How to remove a crash structure in 13 easy steps!
step 1) get excited when you see this informative- looking post
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f3/crash-structure-replacement-33910/
step 2) get let down when you realize it's 98% about a semantics error in a brochure
step 3) buy windshield removal kit and try in vain to saw through Betaseal
step 4) swear liberally when step 3 does not work
step 5) use the old standby- whale on it with a hammer (BFH). Also may use this step to attempt to pry off crash structure with a screwdriver, brute force, and a wrench
step 6) refer to step 4, apply to outcome of step 5
step 7) get desperate. Heat threading tool (from windshield kit, step 3) with propane torch and attempt to slice through Betaseal. Break threading tool in the process.
step 8) dig out old crappy knife that a friend left at your apartment back in college
step 9) use torch from step 7 to heat crappy knife
step 10) hack away at Betaseal with red hot knife blade. Make sure to leave torch on at all times, periodically almost catching fire to yourself/your Elise. Bonus points if you have a gas can less than 2 feet away.
step 11) Keep hacking until step 4 is called into play
step 12) give up on blowtorch, resume attempts at brute strength
step 13) amazingly, the hacking actually helped, the crash structure is ripped off with a minimum of bodily injury.
step 1) get excited when you see this informative- looking post
http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f3/crash-structure-replacement-33910/
step 2) get let down when you realize it's 98% about a semantics error in a brochure
step 3) buy windshield removal kit and try in vain to saw through Betaseal
step 4) swear liberally when step 3 does not work
step 5) use the old standby- whale on it with a hammer (BFH). Also may use this step to attempt to pry off crash structure with a screwdriver, brute force, and a wrench
step 6) refer to step 4, apply to outcome of step 5
step 7) get desperate. Heat threading tool (from windshield kit, step 3) with propane torch and attempt to slice through Betaseal. Break threading tool in the process.
step 8) dig out old crappy knife that a friend left at your apartment back in college
step 9) use torch from step 7 to heat crappy knife
step 10) hack away at Betaseal with red hot knife blade. Make sure to leave torch on at all times, periodically almost catching fire to yourself/your Elise. Bonus points if you have a gas can less than 2 feet away.
step 11) Keep hacking until step 4 is called into play
step 12) give up on blowtorch, resume attempts at brute strength
step 13) amazingly, the hacking actually helped, the crash structure is ripped off with a minimum of bodily injury.
