yep, the damper rubs in 2 areas. the shaft to the fender ledge (bend it down) and the damper housing to the battery cover (take the battery cover off the ledge). then it turns out like my pict. :p

i wish phalen would've posted here and did his damper mod with a nice bulge like dreamer's. then i couldve re-verified to him why he is a faux j-style character and im the real thing. :D ;) jk phalen. hahaha.

dreamer- hey, atleast you tried! now keep trying. hahahaha. :D

^ :mad: :wtf: haha

i didn't even buy one of these...lol

:icon18: hahaha. :hello:

Patience Gentlemen!

These just arrived minutes ago......More when I've played around a bit..

http://images17.fotki.com/v284/photo...MG_2532-vi.jpg

OK Kids...Here are the results. Thinking I could move the lower ball in to aviod the Battery cover rub was a FAIL. This is because the cause of the hood bulge is the Body of the strut hitting the Front-back molded rib in the hood...The one that drops into the foam cradles. I tried several locations for the ball and could not avoid interference here with the consequent bulge. I finally moved things in enough that the strut tube parallels the hood form and no longer interferes anywhere with the closure. Need to finish up the other side but this will give you an idea:

Fail:
http://images17.fotki.com/v523/photo...MG_2534-vi.jpg

Success:
http://images49.fotki.com/v1556/phot...MG_2535-vi.jpg

You need to drill a 1/2 hole in the battery cover:
http://images56.fotki.com/v1597/phot...MG_2540-vi.jpg

http://images110.fotki.com/v566/phot...MG_2538-vi.jpg



Works great even with only one strut in...

Nice job! :D that hole you see where you removed the black sticker... I was hoping I could use it, but was too big. :D hahahaha

Steve,

That's excellent! That sure is alot further in than I was expecting on the lower mount, but it makes the strut now almost perfectly parallel to the hood.

Nice work modshack, I will be skipping the drilling there as I am not doing that to the Password JDM stuff.
Will work this weekend on finding a solution.

Nicely done modshack.

Need to check my scrap bin and make me a bracket like the modshack mod. :p

Anything to worry about hitting under the towers when you drilled?

No need to go to that trouble. The plates are only a buck:

9512K91 Ball Mounting Hardware Zinc-Plated-Steel, Flat Ball Bracket
$1.00

Or in stainless:
9512K11 Ball Mounting Hardware 304 Stainless Steel Flat Ball Bracket
$4.22

from McMaster-Carr

No issues with the drilling..

Excellent. Thanks again! :D

Modshack- Great work. Drilling really wasnt in the plan, didnt think Z owners would want to do this. thats why we went to the fender with the simple cut on the rub molding.

as with every aftermarket mod things can always be made better or different.

Ryan
Prosport Gauges, Inc

Really thinking of reselling them with the whole buldging and drilling and filling and removing battery cover issues.

I should of just waited :shakes head:

Hit me up with how much you would like to sell them for!