z1 hood struts bulge

Guyfromthere · 02-03-2017, 09:48 PM

Hello everyone! I installed z1 hood struts last year and noticed theres tiny bulging happening here on driver's side. I took pictures of my install and if anyone who has done the install themselves could look into them and check if all is good I'd be really thankful

Please don't mind the dust and the icky stuff(previous owner had spilt something and it's yellowish and I haven't cleaned the engine bay yet...), car is hibernating for 2 more months

Edit: Forum doesn't resize my huge images

cooltoy · 02-04-2017, 12:16 AM

Did you trim the plastics and the foam where the struts touches the edge of the brake fluid area?

I notched out the plastic on the covers. Used a dremel to achieve a nice finish.

Z1 Hood Struts Bulge

Guyfromthere · 02-04-2017, 09:12 AM

No I haven't I'll try to do that, Thanks

kenchan · 02-04-2017, 10:37 AM

i stopped using dampers on the Z period. not worth da trouble imho.

02-04-2017, 12:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
cooltoy Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Calgary Posts: 13,971 Drives: 14 PW 370Z S/T MT Rep Power: 243722	Did you trim the plastics and the foam where the struts touches the edge of the brake fluid area? I notched out the plastic on the covers. Used a dremel to achieve a nice finish. Z1 Hood Struts Bulge Guyfromthere likes this. __________________ Member of kenchan's "photoshopped mods" and "proper offsets" gang. Last edited by cooltoy; 02-04-2017 at 12:20 AM.

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02-04-2017, 09:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Guyfromthere Base Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: latvia Posts: 90 Drives: 370z 2012 mt Rep Power: 9	No I haven't I'll try to do that, Thanks

02-04-2017, 10:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	i stopped using dampers on the Z period. not worth da trouble imho.