Thanks for the opinions, guys. Just wanted to let you know that my ATC blade-type fuse box upgrade is an awesome success. My glass-fuse fusebox was a real piece of junk. If I so much as looked at a wire the wrong way, everything stopped working.
Heres what I'm did: relocate the fuse panel to inside the cab and slightly under the dash. I added 2 seperate small fuse panels instead of just one, each with 6 fuses for a total of 12. One is the hardwired (always hot) fuse panel, and the other is switched. You're probably asking "why the hell do that, the LUV only has 6 total fuses?" Well heres my reasoning... the fuse panels are compact, cheap, and don't have the capability to hook up multiple different sources. Meaning, the incoming wire goes to all 6 fuses. The 2 panels also leaves me the ability to add things to where I need... like if I want the new accessory hardwired or on only when the ignition is. On top of that, I like having lots of open fuse slots to play with for when I do my alternator upgrade
So.... how much does this all cost?
2 ATC blade-type fuse panels: $30
1 pack of fuses: $5
1 25' roll of 14 gauge primary wire: $5
Misc. connectors and mounting screws: $5
In other words, all of this happened for me for under 50 bucks. I also did some minor wiring upgrades under the hood with the leftover wire I had. I put all the new wires that are running through the firewall to my fuse panels in a nice wiring loom to keep them together and looking professional. I would have to say that for the money, this ranks as one of the must-do upgrades for the LUV.