Hood dampers?

Krazy.1K · 03-14-2014, 12:19 PM

+1 on Z1 hood struts, installed in less than 10 min, great customer support.

grandpawmoses · 03-19-2014, 08:34 AM

Ordered a set from Z1 yesterday (Monday) at noon. They were delivered Tuesday via standard Fedex. I'm only 150 miles away.

kenchan · 03-19-2014, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by grandpawmoses

Ordered a set from Z1 yesterday (Monday) at noon. They were delivered Tuesday via standard Fedex. I'm only 150 miles away.

hope u dont install those up-side-down...

grandpawmoses · 03-19-2014, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

hope u dont install those up-side-down...

Thanks for the reminder but I did good this time. Took about fifteen minutes including both beer breaks.

kenchan · 03-19-2014, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpawmoses

Thanks for the reminder but I did good this time. Took about fifteen minutes including both beer breaks.

excellent!

roy'sz · 03-19-2014, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Krazy.1K

+1 on Z1 hood struts, installed in less than 10 min, great customer support.

I couldn't find the install guide online and they are coming in today. I was wondering if you had taken both of the nuts off at the same time on one side of the hood and if you had any allignment problems. I saw that kelly fields only had to take one nut off but the brackets in z1's pic looks like i have to take two off. just curious and any info is greatly appreciated.

TreeSemdyZee · 03-19-2014, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by roy'sz

I couldn't find the install guide online and they are coming in today. I was wondering if you had taken both of the nuts off at the same time on one side of the hood and if you had any allignment problems. I saw that kelly fields only had to take one nut off but the brackets in z1's pic looks like i have to take two off. just curious and any info is greatly appreciated.

http://www.z1motorsports.com/upload/...ll%20guide.pdf

grandpawmoses · 03-19-2014, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by roy'sz

I couldn't find the install guide online and they are coming in today. I was wondering if you had taken both of the nuts off at the same time on one side of the hood and if you had any allignment problems. I saw that kelly fields only had to take one nut off but the brackets in z1's pic looks like i have to take two off. just curious and any info is greatly appreciated.

There is an installation guide packed with the struts. But to answer your question, the new brackets do attach under two nuts. The guide says to take one nut off at a time but you have to loosen both nuts. I took both nuts off (the third nut keeps everything aligned).
Operation is great and alignment is perfect.
FYI, the little spring clips were loose in my box and I was convinced I didn't get them until I found them where I opened the box. They are tiny so watch for them.

roy'sz · 03-19-2014, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpawmoses

There is an installation guide packed with the struts. But to answer your question, the new brackets do attach under two nuts. The guide says to take one nut off at a time but you have to loosen both nuts. I took both nuts off (the third nut keeps everything aligned).
Operation is great and alignment is perfect.
FYI, the little spring clips were loose in my box and I was convinced I didn't get them until I found them where I opened the box. They are tiny so watch for them.

thanx bro yeah I was struggling with the fact of trying to keep one nut tight while installing the other. This will be installed this weekend. Appreciate the insight....

03-19-2014, 08:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
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