Hi,my first post here,i'm hoping someone may be able to help me out here on this one.
i've just done up a written off 2003 hyundai elantra hvt 2.0l 4 door sedan,i am in the process of getting the final checks done for re-registering,currently it's having a structural inspection,now the car was hit in the rear,not hard,hard,in fact really it seemed superficial,now what i am hoping someone could help me out with is,where the spare tyre fits into the tyre well it has a lip starting from approx half way and goes around to the other side halfway point,now it looks like it's a factory lip however the structural inspector informs me that it's not,now i have looked at other elantra's 2000 -2003 models,(gl-gls i think they were)there is no lip at top of tyre well it is flat with the floor,i have been told that in the 2003 models,from memory after july they changed a few things,i haven't been able to find another elantra hvt(sept build) to look at,is there a luggage compartment change ,i know they changed the tail lights as they had to be replaced,they look the same but the locating lugs and mounting holes are different,i was informed that there is a series 1 and 2 elantra hvt ,is there anyone out there that can assist me in this one,whether there should be a lip at top of spare tyre well,mine is the series 2 the model that some changes were made to,i was wondering if the luggage compartment was also one of the changes.any info would be greatly appreciated,thanks

This post has been edited by samuels: Dec 3 2007, 06:18 PM

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