Hardtop Bags

Post by **simon** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:13 pm

I bought a hardtop bag off ebay at the weekend and thought I'd post up to recommend the seller. Paid for it on Sunday (maybe Monday, can't remember!) and got it today. Tried it out tonight and it seems pretty well made and certainly strong enough for hanging the hard top up with.

Best bit about it is that it only cost me £52 including the postage.

He does them for S1 and S2.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0062928474

If you have an S2 and bid on that one, mail the seller and let him know it's for a Mk2 Elise and he'll send that instead (that's what I did).

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:18 pm

sweet.. i managed a genuine lotus one in mint condition for £75 inc post. looking at what they normally fetch i got a good deal.

Post by **simon** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:22 pm

Yeah the Lotus ones are over £150 new IIRC so this one for £52 new is a great buy IMO.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:25 pm

simon wrote:Yeah the Lotus ones are over £150 new IIRC so this one for £52 new is a great buy IMO.

defo. your avatar confused me for a minute. i got an S1 roof bag. actually come to think of it is yours a long tail??

Post by **simon** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:26 pm

Mine's a short roof, Lotus don't do a long S2 hardtop, only the aftermarket ones are like that.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:30 pm

simon wrote:Mine's a short roof, Lotus don't do a long S2 hardtop, only the aftermarket ones are like that.

ah right. there was me thinking you had the S1 in the avatar

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Post by **simon** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:34 pm

Tom wrote:ah right. there was me thinking you had the S1 in the avatar .

No, no, no. I'd never have the skills to park in a tyre like that

Post by **campbell** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:09 am

Well done Simon.

I was pretty pleased with the one I acquired a few years back from SJ Sportscars, slightly "shop soiled" (small tear in underside) but for £75 I wasn't concerned!!

Here you can also see some cute features of my new garage layout

[sad mode on]

The hardtop bag is suspended from custom shelf brackets fabricated at Sellafield's not very busy blacksmith workshop! The shelf they support runs round 50% of the wallspace, making the area above my sectional motorised door useable for storage

Each bracket support is drilled to allow hooks to suspend odds and ends. My furry dice are kept on one of these, just out of shot, and my hairdyer is on another one of them too

The alloy rim is suspended from another custom bracket, made guess where, with an end plate which screws on to secure the wheel...not that it is going anywhere really! I've got all 4 of my spare rims mounted like this, again brings some good storage space into play.

[sad mode off]

I could get a job designing for IKEA at this rate - can you imagine, IKEA Garage Dept - you'd be able to buy things like "BAGKOVER", and "WHELBRAKT", or "AKSLSTUND", or even "TROLLJACK"

LOL!

3 beers and counting...gotta slow down...

Campbell

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:14 pm

campbell wrote:Well done Simon.

I was pretty pleased with the one I acquired a few years back from SJ Sportscars, slightly "shop soiled" (small tear in underside) but for £75 I wasn't concerned!!

Here you can also see some cute features of my new garage layout

[sad mode on]

The hardtop bag is suspended from custom shelf brackets fabricated at Sellafield's not very busy blacksmith workshop! The shelf they support runs round 50% of the wallspace, making the area above my sectional motorised door useable for storage Each bracket support is drilled to allow hooks to suspend odds and ends. My furry dice are kept on one of these, just out of shot, and my hairdyer is on another one of them too

The alloy rim is suspended from another custom bracket, made guess where, with an end plate which screws on to secure the wheel...not that it is going anywhere really! I've got all 4 of my spare rims mounted like this, again brings some good storage space into play.

[sad mode off]

I could get a job designing for IKEA at this rate - can you imagine, IKEA Garage Dept - you'd be able to buy things like "BAGKOVER", and "WHELBRAKT", or "AKSLSTUND", or even "TROLLJACK"

LOL!

3 beers and counting...gotta slow down...

Campbell

nice garage matey.

i need some of that action....

(sad faction)

Post by **campbell** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:34 am

Cheers Tom.

Not a patch on Lawrence's, of course.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 12:37 am

campbell wrote:Cheers Tom.

Not a patch on Lawrence's, of course.

that of course goes without saying...

(in need of wheel bearing change, and therefore use of Lawrence's excellent garage facilities, at some point in the not too distant faction)

Post by **campbell** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:04 am

Tom wrote: (in need of wheel bearing change, and therefore use of Lawrence's excellent garage facilities, at some point in the not too distant faction)

He might have one in the fridge already

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:09 am

campbell wrote:Well done Simon.

I was pretty pleased with the one I acquired a few years back from SJ Sportscars, slightly "shop soiled" (small tear in underside) but for £75 I wasn't concerned!!

Here you can also see some cute features of my new garage layout

[sad mode on]

The hardtop bag is suspended from custom shelf brackets fabricated at Sellafield's not very busy blacksmith workshop! The shelf they support runs round 50% of the wallspace, making the area above my sectional motorised door useable for storage Each bracket support is drilled to allow hooks to suspend odds and ends. My furry dice are kept on one of these, just out of shot, and my hairdyer is on another one of them too

The alloy rim is suspended from another custom bracket, made guess where, with an end plate which screws on to secure the wheel...not that it is going anywhere really! I've got all 4 of my spare rims mounted like this, again brings some good storage space into play.

[sad mode off]

I could get a job designing for IKEA at this rate - can you imagine, IKEA Garage Dept - you'd be able to buy things like "BAGKOVER", and "WHELBRAKT", or "AKSLSTUND", or even "TROLLJACK"

LOL!

3 beers and counting...gotta slow down...

Campbell

you should really take this drivvel back to where it belongs

Post by **campbell** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:10 am

LOL!

Only 1 beer tonight so no drivel from me matey, honest.