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by **s5tuart** » Tue 03.04.2007, 10:40

Oh no!!

On refitting my soft top for the summer I have broken the plastic part that runs right across the front inside of the hood; the bit you use to pull the roof towards the windscreen.
Paul Matty only do the WHOLE assembly including the metal parts at £147 plus the dreaded VAT!
Has anyone got a spare plastic bit that I can buy please? Pretty please with sugar on!

by **Dave Eds** » Tue 03.04.2007, 11:22

Might have :-D

by **s5tuart** » Tue 03.04.2007, 11:57

Oh WOW!
That wud be great!
When will you know for sure................????????????

by **WillB** » Tue 03.04.2007, 12:25

Boring fact of the day........

This is a problem is usually unique to the S2 version of the Elan.

Lotus changed suppliers for the plastic insert and the replacement were thinner construction that the original. Most S2's I've seen have this problem at some stage as the plastic ages and goes brittle.

by **GeoffSmith** » Tue 03.04.2007, 12:53

WillB wrote:Boring fact of the day........

This is a problem is usually unique to the S2 version of the Elan.

Lotus changed suppliers for the plastic insert and the replacement were thinner construction that the original. Most S2's I've seen have this problem at some stage as the plastic ages and goes brittle.

Don't knock it Will - that's very useful if the SE handle fits the S2. :poke:

The screws on mine have pulled through and I has going to repair it. If an SE one fits however, then I might be interested if there is another one going.

Geoff

by **s5tuart** » Tue 03.04.2007, 12:55

You're spot on Will. Brittle isn't the word for it.
What's more I didn't realise how thin the material is considering the effort that is involved in closing the roof in a hurry.

by **Dave Eds** » Tue 03.04.2007, 13:06

Keep it going Will/Geoff - I can see the price going up :lol:

Seriously though I will check tonight - with 2 SE's and a spare SE roof it looks like an S2 owner may be in luck.

by **GeoffSmith** » Tue 03.04.2007, 13:11

Dave Eds wrote:Keep it going Will/Geoff - I can see the price going up

If it goes up too much I'll be talking to Phil the fibre. :-D

by **s5tuart** » Tue 03.04.2007, 13:12

THANK YOU Dave.

I'll wait to hear from you.
What an amazing place this forum is!

by **Dave Eds** » Tue 03.04.2007, 13:18

s5tuart wrote:What an amazing place this forum is!

by **Enright** » Tue 03.04.2007, 13:48

s5tuart wrote:You're spot on Will. Brittle isn't the word for it.
What's more I didn't realise how thin the material is considering the effort that is involved in closing the roof in a hurry.

How do you close your roof?
I usually lift the roof stowage cover and rest it against my left shoulder.
Then I lift the roof out and out of the way of the stowage cover, and rest the stowage cover in place (I never lock it down when the roof is resting on it - it can't go anywhere and it makes putting the roof down next time quicker).
After that I gently lower the back part of the roof down onto the stowage cover, and then locate the front edge into it's channel.
Only at this point do I get in the car, and all I need to do is pull the clips down and push them up again to lock the front edge in place.
None of this requires pulling down on the front plastic part at all.

by **Dave Eds** » Tue 03.04.2007, 14:08

Same as you Neil but I think the problem comes from being in a hurry :roll:

by **GeoffSmith** » Tue 03.04.2007, 15:17

Mine cracked when I was closing the lid when putting it away!

by **Paul.P** » Tue 03.04.2007, 16:54

Not being funny here, but is this one of the so called 100 S2 improvements ?

by **Gary** » Tue 03.04.2007, 18:58

Yep - weight saving, makes 'em faster :-D

by **Paul.P** » Tue 03.04.2007, 19:39

Gary wrote:Yep - weight saving, makes 'em faster

Well that could actually be true ?, to make up for the less horsepower they produce !, anyway GH, speeds you drive, you only need about 50bhp .

by **Doug** » Tue 03.04.2007, 20:21

Paul.P wrote:anyway GH, speeds you drive, you only need about 50bhp .

isn't that what a Clemo makes??

by **Paul.P** » Tue 03.04.2007, 21:00

Doug wrote:
Paul.P wrote:anyway GH, speeds you drive, you only need about 50bhp .

isn't that what a Clemo makes??

Did they make any S2 Clemo's ?, if so, Gary's got one ! :lol:

by **ailwyn** » Tue 03.04.2007, 21:05

Paul.P wrote:Did they make any S2 Clemo's ?

Fortunately not, they remembered to fit all of the parts to the S2s :-D

by **WillB** » Tue 03.04.2007, 21:12

geoffsmith wrote:
WillB wrote:Boring fact of the day........

This is a problem is usually unique to the S2 version of the Elan.

Lotus changed suppliers for the plastic insert and the replacement were thinner construction that the original. Most S2's I've seen have this problem at some stage as the plastic ages and goes brittle.

Don't knock it Will - that's very useful if the SE handle fits the S2.

yep, direct replacement! I fitted my old one from my N/A I broke for parts a few years ago to an S2 I had.

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