Trunk/Boot locks and a mishap with the exhaust

Fitted the locks to the trunk (sorry, boot) today and what a faff that was - I drilled the holes for the locks on small marks on the trunk(boot)lid that are made during the fabrication process at the factory, and then used paint on the latches to locate where they entered the boot box, but no matter how big I made the slits, I couldn't get them to engage. No doubt this is in the manual, which I gave up on a long time ago, but the solution was:

• flatten out each latch and rebend, as I realized the step in it was stopping the latch from rotating fully, as it was being stopped by the edge of the boot box. The bend is now closer to the lock mechanism than before.
• setting the latch so that it was not turned fully 90 degrees when locked (no need and it was fouling on the rear body panel - see next bullet)
• once the slit is cut in the bootbox I also needed to cut back the edge of the rear body panel, as in my case it was stopping the latch rotating. unfortunately that made a bit of a mess of the nice clean slits I had cut, but you don't see that handiwork unless the trunk, sorry boot, lid is off.

Setting up my phone in the boot and taking a video when I shut the lid an operated the locks helped me see what was going on in there. Who's a clever boy then?

After all that and lots of trial and error, the boot lid finally locks. Both sets of keys are the same, so you actually end up with 3 spares! (perhaps I will keep one in the boot). In the photos below, you can  see the damage to the boot lid caused in transit - I understand the replacement is on it's way, along with a new bonnet and rear wing.

It is  a neat job though - here is the other side:

Oh yes, and the catalytic converter fell off this morning - can't imagine how that happened!

 Much better. Doesn't look like a can of beans got such halfway any more!

On the subject of the exhaust, the headers are rapidly changing color. I suppose it was to be expected, but I wanted them nice and shiny at least for a little while. I guess it gets rather hot in there: