2002 Elise S2 Custom Longtail Hardtop Mule - the results
Discussion
Many moons ago a fellow pher posted on here looking for a testcar to size and fit a custom fibreglass roof in S2 Longtail guise.
Several pleasurable journeys up and down the A303 between London and Somerset have resulted in the following:
These are just shots of the outside of the roof unfinished - it will be colour coded once back to London. It is complete with fur lined lining, fixing brakcekt (in all there are only five fixings and 2 of those are the allen key fixings on the tails so very easy to fit even on your own, plus its much lighter than I expected.
It only needs the rubber seals at front and over windows and some final trim on the inner rear where the roll hoop cover used to be.
After 5 years of ownership i have finally succumbed - this was triggered by a paticularly damp December when I ended up with green mold on the inside and outside of the roof (new house is much more exposed than old and still no garage!
Paul - the guy that has been masterminding this will have about 20 available I believe once the finishing touches are made to the mule as they have a perfect "mould" to work with plus dimensions to correct any issues. Jason should ahv no trouble finishing them all off now!
As soon as I have the finished article I will post with pics on and off the car including interior pics for thos interested just in time for winter but to late for the crap summer!
Stuart
NB: Cant believe I had my first spot on that journey only a fortnight ago - circa 6am on M25 heading towards Heathrow I passed a beautiful black exige. Seeing as its about 130 miles there and back and I have done the journey about 5 times that is incredible and gutting! Didnt even get spotted myself! Thats a lie, trafpol spotted me on my way back last time - stopped me and showed me an action replay of my driving from the back seat of their X5 - dont get that service from instructors on a trackay! Look out for me on police camera action!
Several pleasurable journeys up and down the A303 between London and Somerset have resulted in the following:
These are just shots of the outside of the roof unfinished - it will be colour coded once back to London. It is complete with fur lined lining, fixing brakcekt (in all there are only five fixings and 2 of those are the allen key fixings on the tails so very easy to fit even on your own, plus its much lighter than I expected.
It only needs the rubber seals at front and over windows and some final trim on the inner rear where the roll hoop cover used to be.
After 5 years of ownership i have finally succumbed - this was triggered by a paticularly damp December when I ended up with green mold on the inside and outside of the roof (new house is much more exposed than old and still no garage!
Paul - the guy that has been masterminding this will have about 20 available I believe once the finishing touches are made to the mule as they have a perfect "mould" to work with plus dimensions to correct any issues. Jason should ahv no trouble finishing them all off now!
As soon as I have the finished article I will post with pics on and off the car including interior pics for thos interested just in time for winter but to late for the crap summer!
Stuart
NB: Cant believe I had my first spot on that journey only a fortnight ago - circa 6am on M25 heading towards Heathrow I passed a beautiful black exige. Seeing as its about 130 miles there and back and I have done the journey about 5 times that is incredible and gutting! Didnt even get spotted myself! Thats a lie, trafpol spotted me on my way back last time - stopped me and showed me an action replay of my driving from the back seat of their X5 - dont get that service from instructors on a trackay! Look out for me on police camera action!
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