111R heatshield gubbed

[Bada Bing!]

The metal that bolt is supposed to use to hold both sections together has rotted away again, leaving the whole thing to clang like a bugger. If I decide to replace it again, this will be the 3rd one. It can't just be me, so I assume that some of you must be running without one now? Is it worth taking it off, or should I replace it.

The last one was only put on about a year ago, but the car is now out of warranty so I'm not sure what kind of cost is inolved or how labour intensive the job is. I took the rear wheel off today, and it looks like you'd need to take the rear grill out too. Easy to remove/replace myself?

[Edin430]

Yup mine fell off my old S2 Elise...

Never replaced it.

[Bada Bing!]

How long did you run the car without it on?

[meatball]

TADTS......don't know how long it takes to replace though.
Eige just got sorted under warranty (less than 2 years old)!

[fd]

If it's just a bolt that is failing why not simply replace it with a stainless steel one ?

It's hardly structural so stainless will be fine . . . and it will never corrode . . .

Fd

[woody]

X7LDA; your S2 was a K powered car was it not? Are the heatshields not different?

Bada bing, your welcome to pop round to Symington and I'll have a look/ fit a decent quality bolt in place of whatever's missing.

[Bada Bing!]

If it's just a bolt that is failing why not simply replace it with a stainless steel one ?

It's hardly structural so stainless will be fine . . . and it will never corrode . . .

Fd

It's not the bolt that's goes (although swapping it for a stainless one would probably help), it's the metal round about it that the bolt holds onto. I think maybe drilling a small flat piece of metal and bolting that will be enough to clamp both pieces together.

Woody, you've got PM.

[Edin430]

Yup the elise I had was a K....

And I ran without it for the 6 months I had the car.....

[Bada Bing!]

Ok, it's f**king away again. Does anyone know how costly it'd be to buy a new heatshield and have it sent to the house? I can probably get my local mechanic to fit it, assuming it's reasonably straight forward.