Which way are the boot lid wedges/stoppers suppose to sit on a 2003 Mercedes SL?

[MrShades]

This all began last weekend when i replaced the micro switch and pins in the connector for the micro switch for the manual handle for opening the boot lid on my car last weekend. By the way that was a really fiddling job aned especially to crimp on the new pins on the 2 wires.

After i was done with this job i started to look at the left side and right side wedge/stopper on the boot lid on my car and i thought that the wedges/stoppers was sitting the wrong way on my car so i turned them to how they sit placed in the pictures below.

But now after looking at the pictures of the wedge/stoppers in the boot on my car i begin to wonder if i have turned them the wrong way.

Looking at and comparing with the drawing from Mercedes that shows the right side wedge/stopper in the boot

I know that 2002-04 Mercedes SL R230 have the type of wedge/stopper in the boot as shown on the pictures
Note 2005 and newer Mercedes SL R230 have facelift wedges/stoppers that is diffent.

Can any of my fellow members here that have a 2002-04 SL, R230 post a picture on how the wedges/stoppers sit on the boot lid on their car?

Shown on the picture below is the left side boot lid wedge/stopper




Shown on the picture below is the right side boot lid wedge/stopper



The left side receiver for the wedges/stopper in the boot





The right side receiver for the wedge/stopper in the boot




Here is parts drawing from Mercedes showing the right side wedge/stopper in the boot. It is part 50 and the red arrow points towards the wedge/stopper in the boot

 

[00slk]

Mr Shades, They look right compared to my 2002 r230

 

[MrShades]

Thanks for letting me know Tghen the orientation of the tension wedges is correct on my mine and your SL R230

Here is a picture showing the left side tension wedge touching the "receiver plate" from inside the boot with the boot lid closed

 

[SL63 Mark]

Did you get in the boot to take that photo ?

 

[mioba]

Did you get in the boot to take that photo ?

you may not a reply,
He must be stuck in there.

 

[00slk]

Did you get in the boot to take that photo ?

It's amazing what you can do with a go pro

 

[LostKiwi]

It's amazing what you can do with a go pro

I can do the same with my SLR. Fire up the app on the phone and it gives remote live view and remote shutter release.

 

[MrShades]

Sorry for this late reply. No i did not go in or get stuck in the boot

I set my iphone on filming, put it in the trunk, orientaded the phone so it filmen the "wedges" and also put a flash light in there.

So the picture i s a screnshot from the film i took using my phone

I really can not underwstand why i did not think of using my phone to film the wedges when closing the boot lid a long time ago....