Yeah as I've said the boot floor causes problems with fitting them in any other position - its that low that there is no point in cutting the bumper to fit them higer up as the bumper and boot floor end in the same place - the only thing that woulda lifted em a little is smaller tips but that woula only raied em half an inch if hat and I like the big uns anyway
Theres a good chance he's wearing diffeent gloves as he was using both mig and tig welders during the uild so just probably didn't change em

Phil.