went through same issues. Also, couple of other notes here for those who self install - Be VERY slow and steady when connecting the plugs that are on the ends of the wires of the struts. High chance of the pins inside bending downward slightly, just enough to not go into their openings on the mate plug. Small screwdriver or pick can bend them back up if needed. - The plug that connects into the control box has a purple cover on it. If you have to remove that plug from the control box at anytime, chance that the purple cover sticks inside of the control box opening, making reinsertion of the plug almost impossible. Use a pick to easily pull the purple cover out, reinstall it on the plug, then reinsert. I thought about the soft close doors, but my brother has them on his 7 series BMW for years. 90% of the time, most passengers dont know or forget they are soft close. As such, everyone ends up slamming the doors the usual way since most cars dont have..soft close. As such, he says the soft close is mostly..annoying as he ends up constantly having to tell people to not fully shut the doors. And they end up still closing them too firmly anyways. Another friend mentioned exact same real world experience to me. So, im passing on the soft close but still interested in how your install goes.