I have been working on the trunk lid alignment and trunk lid gaps. I was unable to shift the trunk lid far enough to one side. It turned out that the washers on the trunk hinge bolts were stopped the lid from shifting to the position I needed. I ended up grinding about 1/8" off the side of the washer on all 4 bolts. I was only about 1/16" from being where I needed to be with the side to side alignment.
Alignment Tip
During my many attempts to work things out I came up with a good way to save the front/back alignment. I put tape across the trunk lid and the quarter panel and marked a straight line across the tape. All I need to do check the front/back alignment is to place a filler spreader across the line to check that I have restored the back/front alignment.
This makes for fast back/front alignment and leaves you free to work on the side alignment and know that the back/front alignment is still right.
I made minor adjustments to the latch and had to do minor filling to the rear of the right quarter panel to have a even line across the trunk lid and quarters. I used All- Metal filler to make up the alignment differences.
Next I remove the trunk lid so I can work on the inside part of the rear window panel. This gap work was also done with all metal filler.
The gap filled by the filler is about 3/16" on one side and narrows to about 1/32" on the other side.
This is a work in progress picture, I did fill the voids before moving on. This is the side that needed 3/16" of filler.
All metal is hard to sand to a really smooth finish, so it will be top coated with Rage Extreme. This is my first pass with Rage Extreme. I will probably need two more filling sessions before this is complete.
