Nose gear to cowling clearance

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I'm mounting my lower cowl on my series 6 for the first time and wondering what others have done for clearances cuts for the nose gear and its rubber spring assembly. I've got the smooth cowl around a 912ULS (no boot cowl). So far all I've cut is a 1" wide slot so the rubber spring assembly sits on the top of the cowling skin (see the picture below). Am I eventually going to have to cut a round hole big enough to allow the whole rubber spring assembly to pass through the bottom cowl? Do I also need to cut a longer wider slot forward of the rubber spring assembly in the cowl for clearance when the nose gear is compressed? If so about how far forward should it extend? I'm being cautious before I cut up the lower cowl too much.