alfas
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 11:02 AM |
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locost tonneau cover??
where can i buy a tonneau cover, with centre zip, for my book locost (not haynes roadster)?
car is only used on track: the passenger side should be completly closed, driver side will get a half door
tried several times contacting softbits...but never received a reply.
now i have seen they have a new web-shop... but nowhere locost is mentioned.....
are there alternative shops besides softbits?
[Edited on 24/11/14 by alfas]
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 11:34 AM |
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Local seat / boat trimmers. Just had mine done.
Softbits will make you a bespoke one for £450 if you like, mine cost £250 from local place. 
Ben
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Disgruntled karter
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 04:15 PM |
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Where abouts are you ?
Inflex interiors near Oxford are making mine now, the guy even come out to measure up and do the first fit, I'm just waiting for the call to
tell me its ready for collection
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alfas
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 07:10 PM |
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tonneau for 450,-pound???
softbits is asking 135,-pound for a westfield and 95,-pound for Caterham Tonneau to Half Doors --> such prices are ok..
i´m outside UK......by the way...
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 07:25 PM |
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Yes. If it's bespoke they charge silly money
Ben
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Z20LET Astra Turbo, into a Haynes
Roadster
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adithorp
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 09:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alfas
tonneau for 450,-pound???
softbits is asking 135,-pound for a westfield and 95,-pound for Caterham Tonneau to Half Doors --> such prices are ok..
i´m outside UK......by the way...
But you don't want an off the shelf Westfield or Caterham one; You want a custom one for a Locost. For that they'll want your car for 2
days to make it and charge you £400+
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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serieslandy
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 11:40 PM |
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I've just made one for my car. It cost £65 and all the material, press studs, cotton and zip came from a local marine trimmers.
I spent hours making a pattern, marking up and cutting out and my mum sewed it together.
I do need to add an Ali strip down the centre to stiffen the cover up when I only use half.
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alfas
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| posted on 24/11/14 at 11:41 PM |
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are you sure that they never have made a locost tonneau? there are so many locost´s on Uk roads...can´t believe that.
as i´m outside Uk it doesnt make sense bringing the car to them....
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adithorp
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 08:43 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alfas
are you sure that they never have made a locost tonneau? there are so many locost´s on Uk roads...can´t believe that.
as i´m outside Uk it doesnt make sense bringing the car to them....
Thats what they said when I asked about one foor my Fury and they'd made one for a mates car only a few weeks earlier. Not all locosts are the
same... no 2 are. So everyone is custom cover.
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
http://jpsc.org.uk/forum/
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alfas
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 10:48 AM |
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a book locost is, imo, always the same, the slight differncies can be compensated by the position of the fixings which you have to drill on your car
anyway.
if we speak about pockets for headrests or steering wheel...thats a different story..those tonneaus need to be fabricated individualy.
in my case its a flat piece with a centre zip which finally, in praxis, needs to cover the passenger area, only.
[Edited on 25/11/14 by alfas]
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steve m
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| posted on 25/11/14 at 12:30 PM |
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EVERY book locost is different, having seen 100's not one of them is the same as the next (thankfully)
and I will bet, that my home made tonnea, would not fit any one elses locost
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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