. I'll be installing a set in my wife's Subaru in the near future.