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s2 exige soft top
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:23 pm
by dave h s
hey all - sure this has been discussed at some length previously but just wondering how easy it would be to fit a soft top to my s2 exige for those few months in the summer when no roof is quite appealing as an option? so a few questions
1 - do you just buy a replacement elise softtop and spars and it fits?
2 - if you need to retro fit some fixing points is this ok given you are drilling (i guess) finished fibre glass, how many and where from!?!
3 - are the aero dynamics ok in terms of wind in cabin?
any other pros/con's nyone can think of?
Dave
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:58 pm
by r10crw
1.Yep, just buy a soft top from a breaker, cost you around 400 pounds
2. If you get the roof bars with the roof all you will need is two small gromets which recess into the rear clam/roll over.
3. Not great, you get a really bad draft down your neck, so bad I now wear a hoody when I go out.
Cheers Craig.
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:45 pm
by neil
r10crw wrote:1.Yep, just buy a soft top from a breaker, cost you around 400 pounds
2. If you get the roof bars with the roof all you will need is two small gromets which recess into the rear clam/roll over.
3. Not great, you get a really bad draft down your neck, so bad I now wear a hoody when I go out.
Cheers Craig.
Craig
What did you cut into the clam with? And how did you go about getting them in the right place? I've been using the soft top for a bit now but havent had the bottle to fit the gromet bits.
Neil
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:06 am
by chip
details & picture of the gromets in this link here
http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php? ... pid3342735
Rgds
Tom
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:23 pm
by r10crw
Hi Neil, I just used my dremel its really easy and you cant really do anything wrong, if you look on elise-talk.com there are measurments taken from various points on the car to make sure you get them in the right place, cheers Craig.
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:05 pm
by ExigeKen
I'm going to give it a go on my car very soon
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:27 am
by Scotty C
Craig fitted mine last night. It took him about 10 minutes. You need a dremel.
Top job thanks very much.
I even got some beer to take home from Allan’s sons own brewery
Scotty C
Re: s2 exige soft top
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:01 pm
by r10crw
Like scotty says it does just take ten minutes. If anyone needs this done your welcome to come in by and Ill cut the holes, could try and get a run out of it. Cheers Craig.