Nose-cone wooden support panels

[NickC]

In the end I found a couple of plastic pipe fittings with screw-on end caps from a local plumbers merchents which just about squeezed into the rubber pipes.

[NickC]

I believe they can be bought from Lotusbits, or the club does have a pattern so you can cut your own.

Anyone on here a member of the Owners Club who could borrow those patterns for me?

[Pete Boole]

I suggest you pm Angus about the patterns.

Pete

[Atking53]

They are part of the crash structure, so I would replace if they are rotten.

Hey guys, I have been working on getting my lights to go up and down and noticed the plywood nose cone support panels are quite rotten. Seems from TAR's quote they should be repaired. The links in this thread are broken. Any advice on how to replace them? I am happy to fabricate them and fiberglass them back in. Did anyone find a pattern? Cheers.

[Excel SA]

Have a look here - a very useful page - there is a spreadsheet linked from the page that gives you a way to draw it out.

https://majcd213.blogspot.com/search?q=crash+panel

I think that someone posted another link quite recently???

Here you go - https://www.thelotusforums.com/forums/t ... ent-935120

Neil.

[Atking53]

Thanks Neil, Both very helpful links. I started this by trying to fix my light pods when I found the rotten plywood. I can see from the photos that a previous owner has removed the original pod motors and mechanisms from my car and replaced them with linear actuators with a 6" travel. These seemed to work previously but as it was a DIY hack I now have to figure out how they were supposed to function. cheers