Hard Top & Black Wheels

[cre8toruk]

Hi All, I'M BACK!!! Well nearly back... hope to be back...anyway... 9 months of Boxster driving and I'm craving to come back to the lotus and specifically elise fold.

I'm going to see one on Saturday and hopefully do a deal that will mean I own it !!

Couple of things that you guys might be able to offer some advice on.... I would like to get a hard top for it. I've found one at eliseparts (I think) for a whopping £930.00 and another one from another company for £500 though it's unfinished and needs painting etc etc... Just wondering if anyone else has done a diy hard top or would be worth saving the cash for the ready made one?

Second... I don't know why Lotus sell Elises with silver alloys when black wheels completely make the car... no matter, is there a good place to get my silver alloys blacked up ? Or should I take a can of hammerite to them ?

All the best...good to be nearly back...

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[cre8toruk]

The 111s is the old one I had before the Porsche yes. I'm hoping to get a 111r but to be honest a 111 something would be absolutely fine.

thanks for all the response.

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[cre8toruk]

yeah they look great....as I said before I know its a personal preference but they just look so much nicer with black wheels... I had to let the Porsche get really dirty so its wheels went black too for me to like it better :-)

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[cre8toruk]

That's great... It's snows I'm hoping to get to on Saturday...hopefully they'll do me a decent deal too.

[cre8toruk]

Ah sucks.... managed to get to snows only for the elise in question to be sold almost in front of me to some guy who just wants to use it as a weekend toy...

Contemplating now what to do... should I sell the boxster for what money I can get privately then hope that a red 111r, 111s, S turns up ?

Keeping my eyes peeled for any that come up in a 60 mile radius around Basingstoke.

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[cre8toruk]

ok so off to see another one (56 S with 17k on the clock this time)... Anything I should look out for ? Any advice ?

I guess drive it and see what I think right ?

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[cre8toruk]

ok well as you might know I'm now the proud owner of an ardent red 56 Elise S..

Needs a bit of cosmetic stuff doing to it and I have licence to get some black wheels (it has 5 spoke lotus silver wheels atm, looking to go with 8 spoke black one's).

I'm also on the lookout for a hard top... B&C wanted about £2k for a brand new one which unfortunately is way out of my budget.

I was considering a black one too as a possible alternative to trying to get the colour match right...

Thoughts ?

Anyone got a roof or wheels they're looking to part with ?

I have some breaker contacts who I've put the word out amongst too....

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[cre8toruk]

yup anything that fits to be honest....

[cre8toruk]

Yeah £1100 !!! though...I found some from team dynamics for £500.00 which is a bit more reasonable... thanks for looking tho.

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[cre8toruk]

No excuse needed !! :-)

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[cre8toruk]

ooooh you have my car !! :-)... I was wondering if a black hard top might be good too, thoughts ?

Basically I think the easy bit will be wheels... Hardtops are expensive (too expensive) new so I need to find one from somewhere else...:-)


great pictures.


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[cre8toruk]

Yesssss (pretending to know what you're talking about :-)) Got a link ?

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[cre8toruk]

hi Friday passion... yeah really like your carbon fibre tops... but can't afford that my friend....
If you can let me have it for £500 then we might be in business :-)

Are you able to do a finished item service ? i.e. so I can just order a finished ardent red one with all the seals etc applied ?

Wife reckons I can cope with the soft top for now, so black wheels will be the priority...

If you want I will take a carbon fibre one for free if you want me to do some advertising for you :-)

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[cre8toruk]

I bet it's ardent red too... :-)