macey Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Does anyone here know anywhere that supplies these in good quality? Would prefer stainless. My car is only 18 months old. They are badly corroded and I had trouble removing them. Someone on www.lotustalk.com makes them in the states but not answering my PM regarding shipping to UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin R Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 According to this the are M8 x 20mm button head torx screws? https://www.deroure.com/diagrams.asp?TBL=5825&MAK=1&MDL=22&SMA=0&SMO=0&ST=&SC=0 If this is correct ebay is your friend A2 and A4 are both stainless steel. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xm8+x+20+button+head+torx+screws&_nkw=m8+x+20+button+head+torx+screws&_sacat=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macey Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 According to this the are M8 x 20mm button head torx screws? https://www.deroure.com/diagrams.asp?TBL=5825&MAK=1&MDL=22&SMA=0&SMO=0&ST=&SC=0 If this is correct ebay is your friend A2 and A4 are both stainless steel. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xm8+x+20+button+head+torx+screws&_nkw=m8+x+20+button+head+torx+screws&_sacat=0 No, not exactly. They are 'captive' screws with two parts threaded with a thinner un-threaded porttion between the threaded parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex B Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 You can order them direct for lotus parts they aren't very expensive. I ordered mine from deroure for my carbon hardtop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macey Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 You can order them direct for lotus parts they aren't very expensive. I ordered mine from deroure for my carbon hardtop. Thanks for that,. Trouble is, will they be the same poor quality steel that I have already? Looking for stainless or better quality steel that won't go rusty quite so easily... Probably just have to refit what I have already & grease the threads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSH Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I've not enquired but it may be worth giving http://www.lotushardtops.com a call. If they supply the hard tops they may well hold bolts in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex B Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thanks for that,. Trouble is, will they be the same poor quality steel that I have already? Looking for stainless or better quality steel that won't go rusty quite so easily... Probably just have to refit what I have already & grease the threads...The ones I had where coated black, and where taken off and on hundreds of times. Never had an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macey Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 The ones I had where coated black, and where taken off and on hundreds of times. Never had an issue. ok, thanks, I'll check them out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 You can order them direct for lotus parts they aren't very expensive. I ordered mine from deroure for my carbon hardtop. DeRoure is also a great resource for looking up part numbers for all Lotus bits, and their online catalogue has full exploded views of assemblies and functional areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislane Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I got some from elise parts for the early s2 hardtop (i think they changed slightly). Weren't on the website so had to speak to them about it. Cant really comment on quality as fitted them once and then sold the car. Worth giving them a call though as they are usually pretty helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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