jb1490-
I was just looking at the underside of my REAR lid, and see exactly what you are talking about- each brace has a short piece of thin foam material holding the brace to the underside of the lid. Most of the length of each brace is NOT attached to the lid, just attached where the small foam pieces are...is that how the front lid is supposed to be? Do the Pantera parts suppliers sell these foam pieces?
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