I also took more photos of the gap between the cowl halves on the left side.
The maximum is around the size of the hinge loops. After a long debate with myself I decided that it will be easier and doable to fix this my modifying the top cowl. Here is the way I am trying to fix this.
I cut a piece of scrap aluminum and match-drilled it to be used as a backing plate. I had removed the piano hinge before that step. The plate was then slightly wiped with Carnauba wax and clecoed back in place while the in- and outside of the cowl was roughened up with 100-grit sandpaper.
I mixed epoxy and flox with a bit of micro balloons and filled up the edge. To smoothen the surface and get an even transition, I taped a strip of packing tape over the setup and pushed it down with a straightedge.
This is how the front looked like.
The plan is to glue a strip of fiberglass over the backside of the edge and then cleco the backplate on again and let it cure. That should help to keep the extension in place.
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