A report back.
Hooray! The frunk has arrived. Unfortunately, here on Airstrip One, the sunlit uplands meant I had to pay £55 in customs charges and "handling fees". I suppose that's not too bad, as I did not have to pay Austrian VAT. The frunk arrived 20 days after ordering, but of course that period included the Easter holidays and the time the frunk spent in customs before being released, and Parcel Force holding onto it for a couple of extra days.
I had already watched the installation video, so knew what to expect. I started by removing the 6 plastic retainer clips by unscrewing the plastic screws on the original cover. One just spun in its seat, but I found that if I levered up the edge to wedge it, I was able to unscrew the screw.
Picture 3 is the set of round headed bolts that replace 4 of the 6 existing screw points. It's worth while offering up the frunk to ensure you know which 4 of the 6 are needed. I knew from the video that 3 are easy to get in place and one is difficult to get your fingers under. The one pic is of that point, near the screenwash bottle. And as I'd forgotten my left hand has never been right since smashing my thumb some years back, I ran out of personal articulation at the vital moment, and the nut dropped. My first thought was "no bother", but of course, it dropped onto the plastic undertray and rolled back rather than onto the ground, where any self respecting ex Land Rover owner expects to find dropped items. I had a quick feel around, but it could be anywhere, and anyway, there were so may stones and gunk in the undertray, I knew I had little chance of finding it. Still, I had a spare locknut somewhere so was soon back in business.
Once the four bolts are in place, it's just a question of positioning the frunk and pushing the robber retainers onto the ball joints. The final pic is with our 5m heavy duty 3-phase cable in place.
There was an interesting sticker on the one side of the frunk. I assume this is for emergency service to whom that image may mean something - see pic.
The little instruction manual that comes with it ends with the remark "remove before visiting the mechanics". I wonder if that's "an abundance of caution" or really necessary.
Oh, and the thank-you card written up by the people who packed the frunk had a little packet of Haribo Goldbären attached. I mean, that makes £250 worth it, right? They were also obviously amused by my almost-German name, which I took as a nice personal touch.
Hope that report helps. Happy to answer questions.
