LOL is right! So did you check fitment before removing the first tension bar? I just don't see how it would have an impact on fitment - maybe when you closed the trunk with the first removed it moved the latch system?

I'm not usually so skitterish about trying these things but CF trunk lid fitment can be a pain and mine worked out great. So great that I still eyeball the damn thing to make sure it is fine. OCD much?

*edit - I forgot to mention what 06MREvo stated in that the latch is probably the issue for you. You should be able to eye it pretty closely while closing the trunk. That has to be it.

 

yea i did check the fitment after removing the first bar, that's when i saw that one side was lifted higher than the other

thats wat ima do in the morning, check the latch and everything cause i've been trying to work on it all day today, sorta, lol

 

Did you check fitment *before* removing the first bar? Was everything good then or did you remove the first bar and then do your first fitment check? Basically I'm wondering if fitment was just always an issue. Thanks!

 

^^ohhhh
........that was my mistake, i never checked

 

Ah-ha! That makes my own personal paranoia subside, but that still sucks. So fitment is still off and it won't latch? It is just a matter of getting all the bolts done in the right order, unless you have a bunk lid. G/L tomorrow!

 

^lol
im glad u got rid of that paranoia

just try it first with the 2 bars on, cause i didnt do that lol

thanks man
i'll let everyone know wat happens tomorrow

 

any update today?

 

actually yes
so i decided today to go inside my trunk and see wat was up
so i hopped in and brought in a flashlight with me and checked it out and watnot.
The problem was, the trunk was too close to the latch that it wouldnt catch it, and a little bit off to the left, it needed to be brought in a bit farther and moved to the right a lil bit

so i hopped out, opened the trunk, loosened all 4 screws, lifted the trunk(while it was open straight up) and pulled to the right...i had to hold up the trunk with my head and had one hand pushing up/pulling the trunk and the other hand tightening the screws lol

so i finished tightening, gave a quick prayer, closed the trunk, and bam, worked like a charm

 

Glad to hear it worked out. I forgot that I had to jump in there at one point, you reminded me of that!

 

grats on getting it resolved

my stock trunk didnt close the other day... found one of the bolts on the latch had broken and i just had to move the latch a little like you and it closed fine... i didnt have to climb in the trunk tho...

 

lol i installed my cf Viz trunk like 2 weeks ago i had to make a carbon fiber bracket peace to push my latch outward so my trunk would lock. I also had to extend my holes where the trunk screws into and take out the springs etc. but with no weight i figured that out. LOL i now just got my cf hatch for my 350z so after doing the evo doing this was a breeze hardest part was cuttin out the glass out the orginal hatch so i can get it put in the new cf one. Just waiting on nissan with my new rubber seal so i can reinstall this thing.

 

^^^that seems way more involved on the 35 oz than it did on my Evo. When you say make a cf bracket, do you do cf work yourself?