Alex B Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Picked up my new roof on Thursday, double skin carbon fibre, gloss outside and Matt inside.
scatty Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 get a full picture of the car , we need to see it in full glory... on first appearance, i think it looks awsum.....ive now realised why you were down at goodwood.....
Meister Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Alex That looks nice!! Where did you get it from and how much did you pay if don't mind me asking? Mark
Alex B Posted May 10, 2013 Author Posted May 10, 2013 It was from lwsdesigns. He makes the moulds from genuine lotus parts, I have a boot lid on order next the guy is a bit if a lotus nut, he's just purchased a 111S for the company, and has a S1 elise for his own car currently under going Audi turbo conversion with full carbon motorsport body. The roof is a prefect fit. He has them up on eBay for 1500 each including genuine lotus fitting kit, which is 350 to 600 depending if you buy the front and back trim/clamp panels (I haven't as there isn't any need, and I will be getting my own front trim panel/ clamp made up.) get a full picture of the car , we need to see it in full glory... on first appearance, i think it looks awsum.....ive now realised why you were down at goodwood..... It looks mint Been on a track day and other than a couple of Clio sports I was the cheapest car :/ Was mega though, 15ish cars, 15min sessions of 6 or 7 cars at a time, had loads of time on track.
weirdfish Posted May 12, 2013 Posted May 12, 2013 This picture is also the LWS Carbon roof, My car is having some work done by LWS and will be adding quite a few carbon goodies but biggest change coming in the summer will be the 1.8T Audi Engine going in. Hope to start a build thread for this :-) I havent ordered the fittings for the roof as yet but this was the same roof as above just resting on top of the car to see what it looks like while waiting for the trims to arrive :-) The roof was not clamped down in these photos hence why it is slightly proud...
Alex B Posted May 12, 2013 Author Posted May 12, 2013 Haha, fittings cost a fair bit, I'll hopefully be having some more bits n pieces off of them. Roof fits lovely once all bolted down. Hoping a boot lid is the next purchase, had a look round the workshop while I was there. Have you seen Lewis's S1? He said he'd recently purchased a storm titanium 111s for the business.
weirdfish Posted May 23, 2013 Posted May 23, 2013 Sorry must sort out my notification emails! Yes seen the S1, it is going to be a beast :-) Think you are on Hayling sometime so give Lewis a shout and we can share a beer, I see him quite a bit.. All the best
JonS Posted May 27, 2013 Posted May 27, 2013 Great to meet you at Goodwood today Alex, your roof looked pretty decent. Thanks for the pax laps for my father in law - he really enjoyed it (considering he's never actually been out in my car, I was quite surprised). He thought your late breaking rather alarming at first though! lol Thanks also to your uncle for the ride in his Exige - bloody quick thing that 240S!
Alex B Posted May 28, 2013 Author Posted May 28, 2013 No problem Jon, I hope his with me wasnt too horrifying. Yes the 240S is seriously quick, got back after today wash the cars done and noticed his front disc's have some hairline cracks in them, so new discs and pads are required. Your car is very nice and incredibly clean.
JonS Posted May 28, 2013 Posted May 28, 2013 Your car is very nice and incredibly clean. It's even cleaner now! When we got back I spent 3 1/2 hours, washing, clay-ing, waxing and polishing the car! So now it is super shiny! (Like those people who came over to us, you wouldnt think it was A.) 12 years old, or B.) used as a daily commute! I quite like the look on people's faces when you tell them that lol Glad you found the peob with your Uncle's brakes after I'd been in it doing 130mph down Lavant straight!!!
Alex B Posted May 28, 2013 Author Posted May 28, 2013 Haha, just happened to notice a tiny (about 1/2mm) crack heading out from on of the holes while washing the wheels down. Was a little suprised to be honest.
chris_h Posted May 29, 2013 Posted May 29, 2013 Yes the 240S is seriously quick, got back after today wash the cars done and noticed his front disc's have some hairline cracks in them, so new discs and pads are required. I wouldn't worry about a small surface cracks that small. When I had drilled disks i had the same and spoke to lotus sport about it and they said not to worry. I must admit when they needed replacing I did go grooved instead though.
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