I'm very tired from a killer long day at work. So instead of pulling out the tools and working on the car I'm going to post my 'toaster mod' and call it a night. Last night I got the car back and ran out of daylight putting power to the car again and installing the grille covers.
Legal Statement: Don't do this. It's dangerous and will electrocute you, set fire to your car, garage and house. Then and only then will your breakers pop. Don't do dumb stuff you see on the interweb! Ha ha
Now that that's out of the way...
It's called the 'toaster mod' because my lovely Wife pointed out that now she could plug her toaster into the car as she saw me plug a power tool into the car and cut/grind/burn something on the car.
I hated having to plug the car in through a dangly cord flapping in the wind or tucked into the bottom of the bumper so far down I would irritate/injure my tender back. I was also broke at the time so I couldn't justify buying a marinco inlet and genius hadn't come onto the market with their inlet, both wonderful flush mount solutions to providing power to your ride.(Do a google search and you'll find the truck guys love the marinco mod) So I raided my house electrical parts bin and slapped together a receptical with a cord running into the car with a 3 way Y harness to power my car battery charger, block heater and battery blanket.
Since the receptacle box was grey it melted into my grille block rather well. I cut one fin out of my plastic grille and the box fit perfectly. The tabs on the back were a bear to shove through but they anchor the box very securely. I added a few screws to really make it solid. After 1 year the screws have corroded a bit, but inside the box is pristine. No water has gotten in.
I have an extension cord with two male ends. The car end must be plugged in first, then the house end. Removal is the reverse: house end unplugged first and car last. Otherwise you have live power exposed! Danger! I will be converting to the Marinco or Genius inlet shortly and make this safe.
To plug in your toaster, plug in your car and notice there's still a place on the car to plug in your toaster! Homemade bread is best! (I imagine a toaster has a horrible draw and will blow your breakers after it burns down your garage)(Use GFI dammit!)