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Hi Guys, Sorry for a newbie question.... Why you pay such money for a carcoon or air chamber? I have a ventilated garage. is that not enough?

Just saw some pics for the carcoon, looks nice, but would it provide any benifit to the car if the car is already stored in a ventilated garage?

Pedal stop seems a good idea.... Tried searching the previous topics, found this one but the link to the pics is not working: http://www.blatchat.com/t.asp?id=159591 Any one can upload some pics please?

I find it difficult to remove the head restraints from the leather seats of my Caterham to put the tonneau on. The metal bar that holds the restraints is covered by thick grease. The grease started to dry up and now sticky and stiff. I think I need to remove the grease and apply a better quality one. Any suggestion what product I should use to remove the old grease and what is the best grease to reapply? How do I clean the channel the post sits in, please?

Hi Alaskossie, Could you send some pics for your mirrors please

My Caterham will also have her first winter Hibernation in my garage.... - if she is dry and garage is ventilated, would the car cover still needed? - Is it ok for the CTEK to be left on for 4 months? - I dont have axle, would just moving the car a few inches every week be helpful?

The caterham SVA mount mirror is not the one I refer to. CC south said to me it is not easy to take them off just by hand. The one i refer too, you can easily unscrew them by hand in a few second to swap position between door and windscreen support. Would the "Nifty Bits" mirror not anterfer with full door opening? And if they do interfer, could you easily remove them without tools and without taking the windscreen side support off. Edited by - Glasgow on 4 Sep 2010 15:09:40

I have seen side mirrors on a 7 that are mounted by a screw. The guy put a screw on the door and another one on the windscreen side support. The screw is small and doesnt get in the way when the door is opened. Very secure and he can easily switch the mirror between the two places in a few seconds. the driver was not about to ask him where did he get them. Any one knows where i can get these mirrors please

Some interesting information: I was in CC South yesterday and had a chat with Andy who is the guy responsible for cleaning all the cars at CC south. He said he uses pressure washer with no problem. He said if you have a chip you need to be careful not to come very close and at an angle. As for underneath the car, he said no problem and damage could be done. He said one important area to clean is a groove between the chassis and the side wall and you reach it by opening the engine cover. Warm water will help By the way, picked up my first Caterham yesterday and drove her all the way up north to Glasgow. She performed very well. Torrential rain near the border, but no problem what so ever.... Very excited.... (She is an interim car until i get my R300 in March.... Road sport SV, 2003, 1.8 K Rover, 140 bhp, 5 speed, 16 alloy, leather seat)

Dalongbloke, Have you got Steve's email address please?

What if the water is hot/warm - will this help unstick the salt?

Nick, thanks for the information. However, in the pic it looks like just an angled lance. How could this control the pressure? A

OH MY GOD... Remember I live in Scdotland.... :-)

How would you reach underneath the whole car with a brush? I heard people using their Seven all year. Hope they dont raise the car on an axle every nite... Errmmm, may be thats why the Lowflying started a workshop series ;-)

In fact talking about Caterham. I understand i need to be away from the engine and electrics.... I am going to use it in winter and thought a power washer would be good to clear the salt under chassis. A

I am thinking of buying a Karcher pressure washer (K3.55 or K4.600). The jet pressure is adjustable when using the straight lance. However, the under chassis lance only produce high pressure (120-130 bar). Any advice about how safe to use the high pressure jet to clean underneath the car and behind the wheel? Thank you