seat cowl conundrum, ermm
steal cow?? (In a countdown stylie), is that what you mean??
I have the same problem with mine. I think the inside of the cowl sits on the lip of the bodywork underneath. It looks like a pyramid cowl you have there?
I had to put washers on the locking mechanism part otherwise it wouldn't fit properly, the mechanism was too high, basically..
Doesn't look as bad as yours, unfortunately, but not far from. I don't think there's a great deal you can do unless you start chopping the lip down, which I doubt you'll want to do....