Kanjo Spec.D ULTRA hood dampers

[ljpetraska]

Do you happen to have a picture/pdf of the instructions? I'm considering pulling the trigger on this for my Seiran Blue, but I don't want to have to notch or clearance anything.

What did you mean by the brackets bent? The ones on the car or the ones that came with the hood struts?

FYI - I didn’t have to modify anything. I get the impression the instructions are the same for all vehicles that they sell dampers for but reading about modifying plastic or potential “hood bulging“ was not on my bingo card.

The brackets that came with the struts that attach to your hood are the ones I’m referring to. The end that holds the strut attachment is what bent almost immediately moreso on the driver side. The struts were very stiff on the first close but bracket went from a 90 degree angle to closer to 115 degrees. I was able to bend it back with a pair of pliers and a cloth but it was still somewhat unnerving.

 

[NocturnalEmber]

FYI - I didn’t have to modify anything. I get the impression the instructions are the same for all vehicles that they sell dampers for but reading about modifying plastic or potential “hood bulging“ was not on my bingo card.

The brackets that came with the struts that attach to your hood are the ones I’m referring to. The end that holds the strut attachment is what bent almost immediately moreso on the driver side. The struts were very stiff on the first close but bracket went from a 90 degree angle to closer to 115 degrees. I was able to bend it back with a pair of pliers and a cloth but it was still somewhat unnerving.

Yeah that has me a bit concerned; I'll likely still pull the trigger on it but I'd really rather not have my paint get scuffed, even if its on the underside of the hood. After you bent the metal back I'm guessing it hasn't re occurred?

 

[ljpetraska]

Here’s the latest pic I took just now. There’s still a subtle bend to it that I’m going to need to keep an eye on. Both sides are like this. It’s hard to see in the pic but you can tell the part of the bracket holding the ball joint is bent slightly upwards towards the hood. The video shows it more clearly.

I’ve contacted Kanjo to see if they have any feedback.

 

[5amp5on]

Here is where you MAY have to trim a little plastic. My passenger side required no trimming but the drivers side did. No biggie.