Lotus Elise S1 Service Notes page 73

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4. Remove old adhesive from the windscreen frame sufficiently to leave a consistent and flat surface for the
new bond.
5. Lay the new windscreen (suitably supported) on a protected surface, inside uppermost, and clean the
whole of the inside of the windscreen with a 50% solution of water and isopropanol. Allow to dry.
6. Fit the interior mirror plinth to the inside of the windscreen:
The plinth is supplied as part of a kit which includes adhesive 'Penloc GZH' WARNING: Contains
trichloroethanes and acrylic acid derivatives. Refer to precautions on product packaging.
Thoroughly clean bonding face of mirror plinth and corresponding area on inside surface of wind-
screen using steel wool.
Bend and crack the primer vial to allow the primer to saturate the felt tip. Apply the primer to the
bonding surface on both the plinth and windscreen. Allow five minutes for the primer to dry.
Apply a thin coat of adhesive to the bonding surface of the mirror plinth. Position the plinth on the
windscreen with the dimple lowermost, and hold in place for 2 to 3 minutes. Allow at least 10 minutes
curing time before fitting the mirror.
Windscreen top edge
Obscuration
band
Mirror position on
RHD offset to left
Screen centreline
79 mm
63 mm 63 mm
Mirror position on
LHD offset to right
7. Clean the whole of the inside surface of the obscuration band, and the laminated edge of the glass with
the wipe cleaner. Similarly clean the whole of the bonding surface on the windscreen frame.
8. Fit the rubber edge finisher around the top and sides of the windscreen, with a 30 mm overhang at each
end.
9. Apply a 25 mm wide band of Betaprime
around the outside of the glass. Similarly
apply to the whole of the bonding surface
on the windscreen frame, and to the wind-
screen bottom laminated edge. Allow to dry
for a minimum of 5 minutes. If the screen
is not fitted within 48 hours, the primer
should be re-applied.
10. Cut the nozzle of the Betaseal cartridge to
the dimensions shown to produce a trian-
gular section bead. Holding the cartridge
vertically, extrude a bead of adhesive
around the screen, using the edge of the
rubber finisher strip as a guide along the
top and sides, and following the centreline
of the primer band along the lower section.
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