TONNEAU cover

[Fred]

if i order a tonneau cover from caterham will it have the head rest section for the composit race seats bult in and do you have to run half doors with this set up

are they any good

 

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[scooby dooby doo]

i believe thew tonneau comes with no cut outs for the tillet seats. It also needs the doors removed to fit properly.

 

However, you can easily get it modified to fit over the tillets and removing the dors to fit it is *MUCH* easier than fitting the hood!

 

Dave Hooper - North London

dmch2@lineone.net

[Mekon]

The R500 Tonneau has the head rest section built in. It doesn't need half doors - it goes all the way down the side of the car. The caterham product code is TC39 and it cost me 76.60 ex vat. It works fine except for the fact that the passenger side has a cut out for the FIA bar petty strut which leaks like buggery, even though it has a flap over it. The water then sits in the depression in the comp seat, so the passenger gets a wet bum!

 

Edited by - mekon on 4 Jun 2002 10:29:13

[Fred]

thanks for the info £76.00 not to expensive is it in two halves can you drive with pasenger part intact

 

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[stevefoster]

 

I tank tape the pretty strut flap from underneath and above in a sandwich way. This does not show when the flap is over it.

I also tank tape around it with the petty strut in place to stop leaks.

[scooby dooby doo]

do you run with the strut when on the road? if not it may be cheaper to get a std tonneau modified for the seats. I can't remember how much mine cost since i got the doors cut down to half height at the same time.

 

Dave Hooper - North London

dmch2@lineone.net

[Mekon]

Yes you can drive with just the passenger part fitted. If you use the standard sidescreens you have to leave the bottom part of the tonneau unfastened and feed the sidecreen fasteners underneath. Only problem with this is that the tonneau baloons at speed - after a 90 - 100mph blast up the M40 from London I found that the passenger side tonneau had scratched the bottom 2 inches or so of the sidescreen window. That hacked me off severely as it's a brand new car. BTW the 76 was ex vat, so that's about 90 quid all in.

[Fred]

thanks once more all. is there a site i can see picks

 

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[SLR No.77]

Fred, are you planning to run with full doors or half doors?

 

With the standard full door you can fit an extra popper to the tonneau where the front lower edge of the hood is normally fastened. If you make this a double sided popper, ie. female to meet the body, but male top section as opposed to the black "finishing" piece normally used, you can add a popper to the rearmost corner of the door to hold the door shut, with the tonneau properly fitted.

 

The same must be possible for the fitment of the half doors to a properly fitted tonneau using a series of "double" poppers on the tonneau in the same manner.

 

With regard to the petty strut hole, if you have the time, add more velcro to the unattached two sides of the flap. This will stop all but the worst of the weather. It is also worthwhile adding velcro to the join of the tonneau halves - this will possibly leak also.

 

Stu.

 

[Fred]

thanks stu it will be full doors wont have it till august orderd it today to go with my new kit i pick up on the 25th

 

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[TonyR]

Fred,

 

"Pick it up on the 25th" are you collecting your R400 kit.

 

I thought you had to have them delivered.

 

TonyR

[Fred]

Tony i am down there on the 23rd droping of a car before i go to watch peter beat fat arnie at curbrough what i ment is ill get a tonneau then this way i might get a look at the factory

 

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