I'll give it a whack. I post the following for those who may also be struggling with this issue and for future reference. I apologize for the order the attachments are in.

Ah. You have to rotate the cam past the marks by 90 degrees then come back to the marks with VVT. I’ll point you to the thread. My 2 cents.... I know you wanted to say that this is done to unload the VVT cam gear. After checking the timing, While you still have the spark plugs out, rotate the engin...