I've skimmed through this thread - lots of great advice! I passed my IR written last week. Used the King School course which I thought was really good. The videos helped me understand the concepts in ways that my self-study didn't (I used some ASA books that a friend gave me, also good)...
I have had the great benefit of flying with about ten different CFI's over the years. A few of them have been nothing short of brilliant teachers. The brilliant teachers helped me believe in myself. Without that self-confidence, it's really hard to learn technique - the self-doubt takes over...
Chip did you finish your Garmin 175 install and do you have pictures of your panel? I'm installing one in my Skyhawk and also decided to give up ILS in favor of LPV. I'd love to have an additional CDI installed at some point to have the redundancy of ILS but that's an investment I'll have to...