I just had a few minutes to work tonight. The forward fuselage has a gusset on each side that ties the longerons to the upper firewall stiffener. All of these come together at odd angles, so the gusset has to be bent to lay flat on the twisted longeron and the firewall stiffener that sets lower. The single bend that Van's put into the gussets was nowhere near enough. It took a lot of trips back and forth to the vice and some love taps with the hammer, but eventually I was able to get a combination of angles that made the gussets lay flat. After that, I laid out the holes and drilled them into the gussets. I haven't match drilled the holes into the longerons or stiffener yet. That's for another night.
