Specialist Service.
Glass Replacement
Whilst windscreen replacement on what we refer to as ordinary cars (i.e. normal production cars) is relatively straight forward, a windscreen replacement is a far more specialist job on a hand built vehicle, as every one varies a little and in the case of Elise's and Exige's it involves releasing the front clam shell to allow good access to the bottom of the screen. With other earlier models of Lotus's fitting a screen can be a real work of art to get them fitting properly and correctly.
Replacement of door glass on the Lotus Elan is another job where experience is a must, not only to insure the window operates correctly afterwards but also insuring that all the broken glass is removed, this is of the up most importance because if it is left over a period of time the small pieces of glass will rub thought the middle of the out skin of the door causing several hundreds of pounds worth of damage.
Lotus Elise S1 door glass's have a very annoying habit of braking away from there mountings and often dropping to the bottom of the door, where as many people including some dealers just fit a new drop glass, we repair the original one by bonding the mounts back onto the glass with a much more ply able glue so reducing the chances of it happening again. Keeping the side window rubber lubricated is of the up most importance and will greatly reduce the chances of failure in the first place, we would recommend spraying them regularly or at least when ever they get stiff with a good silicone lubricate.
Elise Heated Front Windscreens
We can now supply heated front windscreens for Elise's, which have the ability to clear a misted or frosted screen in just a few minutes a great advantage in a car with a very basic heater system. The heating elements in the screen are extremely fine, so not effecting your vision though the screen. We can supply and fit the heated screen for the same cost as standard screen, so if you have a cracked or broken screen it can be fitted as part of a normal insurance claim. There is an additional cost for wiring it in, which in the case of the S1 consists of fitting a matching switch to the blank in the right hand switch panel, with the S2 where there is no prevision for an extra switch we fit a timer relay which is wired into the side light, so on a cold morning you just start the engine and flick the side lights on and the screen switches on for a few minutes while the screen clears, this system can also be used on the S1 if required.
