Luckily I didn't crack the fuse sides. It was alittle tough to clamp them in place at the firewall without denting them no matter what sorts of pads I rigged up (Tape did not work either). A little water and a covering iron pulled the dents out though and it looks good now. I didn't mind the carving and sanding. My biggest problem so far has been the cabane wires. They weren't bent that accurately from the factory and it took a lot of tweaking to get the alignment correct. I have a feeling that I'll have to tweak the incidence a little more once I fit the top wing.