use a flat head screwdriver and push the metal strip on the back of the reservoir out and the tank will lift right out. When you look down you should pretty easily be able to see the tops of the three bolts. The silver bracket that comes in the kit attaches there with the included bolts.

Just to the right of the top radiator hose is a gold bracket, remove that bolt/bracket and that's where the top of the damper goes.

 

Thanks! I've been doing some research so I can knock this out quickly once it gets here. I don't know if you were able to get the ground wire attached yet or not, but there's a picture of exactly where it goes HERE. It's the second picture.

 

Ok, with a little reading and poking around the engine bay, I pretty much know exactly how to install this now. Should be fairly easy actually. The only thing that may be a slight pain is having enough room to get down to those 3 bolts under the power steering reservoir. I might see how difficult it is to pull the washer reservoir out also. That should free up enough room to work around down there. Now I can't wait for this thing to get here!

 

Well I finished the damper install this evening. It wasn't too bad, but there are definitely things to be aware of when doing this install. It could have been much faster had I know before-hand. I also found the perfect way to remedy the short ground connection problem. Even removing the tie-wrap was not enough, but I did find a better way of doing it.

You can feel the extra vibration in the gear shift, steering wheel and pedals. Not annoying or anything, but it's there. It's enough to notice, but not enough that I won't get used to it rather quickly after driving a few times. It's got almost no lag when hitting the gas and taking off from a start it really wants to go. I don't know if it's just my head playing tricks on me, or possibly the extra vibration making me believe so, but it apparently has a different sound from the exhaust too. So far I'm totally impressed and glad I did it.

I took pictures along the way, so I could put together a DIY if people are interested.

 

Could you do a DIY please? I'm sure a lot of people would be interested as the Stillen instructions are not very detailed at all! There's hardly any photos in their instructions it's so hard to follow...thanks man

Also how did you relocate the grounding wire?

thanks for your help in advance!

 

I'll put something together this weekend. Too busy with work right now to get it done during the week. The instructions for the ground wire will be included. It'll be easier with pictures.

 

thanks a lot man, I've bought the kit and im ready to install, just wanna wait for your DIY before I go ahead to make sure I don't get anythin wrong :S

 

I'm having trouble installing mine. I have the eBay one and the dampener won't fit inside the bracket... Has anyone had this problem?

 

Yeah I had the same problem now that you mention it. I took some heavy duty plyers and put the nose of the plyers down inbetween the bracket and hit the crap out of it with a rubber mallet. It took a few heavy hits, but it does split it apart enough to get the damper to fit in the bracket.

Also, if you have problems with the ground cable being too short, like most of us have, here's what I did:

*That cable bolts to the frame/body with two bolts.
*Remove both those bolts so that part of the cable is no longer connected.
*Now put it back on but only use one bolt and move the cable up to make it longer.

You'll see what I'm talking about if you have the problem and look at that end of the cable. You basically bolt the cable down using only one bolt. You will use the bolt on the hole at the end of the cable, but put it on the other bolt hole on the frame/body. That gives you an extra 2" or so.