Need Your Help - Trunk Lid Torsion Bar Alternative

I have adjusted up and down the slots in every conceivable way. It's either too soft or rips your face off.

Glides? I don't see no stinking glides.
What are they, where are they supposed to be, and what do they look like?

as I do not know your exact year cuda....here is a pic of springs and glides....the glides fit on the end of the springs and held there by the hinge bar itself