Napoleon_Tanerite
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Only cost me $85 too. If you've been following along at home you will recall I had a Nostalgic Air Parts A/C kit installed in my M1009. This led to some electrical issues. Apparently there was a short under the dash that was aggravated by the A/C install. I had the truck towed back to the A/C shop where the fixed the short, but I was still having starting issues. Come to find that the front battery went to ****, likely killed by the short. Well, a new front battery later, and the truck runs like new.
Now about the A/C. I went with the NAP kit after OD Iron raised their price $400. NAP still has their kit for $950, with FREE shipping so it was a no brainer. I had the kit professionally installed because it was WAAAAY over my head to do the work myself. Here's my early impression on the NAP kit:
--The plastic is cheap and brittle. The louvers that go in the dash were originally one piece. The plastic strip that connects them is very thin and VERY easy to break. I found this out when I broke the left side louver off unpackaging the kit, and broke the right side louver AND the bit of plastic that connects to it while reinstalliing my dash pad. So now instead of one continuous piece of trim with AC louvers, I have 4 separate pieces... 2 louvers and two pieces of decorative trim.
--This sucker blows COLD! I'm pretty impressed by the quality and volume of cold air that comes out of there. I imagine the truck will get even colder tomorrow after the window tint is done and the green green house gets some shade inside.
--If you are inclined to do the install yourself, the instructions are MUCH better than the OD Iron kit (unless OD Iron includes much more documentation with their kits than is provided on the website). NAP sends about 10 pages of instructions. I didn't know enough about A/C to be confident putting it in myself, but the shop I took the truck to had it done in an afternoon.
--The "complete" kit is not quite complete. You will need to purchase ducting and some various hardware such as screws, etc in order to fully install the kit.
Overall I'm VERY happy with this air conditioner, and was a desperately needed improvement to my truck for the GA summer.
Now about the A/C. I went with the NAP kit after OD Iron raised their price $400. NAP still has their kit for $950, with FREE shipping so it was a no brainer. I had the kit professionally installed because it was WAAAAY over my head to do the work myself. Here's my early impression on the NAP kit:
--The plastic is cheap and brittle. The louvers that go in the dash were originally one piece. The plastic strip that connects them is very thin and VERY easy to break. I found this out when I broke the left side louver off unpackaging the kit, and broke the right side louver AND the bit of plastic that connects to it while reinstalliing my dash pad. So now instead of one continuous piece of trim with AC louvers, I have 4 separate pieces... 2 louvers and two pieces of decorative trim.
--This sucker blows COLD! I'm pretty impressed by the quality and volume of cold air that comes out of there. I imagine the truck will get even colder tomorrow after the window tint is done and the green green house gets some shade inside.
--If you are inclined to do the install yourself, the instructions are MUCH better than the OD Iron kit (unless OD Iron includes much more documentation with their kits than is provided on the website). NAP sends about 10 pages of instructions. I didn't know enough about A/C to be confident putting it in myself, but the shop I took the truck to had it done in an afternoon.
--The "complete" kit is not quite complete. You will need to purchase ducting and some various hardware such as screws, etc in order to fully install the kit.
Overall I'm VERY happy with this air conditioner, and was a desperately needed improvement to my truck for the GA summer.
