Great job! Good to see folks doing their own diagnostics and completing repairs successfully. Too many just drag it off to the local guy and let him have all the fun
Do it yourself, for what it costs to farm it out, you can buy/rent the proper tools. Very few “experts” out there, a few “good” guys and the rest are the luck of the draw. They may have more experience but they will be happy to soy “good enough and call it a day. No one cares more about your...
Change all the fluids and filters. I would change the brake hoses and flush the brake lines and put in new brake fluid. Check all the ground connections, clean and tighten as necessary. As your doing this, do a very thorough inspection,
Auto Meter does make some pillar pods, they also make other types of mounts. I have been on their site and the do offer things there that LMR does not show. That could be the best place to start looking.
I think the SOS pod is(was) the best looking one, matched the interior perfectly, they do show up for sale on here and FM occasionally but can be pretty spendy. Have a look at what LMR has on their site. Most of them need to be painted to match.