V2 BETA Front page Surpreme Directory not fulll width

Hello,
since I converted to V2, my front page does not show the full width design of the Surpreme Directory theme. Now there is that frame around the front page image, like on any other page (see screenshot).
And yes, I have followed the V2-instructions regarding the front page, so it is determined as such (WP Settings -> reading -> front page), full width template is checked, etc.

What can I do to have back the nice full width design for my front page?

Further more, the featured image on the front page is far too dark so that the menu can hardly be seen.
With V2 the following css-code worked fine – but does not seem to have any impact any more.

.featured-area:before {
background-color: white;
bottom: 0;
content: “”;
left: 0;
opacity: 0.9;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
z-index: 2;
}

What can I do to not have the front page image so dark?

Many thanks
Birgit