Hi all,

I've run into a baffling & frustrating fitment issue mating my 2007 WRX pedal box to the brake master cylinder. As per the instructions, I mounted the pedal box and used the firewall panel guide holes to drill out the pedal box as shown here:

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But despite the fact that the holes are, as best I can tell, in the correct position with respect to the brake MC, when I go 'round to the inside of the firewall, I find that the holes are too close to the central structure of the pedal box to align the mounting bolts correctly, much less fit nuts around the mounting bolts:

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I searched the forums a bit but didn't see any posts about this. Did I blunder or am I missing an obvious mistake here? For the moment, I'm assuming my solution will be to modify (read: cut/grind) the pedal box to make enough room to thread the bolts through, probably from the inside of the cockpit going outwards, and thread the nuts on the MC side forward of the firewall.

But I'm open to any suggestions folks might have. Much thanks!