ORIGINAL: bruce88123
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ORIGINAL: krossk
Personally, since it is still "in the bones" I'd bite the bullet and cut the ring off the front of the cowl and rebuild it with the proper spacing.
It will never be any easier than it is right now. (Not that it's "easy" to start with, I just prefer to do it right when I have the opportunity...)
Yeah, just whack it off at the firewall and start over. THAT will teach you to pay better attention to details.[:@][:'(] OK, OK so I'm kidding. There have been several good ideas above. I thought one really bad idea couldn't hurt too much.
[sm=bananahead.gif]Forgot my hat.
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