Lotus Elise Service Notes page 590

Lotus Service Notes
Exige
'B'post inboard
fixing
Door
aperture II! /'((
rear
Gutter to engine
bay surround
' Tank bay closing
panel to clam lower edge
Support plates
to longerons
Licence
plate
recess to
tray
extension
Wheelarch
to sill
12. Carefully ease apart the two front sections of the clamshell as the shell is manouvered rearwards off the
car.
13. Refit the clamshell in reverse order to removal.
Rear Aerofoil
The rear aerofoil is a hollow glassfibre composite moulding, with integral endplates. The aerofoil is
secured to two moulded polyurethane plinths, via M5 bolts through the plinth top flange into captive nuts in the
aerofoil, whereas the plinths are fixed to the body by two M6 studs moulded into the bottom of each plinth, with
nuts fitted inside the clamshell. Loads from the aerofoil plinths are transferred into the clamshell support plates
via alloy angle brackets.
Roof Section
The roof panel incorporates an air intake duct feeding into a corresponding duct in the tailgate. The single
hinge for the tailgate is mounted in the rear end of the roof duct, and the standard Elise aerial is mounted on the
top of the duct. The roof panel is retained in a similar manner to that used on standard car hard tops, but has
an extended rear flange which underlaps the forward edge of the rear clamshell.
The roof may be removed with the clamshell 'in-situ', but requires that the rear clamshell front fixings be
released.
To remove the roof panel:
remove the tailgate from the hinge, or the hinge from the roof;
disconnect the aerial lead;
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