New Elise S2 owner - hardtop, geometry - anything else?

[767Driver]

I'm finally joining the ranks of elise ownership tomorrow when I pick up an '02 standard S2. I was looking for a 111S but they kept getting snapped up so I thought I'd just jump in and get a Standard S2. There may be some power upgrades on the horizon but I just want to enjoy the car in the mean time and maybe do a few trackdays. But I can't resist tinkering in the garage so I need a few things to be getting on with!

Any recommendations for immediate sensible upgrages - brake pads? induction? exhaust? Eventually I'll be looking at putting 140-160 bhp into it so any induction / exhaust mods I do now i'd like to keep for that too - I don't want to replace everything twice!

I'd quite like a hardtop for the winter months and I like the look of them too - I see a few OEM ones come up from time to time but quite rarely - a quick google leads to quite a few aftermarket hard tops including exige lookalikes with the scoop as well as elise lookalike ones. Has anyone got any experience / recomendations on the aftermarket ones? I've got a mate who can paint so that's not an issue.

Biggest bang for the buck - especially for trackdays is probably a good Geo setup - any recommendations in essex for elise Geo? I've used skidmarques in shenfield before for an E46 M3 a few years back and they were pretty good.

Feel free to unload any other ideas on me. Can't wait to get the toy tomorrow!

[767Driver]

Thanks guys. Will look at all that.
Yeah hardtop is for looks really in the winter. I appreciate it won't be warmer or dryer!

That hardtop website came up in my googling, are they any good? Has anyone experience of them?

[767Driver]

Yep. Signed up to seloc