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The curvature of the body right behind the cockpit on my car (where the roll bars go) is quite a bit higher on the passengers side than on the drivers side.
Nothing is hitting or obstructing the body. All the body mounting holes line up. I am certain the body is mounted properly and sitting right where it should be. It looks to me like the shape or curviture of the rear deck is off. If I push down on the rear deck where it is high right behind the passenger it all seems to even out.
I noticed this a little before sending it out for paint but at the time it seemed so slight that it wouldn't be noticeable. Well I got the finished body home last night and I'm not sure whether it is the stripes or not but it is really noticeable now and will have to be addressed.
As I was looking it over last night I was thinking that the only solution might be to push it down and rivet or screw the body where it overhangs into the cockpit to the aluminum that is behind it. I know this is mentioned by FFR in the manual Problem is I have never liked the look of fasteners there. The other concern is that it might affect the location of the roll bar holes!
Has anyone else ever experienced this?
p.s. Rick Lacourse and I stopped at FFR yesterday. Rick told me afterward that the MKII in the showroom had the rivets along the overhang at the back of the cockpit this way. It made me wonder if they were solving the same problem.
Nothing is hitting or obstructing the body. All the body mounting holes line up. I am certain the body is mounted properly and sitting right where it should be. It looks to me like the shape or curviture of the rear deck is off. If I push down on the rear deck where it is high right behind the passenger it all seems to even out.
I noticed this a little before sending it out for paint but at the time it seemed so slight that it wouldn't be noticeable. Well I got the finished body home last night and I'm not sure whether it is the stripes or not but it is really noticeable now and will have to be addressed.
As I was looking it over last night I was thinking that the only solution might be to push it down and rivet or screw the body where it overhangs into the cockpit to the aluminum that is behind it. I know this is mentioned by FFR in the manual Problem is I have never liked the look of fasteners there. The other concern is that it might affect the location of the roll bar holes!
Has anyone else ever experienced this?
p.s. Rick Lacourse and I stopped at FFR yesterday. Rick told me afterward that the MKII in the showroom had the rivets along the overhang at the back of the cockpit this way. It made me wonder if they were solving the same problem.