Anyone got a carbon fibre hardtop

Anyone got a carbon fibre hardtop

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phil r

Original Poster:

30 posts

280 months

Monday 15th July 2002
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Hi
Has anyone got a carbon fibre hardtop for their Elise?
Can you compare it to a Lotus hardtop-is it louder/leakier etc?
Any thoughts at all?
Thanks!

PIPRX

19 posts

262 months

Friday 19th July 2002
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I would be interested in this aswell????

James

ibisti

311 posts

262 months

Sunday 21st July 2002
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I bought I carbon roof from B&C about 2 years ago, and in my opinion its far superior to the Lotus one. It just drops into place over the roll hoop cover and is held on with a couple of brackets where the cantor rails usualy fit ( a 5 min job). As for noise all the hard tops make the car a bit more "boomy" as the engine noise cant escape so well. Leaks are also down to a minimum compared to the soft top but I've found the longer you have the top on the better it gets, the other big plus of this roof over the Lotus one is that it has small gutters to stop the deluge of standing water flooding in when you get in the car and it tilts slightly. Geary from eliseparts.com has got an exact copy of my design and at a much more reasonable price than B&C's so have a look at his site for pics. Any more questions ?

Pharoah

359 posts

270 months

Monday 22nd July 2002
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I have a Bell and Colvill Carbon Fibre Hardtop for sale - £950, cost £1500 new if anyone is interested.

Toffer

1,527 posts

262 months

Monday 5th August 2002
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Comes with a free LOTUS