Midwest FISHWHIP build - Now w/ Fishporn

One of these days I’m going to get around to a comprehensive write up on completely re-wiring my bed & cap. For now, my mistake that took me down that road in the first place…


TIP: if you’re having a cap dealer install your cap, even if they seem very nice, knowledgeable and highly rated, inspect some of their prior work on somebody else’s truck BEFORE you let them touch your whip!

The first sign of a problem was when I picked it up and found the power locking rear glass was wired to the drivers door. We specifically discussed passenger, and I even gave them wire colors and locations for the door sil wire bundle AND the OEM tailgate lock I had installed the week prior. Oh well, not a huge deal.

The truck also picked up its first scratch while in their care, but it’s minor and about the only thing I’m not disappointed about.

A few days later I noticed this gem…


Yep, that’s an unprotected 12v power wire in the front drivers wheel well. They even removed and discarded a frame plug to make the job easier.

No way that wire was going to hold up to road debris long term. Sure enough, about a year later the coating was damaged nearly completely thru from 20k miles of highway and gravel roads.

So I came up with a plan to “do it right”. Ordered up the needed stuff, and then started ripping out the dealers wiring from back to front…

That’s when I encountered this sweet OEM-spec cable management…


And then this little gem…


Yes, they literally spent the extra time to drill a hole in the floorboard vs running thru the rubber grommet an inch away. Probably not that much extra time since they didn’t bother to put primer on the metal they drilled, but definitely not faster than doing it the right way.

Upside: I got my money’s worth on the undercoating, because this hole was the only speck of rust on the whip after its first MI winter.

So, I definitely learned a lesson the hard way, and hopefully the tip helps someone else avoid the same.

Not enough fishing lately for fresh fishporn, so I’ll leave one from prior seasons summer brook trout mission.

canoe-porn?​

 

I just got done salmon fishing for a week.

Light tackle for the win!