First of all, following the instructions in the build manual, drill holes for boot hinges.
Deviating from the build manual slightly, the dremel was then applied to the holes as I had drilled them all in the wrong place.
There we go, that's better. It took a number of fittings and re-fittings to work out that the hinges are actually handed left and right to match the curve of the body.
Boot stay sorted. Boot lip seal in (very annoying) Boot lock in, lots of dremel action. Its not quite in the centre so it will take some "adjustment" later. The loop on the boot floor had to be stood off about 6mm which is convenient as when I come to fit the carpet it can fit neatly underneath the loop. The white cable in the picture above was looped inside the boot skin when it was manufactured, to feed the number plate light. I was going to use it to draw through some other wire but it appears to be glued securely in so I pushed some heatshrink on to the end and put grommets where it goes through the skin to prevent it rubbing.
This was a bit annoying. The boot has been stood leaning against the garage wall for about a year, and over that time its bent out of shape, you can see the gap below where it doesn't follow the contour of the body.
I made the fit of the lock catch purposely very tight so you have to really push the boot down hard so it would apply stress to the boot lid and pull it back into shape. Being fibreglass, although the resin has now hardened since it was new, its still pretty flexible. The garage has been very, very hot recently meaning the resin may soften a little so I'll leave it for a few weeks and see if it permanently regains the correct shape. If that doesn't work I may have to encourage it with a heat gun.
You can see in the picture above the force from the tight fit when closed has improved it a bit so we'll see how it goes.
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