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Message: [QUOTE="Vader's Fury, post: 76346, member: 473"] So everything is good now and I was able to get some more work done. I have good and bad news, but first a few pics. Got the dash pulled out of my donor truck. [ATTACH=full]66306[/ATTACH] Got the seats, center console, door skins, manual window crank, old mirrors and non power locks out. [ATTACH=full]66307[/ATTACH] Got the power windows, locks, and new power mirrors mounted back in the doors. [ATTACH=full]66308[/ATTACH] So for the good news. I got the entire wiring harness removed from the donor truck to install in mine. I also got the entire interior of the 450 removed including the dash, except the rubber floor. Got the factory XL wire harness removed and ready to install the XLT one. Now for the bad news. The dash harness plugs are not the same. The XL has a single plug that runs out to the 2 doors and up the back of the cab for the dome light and 3rd brake light. The XLT is a dual plug and I can not find a plug pinned up unused under my XL dash. So while the harness is not going to just plug in and work, I now plan to use the wire harness and just re-wire what I need to under the dash to get power to everything I need it to. Its probably a good thing the donor truck is gas or I could see myself pulling the entire dash harness and swapping it too. Pulling the dash was way easier the second and third time. I orginally pulled the dash in my 350 and it took me forever. Now that I know where all the connections are and the bolts that need to be pulled it only took about 30 mins. I hope to spend some time tonight/tomorrow figuring out what wire connections I will have to make up since the 2nd plug will not plug in. Anyone know how the heat for the mirrors works? Is it just always hot when the key is on? I figured I would just hot wire it from a ignition controlled hot wire to a switch and just turn it on when I need it. [/QUOTE]