I've been away from this thread too long heh, nice progress!
glad to see a suggestion of mine made it onto the car
wow, how close is the clearance on that passenger side shock tower?? I see the padding in there... Is the motor mounted in that pic or still being put in? That might get scary when the motor torques.
can you post a pic of the wheel devices?? I'd be interested in seeing them. I think I know of what you're talking about (our family has a body shop too) and if they're the same as the ones I've seen then its possible to modify them to fit. I take it that they're too short??
the way you describe it I can see why they'd be useless considering the amount of force that you'd need to crumple the rear frame rail for them to activate...compared to the amount of force needed to crumple the "impact pads" for the rear bumper support.