Hello,
I've built many, many Gen I GTMs now, and today I have started fitting the body to the chassis on my first Gen II kit. The biggest problem I'm having right now is the roof of the body is tight up agaisnt the roll cage about 9.5" forward from the rear of the the roll bar.....right where the bend is in the roll bar on both sides of the car.
And this is preventing me from getting the door sill area seated where it needs to be to rivet it:
If I force the door sill down (3/16"), it arches the roof way up in the center and distorts the whole rear hatch area and fuel filler area by a considerable amount. All of the Gen I's I've built have always had plenty of clearance between the cage and body to clear the roll bar padding/covering. I'm pretty confident that if I force the door sill down and rivet it tight, it would not take very much driving or time in the sun once the car is completed for the roll cage to "print/spider-crack" thru the roof to the point it would be very noticable/visible. Any suggestions?