im very interested in if you found out how the hood latch gets set up, im building my Z that got hit from the front and am having the same exact issue, i dont no were the black box thats right by the driver side headlight clips to, if you go on nissan parts usa they actually have a picture of were the cord runs and how it connects, my question is were does the white little clip/square thats on the cord go, and were does this black box clip too
website is this, make sure u hit "standard" to see what im talking about
https://parts.nissanusa.com/nissanpa...3432&siteid=14