Tuscan boot not flat when closed

[MPETT]

Has anyone managed to get the boot to close and lie flat with equal gaps all around the edges? I know the gas strut has an effect, deforming the boot lid slightly and they aren't perfect moulds. Mines a 2000 and I know they changed the seals arrangement later on. The strange thing with mine is that without the seal in place, the boot sits level!?

[nawarne]

Martin,
My boot has never sat level. Always higher on O/S, where the gas strut is.

Have you disconnected gas strut? Thought I might try this at some time.
Nick

[MPETT]

nawarne said:

Martin,
My boot has never sat level. Always higher on O/S, where the gas strut is.

Have you disconnected gas strut? Thought I might try this at some time.
Nick

I suppose I could and see, but I've had the boot close without the seal in place and its level, so i think the issue is the boot seal or a difference in height between the ridge that the seal sits over from the o/s to the n/s.
I need to get into the boot to look at how the seal interferes with the boot and see what I can do about it. Clearly I have nothing better to do (I'm trying to get all the gaps perfect!)

[s6boy]

I removed the seal on the boot lid about 18 months ago. Over time the shut line has improved a lot, although still not perfect and no problem with water ingress. I don't think the strut does deform the boot as much as the seal because when closed but not latched there is still quite a lot of weight to the lid before the strut has any lifting force.

[Cockey]

Yep, mine is now fine. Always used to have a big gap on one side, but after removing the boot lid completely in order to fix the stud which the strut connects to, it now sits perfectly.

It was total fluke, but I guess the small amount of adjustment you get around the hinge can be used to sort it.