How to install a new tonneau cover

[Angelo]

Any links to videos of how to install a new never installed tonneau?

I tried YouTube to no avail. I’ve found and read the very confusing install instructions from Caterham with no help.

Any and all photos of tonneaus showing where the snaps on the car are located would be great and very helpful.

thanks all.

[Brightonuk]

Are you trying to drill and mount the snaps on the car?

Is is an OEM cover or SB47s

[Angelo]

I only have the two poppers/snaps at the center of the dash and the those on the boot behind the seats. All others will have to be drilled. It’s an S3 standard chassis with DeDion rear. Don’t understand why the DeDion rear makes a difference but I read in the confusing instructions provided by Caterham that it does.

Edited November 2, 2020 by Angelo

[BlueBDA]

I'm very curious to hear the answer to this, as I have one snap missing on the side of my car, and I am wondering how much of the car I have to disassemble to install one stupid pop-rivet backup washer. Sometimes I think the original Lotus disassembly manual wasn't just for tax avoidance :banghead:.

 

Any links to videos of how to install a new never installed tonneau?

I tried YouTube to no avail. I’ve found and read the very confusing install instructions from Caterham with no help.

Any and all photos of tonneaus showing where the snaps on the car are located would be great and very helpful.

thanks all.

[Vovchandr]

I can take pictures of my car to show you guys where existing ones are but I've never done this myself.

 

I actually have to make holes in my (2x) Tonneau covers myself as well as half doors and haven't done that yet.

 

I'm also missing the extra poppers on the back wall below the cage around the seat belt mounts (even though my Cat has all the other ones). Not sure how important those are.

 

Sometimes I think the original Lotus disassembly manual wasn't just for tax avoidance :banghead:.

 

:rofl:

Edited November 2, 2020 by Vovchandr

[Anker]

I'm very curious to hear the answer to this, as I have one snap missing on the side of my car, and I am wondering how much of the car I have to disassemble to install one stupid pop-rivet backup washer. Sometimes I think the original Lotus disassembly manual wasn't just for tax avoidance :banghead:.

 

You can install a new one by installing a rivnut and then screwing the snap onto that. I replaced a couple on mine using that method.