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<div style="font-size: 10pt;"><div dir="auto">Try to not ramble..too much.</div><div dir="auto">Before the Midget got painted , the trunk lid was not bolted on the hinges. I simply put it on the car and it fit all the way around with no high or low spots. Fast forward. Painted the car with trunk lid off & painted the lid separately. Paint dries and I bolt the lid on and put a new weatherstrip on the body . close the lid and it fits the opening but sits high on the left side. </div><div dir="auto">Today I had the car outside and I was checking my completed work on the fabrication and installation of the fuel cell and noticed something I never saw before. The left hinge is shimmed which would move it downward . I never saw a spridget trunk hinge shimmed. Now I am wondering if it needs more shims to drop the left side of the lid down to fit thr opening it fit before being bolted to the hinges. </div><div dir="auto">Has anyone had to shim a trunk hinge before?</div><div dir="auto">Yes the car has the telescopic support. And up to today I had guessed I have a bent car from someone trying to close the trunk lid without releasing the support. Now after seeing the left hinge shimmed , I am wondering if it's a shim problem not a bent car body or trunk lid.</div><div dir="auto">1 more thing! The lid that is on the car is not the lid that was with / on the car when Frank bought it. That lid had too much damage to attempt using. </div><div dir="auto">Thoughts? Ideas? It would be nice if the left side of the lid sat down like it did before I bolted it to the hinges....</div><div dir="auto">Chuck</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Sent from my LG Mobile</i></div></div></div>
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