Exige S in Topless Scandal!
Discussion
I couldn't resist, the weather was too nice, I had to strip her down!
It's a 10 minute job and I'm so glad I did it
Also there was no noticeable drop in performance, plus the new exhaust sounded great!
Once I get a garage sorted I might leave the roof off on a permanent basis.
Oh by the way, I'm after a soft top for it so if anyone knows somebody who has been unlucky enough to have written off their short roof S2 Elise, id be interested in buying the roof!
PS: I was out yesterday in the New Forest (near Lyndhurst), looked up and there was one big black cloud, the heavens opened, wipers on full, foot to the floor and the rain goes straight over the top. A slight panic but problem resolved through extensive use of the right foot.
Some pic's:
It's a 10 minute job and I'm so glad I did it
Also there was no noticeable drop in performance, plus the new exhaust sounded great!
Once I get a garage sorted I might leave the roof off on a permanent basis.
Oh by the way, I'm after a soft top for it so if anyone knows somebody who has been unlucky enough to have written off their short roof S2 Elise, id be interested in buying the roof!
PS: I was out yesterday in the New Forest (near Lyndhurst), looked up and there was one big black cloud, the heavens opened, wipers on full, foot to the floor and the rain goes straight over the top. A slight panic but problem resolved through extensive use of the right foot.
Some pic's:
Joe,
It's so good to have a look to your pictures since I ordered 2 months ago in Paris an exige s in your grey anthracite color (plus sport pack and air con) and I am desperatly waiting for the delivery (in July normally!!!). The change with my previous car will be huge since this lotus is my first one and that I was the happy owner of a Subaru Sti Prodrive with an Ecutek 326 bhp remap and a Blitz exhaust, an ugly car with a very nice engine and a great sound. The fist mod will be to change the exhaust but I will start the summer with the standard exhaust.
Since I have never saw this grey color on others Lotus, I am happy to see that this grey seems absolutely great in your pictures.
I know it's a basic question but apart from the insurance question and the power, what is the problem to have the roof off on an exige S? Can we have some leak? Is it complicated to avoid this leak problems?
Thanks for your help and for your pictures.
Jean Etienne
It's so good to have a look to your pictures since I ordered 2 months ago in Paris an exige s in your grey anthracite color (plus sport pack and air con) and I am desperatly waiting for the delivery (in July normally!!!). The change with my previous car will be huge since this lotus is my first one and that I was the happy owner of a Subaru Sti Prodrive with an Ecutek 326 bhp remap and a Blitz exhaust, an ugly car with a very nice engine and a great sound. The fist mod will be to change the exhaust but I will start the summer with the standard exhaust.
Since I have never saw this grey color on others Lotus, I am happy to see that this grey seems absolutely great in your pictures.
I know it's a basic question but apart from the insurance question and the power, what is the problem to have the roof off on an exige S? Can we have some leak? Is it complicated to avoid this leak problems?
Thanks for your help and for your pictures.
Jean Etienne
wrc070 said:
Joe,
It's so good to have a look to your pictures since I ordered 2 months ago in Paris an exige s in your grey anthracite color (plus sport pack and air con) and I am desperatly waiting for the delivery (in July normally!!!). The change with my previous car will be huge since this lotus is my first one and that I was the happy owner of a Subaru Sti Prodrive with an Ecutek 326 bhp remap and a Blitz exhaust, an ugly car with a very nice engine and a great sound. The fist mod will be to change the exhaust but I will start the summer with the standard exhaust.
Since I have never saw this grey color on others Lotus, I am happy to see that this grey seems absolutely great in your pictures.
I know it's a basic question but apart from the insurance question and the power, what is the problem to have the roof off on an exige S? Can we have some leak? Is it complicated to avoid this leak problems?
Thanks for your help and for your pictures.
Jean Etienne
It's so good to have a look to your pictures since I ordered 2 months ago in Paris an exige s in your grey anthracite color (plus sport pack and air con) and I am desperatly waiting for the delivery (in July normally!!!). The change with my previous car will be huge since this lotus is my first one and that I was the happy owner of a Subaru Sti Prodrive with an Ecutek 326 bhp remap and a Blitz exhaust, an ugly car with a very nice engine and a great sound. The fist mod will be to change the exhaust but I will start the summer with the standard exhaust.
Since I have never saw this grey color on others Lotus, I am happy to see that this grey seems absolutely great in your pictures.
I know it's a basic question but apart from the insurance question and the power, what is the problem to have the roof off on an exige S? Can we have some leak? Is it complicated to avoid this leak problems?
Thanks for your help and for your pictures.
Jean Etienne
Jean,
All my pic's are stored here if you are interested:
[url]http://usera.imagecave.com/u231484/Lo[/url]
Regarding the exhaust there is no question, you have to fit a 2Bular. See pic's of mine at the above link and the details on following post:
[url]www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=266360&f=15&h=0[/url]
Regarding problems with taking the roof off:
I Can't think of any others. It rained last night after I put my roof back on and there wasn't a drop of water inside the car.
I bet the wait is killing you! Nearly there!
Regards,
Joe
doesn't it invalidate the warranty of something?
if so and if the guys from dream machines or westovers are reading this, you'll be buggered when your wipers fail or the engine falls to bits! lol
if the guys from dream machines are reading this... pls could you send me the refund from my tax disc that you promised to send to me... i would rather receive this than a flyer promoting your services etc!
if so and if the guys from dream machines or westovers are reading this, you'll be buggered when your wipers fail or the engine falls to bits! lol
if the guys from dream machines are reading this... pls could you send me the refund from my tax disc that you promised to send to me... i would rather receive this than a flyer promoting your services etc!
Looks good Joe, as above, contact WillB on SELOC he has a full kit for about £499 I think.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
ayjay said:
doesn't it invalidate the warranty of something?
if so and if the guys from dream machines or westovers are reading this, you'll be buggered when your wipers fail or the engine falls to bits! lol
if the guys from dream machines are reading this... pls could you send me the refund from my tax disc that you promised to send to me... i would rather receive this than a flyer promoting your services etc!
if so and if the guys from dream machines or westovers are reading this, you'll be buggered when your wipers fail or the engine falls to bits! lol
if the guys from dream machines are reading this... pls could you send me the refund from my tax disc that you promised to send to me... i would rather receive this than a flyer promoting your services etc!
See quote from the exhaust thread:
I let Ben at Westover's have a go in it on Sat (roof off). I was standing outside keeping an eye on the showroom while he was flooring it past. I can honestly say under full load high rev's it sounds very much like the Exige GT3 race car and through a tunnel just like an F1 car. I'm not exaggerating! (Just1 can verify that).
It's fine. The handbook actually says you can take the roof off. No different to an Elise hardtop.
All it mentions is that you may loose a tiny bit of performance and downforce at the rear.
S Works said:
Looks good Joe, as above, contact WillB on SELOC he has a full kit for about £499 I think.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
I'm not a member of Seloc.
Could you email me his contact details or drop him a line and copy me in somehow.
Cheers mate.
ayjay said:
funny old world... exige owners wittering on about taking their roof off and s1/s2 drivers banging on about buying hardtops etc...
i reckon we should organise a car swop... i'll happily swop the toxic frog for a 240R
what do you reckon?!
i reckon we should organise a car swop... i'll happily swop the toxic frog for a 240R
what do you reckon?!
Calling Speedyellow.......you wanted rid of your 240R, not sure this is what you intended though
Joe - Exige S said:
S Works said:
Looks good Joe, as above, contact WillB on SELOC he has a full kit for about £499 I think.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
I'm not a member of Seloc.
Could you email me his contact details or drop him a line and copy me in somehow.
Cheers mate.
Joe, just become a regular member (not paid up). You don't get access to the club benefits but you can still sign-on, use the forums etc. Worth doing IMO.
S Works said:
Joe - Exige S said:
S Works said:
Looks good Joe, as above, contact WillB on SELOC he has a full kit for about £499 I think.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
Regarding 'problems' with this, I remember hearing some suggestions that removing the hard top might impede airflow into the intercooler and hence affect engine performance. I think I remember hearing something else though saying that this effect would be negligible, or even nil so it should not be an issue, and would not affect warranty.
I'm not a member of Seloc.
Could you email me his contact details or drop him a line and copy me in somehow.
Cheers mate.
Joe, just become a regular member (not paid up). You don't get access to the club benefits but you can still sign-on, use the forums etc. Worth doing IMO.
Ok will do, cheers
The color in the second picture of your website is absolutely fantastic.
Thanks for your comments, no doubt mine will be also topless this summer, if I have my Exige delivery in due time, which is may be not so clear due to the success of the S.
I will change the exhaust in September or October, so it could effectively be a 2bular.
Happy to learn that the manual mentions the possibility tohave the roof off.
Thanks again,
Jean Etienne
Thanks for your comments, no doubt mine will be also topless this summer, if I have my Exige delivery in due time, which is may be not so clear due to the success of the S.
I will change the exhaust in September or October, so it could effectively be a 2bular.
Happy to learn that the manual mentions the possibility tohave the roof off.
Thanks again,
Jean Etienne
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