Progress continues and a milestone. Put the foam and bulb seal on and set body on the Roadster (2022 MK4) for the first time, looks like a car more an more, balanced body left to right measuring from the top coil over bracket to the outside body edge on both front and back of the car and all the measurements are equal or within 1/8”. The Quick Jack rods on the front are in the center of the holes, the back ones lined up too. The lip of the hood opening is equal on the chassis rail. A lot of this fell into place with very little adjustment on my part (whew). I also noted the bottom edge of the body, as it runs the length of the DS & PS cockpit, is pretty much equal the body is snug to the chassis, no need to lift the body with a jack for sure, I’d figure the body is pretty much square to the chassis but……
1. I installed the hood hinges on the chassis & noticed the chassis rail holding the top of the rad was further away from the lip, of the body on the DS than the PS probably 3/4 inch, the body is square on the frame, am I missing something here??
Rad Rail gap.jpg
2. I’ve just started fitting the hood and the trunk panels. FF mentions the panels are oversized and need to be trimmed back to an all-around gap of 3/16”, I’ve read others saying between 1/4 and 3/8” gap. I set the hood in place & aligned as good as possible then secured it in place, I’ve noticed the panels are not cut straight and vary in gap all over, in some areas just fit the opening and other areas have a 5/16 gap. Should I be marking the hood for trimming based on this alignment and count on the hinges to be adjustable enough to duplicate my alignment?
I attached pictures of the how the body situated in relation to the door post and hinge I have not attempted attaching the doors yet.
PS door post body alignment.jpg
PS door hinge aligment.jpg
DS door hinge aligment.jpg
DS door post body alignment.jpg
Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated…. Thanks in advance.
Jeff