Which one do you have and recommend?

I can get brand new Tein dampers for $95 shipped, or $110 for Evo-R or $145 for NRG.

I like the carbon fiber version.
Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

Tein


Evo-r


NRG

 

I have polished NRG dampers...no problems 1 1/2 year of use so far. The Tein will clash with your engine bay whether you have any bling or not. Dunno bout the Evo-r.

 

Im running the nrg polished no problems good fitment, I remember ive read a while I was looking for these dampers the tien's had some problem but, I dont remember what it was.

 

I've got the EVO-R dampers from "the Z store" and they work great.

 

I have the NRG's and they were a 10min install... even with the small trim work I did.



You can barely see it.. but I cut about a 2mm half circle off the Battery and Brake Master cylinder cover with a dremel. You can actually see a half circle on the plastic... so you cut that out and BAM!!!! it look's like it was meant to be there.

 

i have polished NRG and wrapped it with 3M dinoc

 

I have the Evo-R ones and they work great, and no cutting needed to install. I chose them because they are 2-stage instead of single stage like the rest, so I can keep the hood half open for car shows.

 

Man your car looks so clean. Love it. And that is a neat option on the Evo-r's. This I did not know.

I have the NRG's and take about 10-15 mins. They work great. Got mine fo $70 in the marketplace.

Chris

 

where can you get tein hood dampers for 95 bucks??? Btw those brackets in the pics of the tein hood dampers are a different design...

 

^I found the Tein pic off google, probably not for 350z.

If you want Tein dampers, pm me and I'll send you his info.

I'm thinking of going with EVO-R ones.

 

I would not go with tein. They are super stiff. I ended up selling mine because I could not get them to loosen up at all. I can't say anything else about the others. I know that Evo-R makes theirs so that you do not have to cut the plastic piece in order to get to the screw location. Other than that, that is all I can tell you.

 

So Teins are the only ones that require you to trim?

 

^Tein and NRG do. EVO-R ones don't require trimming the plastic cover.

 

The plastic you trim is the size of a nickle. But no trim = tEh win!

Chris

 

Just ordered the EVO-R cf hood dampers from thezstore.com.
Will give a feedback when installed.

 

I put the EVO-R CF on a month ago and I needed to trim the plastic, not a big deal. Mine also look different than what they have pictured on the website (zstore). There's a gold ring at the top of the piston where it connects to the hood and a chrome ring at the bottom. I Don't like the gold with my silver car. Not sure if they sent the wrong model or what. The function of the dampers is great. I'll probably black out the gold ring or something.

 

I love my NRG polished ss hood damper kit.......carbon fiber is for cf hoods.
MrWong a vendor here has a great shipped priced if anyone else is interested.

 

I finally had time to install the EVO-R hood dampers. The install was simple and took me about 20 minutes or so.
I really like these since no trimming was required, and they have 2-stage opening, which is pretty cool.

Here are some pictures.

Unpacked


Installed


No trimming needed



stage 1 (for car show etc.)



stage 2 (all the way up)

 

Looks like your Z is giving me one of these