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I am going to install a Garmin GAP 26 heated (unregulated) pitot probe instead of the pitot tube supplied with the wing kit. Most of the modifications related to the after-market pitot probe will happen when I work on the bottom wing skins, so the only thing to do now is route the pitot and AoA tubing in the left wing. I made a path for the lines through the ribs before I attached the ribs to the spar. The idea was to route the pitot and AoA lines as close to the top wing skin as possible to avoid potentially getting water in the lines. The pitot probe has drain holes built in, so the likelihood of getting water through the probe and all the way up to the top of the wing should be pretty remote. I plan to install the pitot probe near the same location as the wing kit pitot tube, so I ran the pitot and AoA lines to that point in the wing.