Dan - could you describe your bonnet adjustment procedure please.
Oscar explained to me this morning how he adjusted the bonnet and made it smooth as butter to latch and unlatch.
The first thing he did was 'calibrate' the two rear latches to one another. What he means by calibrate is having the two latches engaging and pulling the bonnet down simultaneously. If they are not set up in this way, and one of the latches engages and pulls that side of the bonnet down ahead of the other latch, the latches end up fighting against each other thus making the latching process more difficult. Once he had accomplished this, he adjusted the height of the rear latches to achieve the desired height of the rear bonnet edge when closed.
He also adjusted the latch brackets on the underside of the bonnet. If the engagement bar doesn't fall precisely into the rear latches when the bonnet closes, they can cause the bonnet to be tweaked to one side or the other. This appears to be especially important with the aluminum CSL bonnet, as it is much easier to deflect the lightweight panel.
At the front it was simply a matter of adjusting the bump stops to achieve the desired height at the front corners.
Hope this answers your question? This is only the fourth E9 bonnet we have adjusted, so we are learning on the job to a certain extent. I will say that Oscar is getting quite proficient at the process, and you can literally latch and unlatch the bonnet with one finger when he is finished
Cheers!
Dan