got a answer to why my fuse was blowing for my windows dash and climate control, it was happening before (about 3 years ago) and then stopped but a few days after the build it happened again, i also didn't have reverse lights.
Turns out the reverse lights are one of the things on that gauge fuse circuit. The two wires coming off of the reverse switch were sandwiched somehow on top of the trans. The wires were touching each other shorting out the fuse.
shouldn't have to worry about that anymore ::w00t::