Originally Posted by Vegitto-kun (Post 528767)

Well yeah all fine and dandy but you would be left with a drilled and cut engine bay :roflpuke2:

Originally Posted by Modshack (Post 528806)

Mcmaster's is super fast with anything you might need!

Originally Posted by waaaasabi (Post 528775)

Alright here's the install/review for the CF rear dampeners!

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...52795183_0.jpg
Packaging. The instructions were... uhhhh. Yeah, not really instructive, but honestly, it's a dampeners swap, not an engine drop.

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...52796001_0.jpg
Stock dampener. The bottom joint seemed to fit just fine so I didn't want to mess with the brackets and whatnot.

Be careful removing the stock dampeners; they're a real bitch the first time around.
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...52815099_0.jpg
(The picture is after I cleaned it all up; it wouldn't stop bleeding for the longest)

I was able to put on the bottom joint and slip on the locking mechanism, but the top CF cup joint wouldn't lock into the stock ball joint. So I took off the stock ball (a bitch, as well), but the supplied ball joint didn't fit :(

http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/a...52792685_0.jpg
As you can see there's a major size difference between the screws of the ball joints.

So right now I'm kinda stuck. I tried perhaps using the supplied bracket and screwing it down with the stock joint screw, but I couldn't position the bracket in any way that would fit. I think Ryan may have sent me a front set by accident, but in any case I have to write a paper for Monday, so I can't mess around with the dampener till next week.

Originally Posted by RCZ (Post 528832)

So are we going to have Hood Damper V2.0 coming out soon Ryan? With everything working properly?

Originally Posted by Ryan_west06 (Post 528884)

should have used a flat head to take the stock pins out!

okay you need to install the top one first. run the damper along the hood when installing, makes it easier. then bring damper down towards the bottom ball joint. took us like 1 min on each damper :p

also the ball joints are the same. just takes a little force to push it on. try useing a rubber malet to pop it in.

btw, you have weird looking pants :p

Originally Posted by waaaasabi (Post 528910)

Aha! I think another problem was that the cup joints were angled differently, thus I had to unscrew it quite a bit to get it to fit. But I finally got it to fit; thanks Ryan. Will update with pics on Monday. Also, why throw in all those other miscellaneous parts if they're not needed? It just throws people off haha.

Hey the ripped up jeans are cool (at least in my mind)! I'm bringing back style from the late 80s/early 90s.

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 529105)

Modshack- I got one side done and testing. It's great! :p

Did you use a spacer by any chance to raise the ball joint side a few mm on the tower? I ask because the damper housing is barely but surely rubbing the battery cover.

(Also dremeled out a little cutout for the shaft on the cradle part of the battery cover surround aft of the big foam cradle)

Originally Posted by Modshack (Post 529119)

Sounds like you got it figured out! I did dremel that plastic lip aft of the foam, and also cut a slit in the foam for the shaft to drop into without compressing it...

I didn't raise the ball (no evidence of rubbing the Bat. cover on mine) but found it necessary to unscrew the shaft, Put the little retainer clip in place with the end on the ball, then rescrew the shaft and pop it into the hood ball. Didn't use a clp there as it doesn't seem necessary and it makes it easier to snap the Cylinder off if necessary..You could always put a few washers under the triangle plate to raise if necessary....:tup:

http://images56.fotki.com/v525/photo...MG_2550-vi.jpg

Originally Posted by Modshack (Post 529119)

Sounds like you got it figured out! I did dremel that plastic lip aft of the foam, and also cut a slit in the foam for the shaft to drop into without compressing it...

I didn't raise the ball (no evidence of rubbing the Bat. cover on mine) but found it necessary to unscrew the shaft, Put the little retainer clip in place with the end on the ball, then rescrew the shaft and pop it into the hood ball. Didn't use a clp there as it doesn't seem necessary and it makes it easier to snap the Cylinder off if necessary..You could always put a few washers under the triangle plate to raise if necessary....:tup:

http://images56.fotki.com/v525/photo...MG_2550-vi.jpg

Originally Posted by Triple's (Post 529131)

Hey Mod, Will this set up get in the way of the removal of the battery in the event of a Battery failure? kinda hard to tell from the angle of the pic