MYoung84's 2012 Power Wagon Build Thread

Thanks!

Originally Posted by tompat

Nice install on the onboard air!

Here is one I did on my H2:

I hope you dont mind me sharing this in your thread. My apologies if you do mind

That's a very clean install as well!

Latest mod: Heated seats.

With winter coming soon I figured I would add some heated seats. I bought a kit on Amazon for $189 shipped. I did the passenger side first and it took about an hour and a half to get the seats torn apart, heaters installed, and seats back together. The seat bottom comes out fairly easy then you have to remove most of the cover from the pad by clipping the hog rings. I did have to buy hog ring pliers and a box of new hog rings which I found at my local Atwoods. The cover on the seat back is held in with velcro so it's much easier. The seat bottom needs to have a hole cut in the center and two notches on the sides for the hog rings. The seat back needs about 1.5" trimmed off the top unless you want to clip the hog rings there for that little extra. I didn't feel that it was worth the trouble. The driver side only took about 30 minutes since I knew how everything came apart.

After driving around last night my wife had to switch from high to low because they were getting pretty toasty, which is good! The only downside vs. the factory heated seats is that you have to remember to turn them off. They're wired to a switched source so they won't be on when the truck is off, so it shouldn't be a big deal. I did a quick chop to show the general heating area. You can see where it's trimmed on the seat back to follow the mounting rods on the seat cover.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

Originally Posted by myoung84

Latest mod: Heated seats.

With winter coming soon I figured I would add some heated seats. I bought a kit on Amazon for $189 shipped. I did the passenger side first and it took about an hour and a half to get the seats torn apart, heaters installed, and seats back together. The seat bottom comes out fairly easy then you have to remove most of the cover from the pad by clipping the hog rings. I did have to buy hog ring pliers and a box of new hog rings which I found at my local Atwoods. The cover on the seat back is held in with velcro so it's much easier. The seat bottom needs to have a hole cut in the center and two notches on the sides for the hog rings. The seat back needs about 1.5" trimmed off the top unless you want to clip the hog rings there for that little extra. I didn't feel that it was worth the trouble. The driver side only took about 30 minutes since I knew how everything came apart.

After driving around last night my wife had to switch from high to low because they were getting pretty toasty, which is good! The only downside vs. the factory heated seats is that you have to remember to turn them off. They're wired to a switched source so they won't be on when the truck is off, so it shouldn't be a big deal. I did a quick chop to show the general heating area. You can see where it's trimmed on the seat back to follow the mounting rods on the seat cover.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

This mod looks very familiar

We actually just did this to my wife's Honda Pilot after she rode in my Power Wagon. This is a great thing for us folks who live in the cooler climates. Heated Cloth Seats are SWEET!!!

Originally Posted by 04Ram2500Hemi

This mod looks very familiar

We actually just did this to my wife's Honda Pilot after she rode in my Power Wagon. This is a great thing for us folks who live in the cooler climates. Heated Cloth Seats are SWEET!!!

You were my inspiration for this one! I never would have thought heated cloth seats would work that well until you did it. My Charger has heated leather from the factory and I really like it.

We don't get nearly as cold in Oklahoma as you northerners do, but a toasty rear will still be appreciated!

Originally Posted by myoung84

You were my inspiration for this one! I never would have thought heated cloth seats would work that well until you did it. My Charger has heated leather from the factory and I really like it.

We don't get nearly as cold in Oklahoma as you northerners do, but a toasty rear will still be appreciated!

I'm just glad I could help you spend your money

I've done A LOT of that lately...

I went back to stock height and replaced my tires today, again. Went with the Toyo Open Country A/T II in a 285/65/18, which is one of the extreme sizes. They don't look near as good as the old ones, but I think they still look good on the truck. The stock 17's measured 31.5 on the truck and these are measuring 31.75, so just a hair bigger. I only drove a couple miles home from the tire shop so I can't say much, but they look like they are going to be a great tire. They are also 16 lbs lighter than my old tires, so that alone should bring back my decent gas mileage. 10 mpg was starting to suck!

Here's a couple pics. I'll get some better ones when I get my next mod installed...

Basing it just off the tire sizes wouldn't they be smaller? 285/70/17 are 32.7, 285/65/18 are 32.58. Now I know each tire is different but just off basic size they are smaller.

On paper, they are about 0.1 shorter but when you actually measure them when they are installed, they are about 0.25 taller. They are also much more aggressive than the stock BFGs.

Looks good, did you have issues with a bigger tire?

Yes and no. See this post....

http://www.dodgetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=364780

I'm going to be keeping an eye on your build to see what you think of the new Toyo A/T II's. I'm thinking those will be my next tires.

Here's some new pics with my custom lights from the Retroshop!

Looks like you like getting out into water. Have a look at your PM's myoung.

looking great Morgan!!

Originally Posted by Corins

Looks like you like getting out into water. Have a look at your PM's myoung.

Lol, it wasn't deep. I jumped out on some rocks.

I'll dig up the info on the switch panel for you this evening.

Originally Posted by 0212353

looking great Morgan!!

Thanks Jeremy!

What size are your tires

285/65/18. Basically the same size as stock but 18".

Originally Posted by myoung84

Lol, it wasn't deep. I jumped out on some rocks.

I'll dig up the info on the switch panel for you this evening.

Just curious if you found it after?

What's better than one Hi-Lift Jack?

Two Hi-Lift Jacks! I asked for one for Christmas and didn't intend to get two, but I'm not going to complain! Just got one mounted with the Hi-Lift brackets and the other will stay in the garage in the bag unless I'm going on an adventure, or it might eventually find it's way on my ATV...

Also got the Lift mate to lift from the wheels, which is the only way I'm able to lift the truck until I get new bumpers.