Engine bay body colour strip

[AHM]

Hi All,

I know this has been covered before... but can I find it...

How deep /wide is the body colour strip at the top of the engine bay?

Thanks,

Simon

[oldelanman]

No idea if there is a "correct" dimension for this but on mine it's around 40mm - the same depth as the fibreglass lip at the front of the bonnet aperture. Any wider than that and it would be below the cut-outs in the inner wings which I don't think would look right.

[nebogipfel]

Lots of examples in this thread ...

elan-photos-f18/elan-engine-bays-stock-modified-restored-and-26r-t21231.html

[Elan45]

2 inches(50mm), or the distance at the back down to the firewall lip between the bonnet catches, the same lip where the triangular shaped cross-section foam piece sits.

Roger