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Thank you. I'll use the car year round and for winter I have my original set of 14s, which currently have (legal) 021Rs, which I guess I'll change for rainexperts when the time comes. The 13s are for summer and track days - I anticipate wet weather driving will be rare on these...

As above really. I need new sets of tyres for my 13" rims and my 14"s. The 13s are for summer and track days. Currently on old R888s, which have cracked while the car was standing for the last few years. I don't think R888s are available anymore so I guess its a choice of the above 2 tyres. I guess I'll stick with 185/60s, but would welcome comments about going to 205 at the rear - I think both tyres will work on a 6" rim in 205? Also any recommendations for compounds - I think only the Toyo has compound options in 13"? I would be grateful for any recommendations.

I've just replaced my MC as part of my rebuild. I went for the uprated, which I had before. As part of the hunt for a better deal I spoke to a number of other retailers. I was told that AP made both MCs for Caterham (std and uprated) and only Caterham and Redline are authorised to sell them so I just had to take the £400 cost. In case it is of use to anyone, I took a pic of the box with the spec of the uprated MC:

So I finally got round to fitting the poppers on my boot cover today and I can report that the tool above works very well. The only shortcoming, if there is one, is that the hole that the punch makes in the material is not quite big enough for the popper neck, but that is easy to enlarge with a punch or similar.

Reviving this thread as I'm now gathering quotes. I tried Wicked Wheels, who recommended that I contact Primo Wheels i Woking, which I think was previously part of Wicked Wheels. They are not the cheapest, but they are reasonably local, which is handy. Does anyone have any experience of them? All I want is to have my Minilikes stripped and powder coated in black.

Looks great!

Oh yes, I'll give them a call. Thanks.

Can you recommend someone to repair? Soft Bits have declined.

Thanks Guys. I do run with a spare, so that's good to know. I think Oxted do easy in zips...I'll investigate...

Started mine in January, but mine is a rebuild from a bare chassis so I've had a fair bit of work to do just to get the starting position of a kit. Almost finished now, working on it only at weekends.

I am considering a half-hood. Does one provide enough protection from rain coming in from behind the doors? Also is there much to consider between the Oxted and the SoftBits ones? I think I prefer the attachment of the side straps on the Oxted...would welcome experience of one over the other.. What are the downsides to a half hood?

Sadly, this has happened and it seems that it's not repairable. I don't fancy ~£900 for a new full hood...

That plastic part just pushes in to the dashboard from the front. I don't have a pic of it before I fitted it unfortunately, but the item in the pic on the parts site is what arrives. You need to disconnect the bulb, pull the old plastic off, feed the wires through and then reinsert the bulb. The new one was a smidge wider than the original so some very gentle filing of the hole was required. I have a better pic of the broken one, which light shed some light...

Thank you - I see now.

Reviving an old thread - I'm thinking of a Soft Bits long nose shower cap, but I currently have a full hood (which is a bit leaky). I'm told that it is not designed for use with the full hood and the rear contour is intended to lie fairly flat against the roll bar. So, for anyone who has used one with a full hood, how bad is the fit? Does it still work or does the full hood actually prevent fitment?

Yes - with a new holder from Redline - see above Or: https://caterhamparts.co.uk/gauges/984-housing-clip-gearchange-light-bezel.html

Is this what is broken?

Is it the shift light bulb holder / bezel? If so, same happened to me. Got mine from Redline (part number 179038) 88p +VAT.

I've just been looking at this as I've been trying to find a dual gauge set up to show oil and water temp and oil pressure since fitting my Apollo. After talking to a lot of suppliers including Caerbont, I'm going to have go with the flick switch on the dash and just use the water temp gauge. There are a number of reasons, but there seems to be a fundamental problem with fitting mechanical temp gauges and that is that the take off isn't big enough. On a K-series, the electrical sender has a 1/8 NPT thread. The "senders" for mechanical gauges tend to be an ether filled bulb that is too big to fit in to a 1/8 NPT thread hole. The threaded fittings tend to much larger to accommodate the bulb. If you use an adaptor, you lprobably introduce inaccuracy because there will inevitably be a well where the fluid will pool around the bulb.

Thanks all. I gave up and phoned Chris this morning. New one on its way...

Thanks all. I'll give Chris at Redline a call. It must be at least a couple of weeks since he last heard from me!

I'm just finishing off the dash on my rebuild and I need a new trip reset cable. It's a 1999 K-series with standard Caterham gauges with the cable that emerges below the dash on the right side - in the perfect position to get caught on one's trouser leg when getting in - that is, until the plastic knob breaks off! I'd rather not cough up £80+ for one from CC and I suspect that they are the same unit as fitted to other cars. Could anyone offer some guidance on the spec or where else to look please?

You will need to drill the rivets that run around the front section where it meets the vertical bulkhead panel. You may need to remove the windscreen if you can't get to the screws that pass through the 2 scuttle top popper bases for the tonneau - hopefully not. Then undo the 4 nuts (2 each side) that hold the scuttle on to the side rails. Don't forget to disconnect the heated screen. Consider going to rivnuts in place of rivets when refitting. Maybe these pictures help:

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Thank you. Now going back outside to check the clearance of my forward bottom hose against the steering rack...