I'm at the point where I'm ready to attach my gas strut to the nose gear
strut on my 360. The manual states that the preferred way is to pot the two
bolts into the firewall and cover with 1 BID.  This sounds easy enough, but,
from what I can tell, the firewall won't be flat any more at this area.
These are bolts, so they can't really be countersunk.  There is an alternate
connection method which is to go through the stainless and be on the other
side of the firewall.  This doesn't sound as nice as the first method.

Someone else mentioned to me about connecting the gas strut to the top of
the wheel well, but I'm concerned about this changing the angle and force.
It looks like this would physically fit if I shim it with some phenolic.

Does anyone remember what they did to connect their gas strut?  Does it
matter if the firewall is no longer flat?

Thanks,

-Rob