I did thin it like this:
In file "product-separate.xml"
FIND
Code:
<template name="FORUMDISPLAY_Separate2" templatetype="template" date="1148491155" username="gizli" version="3.5.4"><![CDATA[<tr><td class="thead" colspan="<if condition="$show['threadicons']">7<else />6</if>"> </td></tr>]]></template>
REPLACE with:
Code:
<template name="FORUMDISPLAY_Separate2" templatetype="template" date="1148491155" username="gizli" version="3.5.4"><![CDATA[<tr><td class="thead" style="height: 5px; padding: 0; font-size: 0" colspan="<if condition="$show['threadicons']">7<else />6</if>"> </td></tr>]]></template>
If you don't like the thickness of the border, change "height: 5px" to whatever you may find appropriate.
After the change, import the product (overwrite old product if necessary) and have fun.
It only changes the thickness for style 1 since it doesn't make sense to me to do this for separators with text in them
Djamil