S1 roof

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:50 pm

My tensioning cable has broken in my soft top..... got a quote for a new one - £115

Anyone replaced theirs for significantly cheaper?

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:00 pm

Mone has been broken for some time. Learnt to live with it. Pretty sure someone did a DIY fix though.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:12 pm

I thought that was one of the the things they replaced when the softtop got refurbed

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:26 pm

Sanjoy wrote:Mone has been broken for some time. Learnt to live with it. Pretty sure someone did a DIY fix though.

To be honest it's been broken for ages and I've DIY fixed it a few times - hardtop has been on over the winter but it has been removed for the rest of the year (hopefully) - so I thought I'd do it properly.... not for £115 though.

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:52 pm

Don't they do that with the Lotus refurb anyway?

I should be getting my softtop back on Wednesday, it's been down to Lotus for a refurb, at a cost of less than 70 quid. If you can live without the roof for 4-6 weeks it's probably worth a shout.

I'll report back on what mine is like when I get it / I reckon someone has already put up pics of theres after a refurb.

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:35 pm

Seen the cable on flee-bay a few times. Not for anywhere near that much.
Elise-shop http://www.elise-shop.com/index.php?mai ... cts_id=474

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:22 pm

Mikie711 wrote:Seen the cable on flee-bay a few times. Not for anywhere near that much.
Elise-shop http://www.elise-shop.com/index.php?mai ... cts_id=474

That's a wee bit more like it - cheers (prob still make do with DIY job for now though)

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:20 pm

DIY it and keep an eye on flea bay have definitely seen them on there from time to time

Post by **campbell** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:54 pm

Lotus only change the tensioner cable to order, for £209 all-in as part of a refurb.

They only tidy up the stitching, replace the front header bar and the elastic retainers for the tails, for the £70 version of the service.

However the tensioner is a tricky job, I believe, and for what your roof gives you, I'd say it's worth the money to get it done right when it does let go. A new roof is several hundred pounds, if you were to screw it up

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