Boot lid

[RichC]

ooh that's a long shot ! I'd wager the metal strut that runs along the rear panel is missing or bent out of shape or not riveted to the GRP.... there should be a pop rivet at each end of the metal strut thru the GRP visible behind each light cluster

[Bigbaldybloke]

Mine doesn?t have a bar across the boot at the top of the rear panel, it?s only got the one that supports the boot floor, what should it be like?

[JonB]

Mine doesn?t have a bar across the boot at the top of the rear panel, it?s only got the one that supports the boot floor, what should it be like?

It looks like a piece of angle iron. Some pictures of mine here (although it is carpeted): lotus-chassis-f36/tidying-the-boot-t40916.html#p286493

..and..

http://www.lotuselan.net/wiki/BEF_-_Bod ... tlock_%2B2

Part no. 33 I believe.

[RichC]

looks a bit different for early +2s with a 6" shaped plate running vertically from central catch to bolts underneath rear bumper

[RichC]

[el-saturn]

the alignment of one of those hinges looks pretty scary: how can it take those 10degrees? sandy

[Bud English]

When I took my top brace out, the 4 bolts that mount the brace also went through the boot felt padding before going through the vertical back wall of the boot. Whether this was original I can't say but it looked l original. The felt was compressed very tightly at that point. When I reinstalled the brace without the padding it didn't seem to cause any real alignment issues for the boot lid. I left the padding out because it didn't seem right to have the bolts in shear with the padding in the mix.

[Bigbaldybloke]

My brace bolts were through the sound insulating padding too.