I got my cowl back from M&W Composites today. They repaired their manufacturing error by glassing some additional material onto each edge (between 1/8″ and 1/4″) and putting it back in their oven to cure. I unpacked it and did a trial fit. Things look much better already. Without even pulling things down tightly, the sides already overlap a little bit. Here’s a pictures of the left side.
And the right. I need to do a little further trimming around the front inlets before I can pull the spinner opening back to where it was.