I got my good quality 12V/USB outlet pair purchased on ebay.....
....so I started this project. I removed the 3 layers of the passenger front kick panel to access the area behind the red-circled area of the dash board.
On my 2007 rig it
Will NOT Be Possible to mount an outlet there. The adjacent vent has a fairly large mounting tab there and the large finishing escutcheon plate has two metal tang snap features there. Working around the vent mounting tab alone would place even just one 12V outlet too close to an edge to look proper. And I don't want to degrade the integrity of the dash board by removing mounting snaps and tabs.
So I studied other mounting opportunities and decided to install both outlets here. I will be fabricating a clean wire harness with a plug in between the center console and dash so it can be removed. I was concerned over plug-ins being in the way of getting around inside the rig, but it should be fine. Having the outlets just above the storage bin will be very convenient to dump electronics being charged which has been most of our outlet usage.
