westfield windscreen change help
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I think once you have the right parts it’s a fairly easy job, it’s just getting the parts now with Westfield currently gone.
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I think once you have the right parts it’s a fairly easy job, it’s just getting the parts now with Westfield currently gone.
Also, if on Facebook, get on these.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6231698041/buy_sel...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/132985470503803
At risk of stating the obvious, the hardest part isn't fitting the windscreen - it's fitting the wipers, wiper motor, heater and demist vents that need to go along with it.
I'd think carefully before doing the work: my first two Sevens came with full windscreens, but after those I vowed never again.
They don't work very well: being a flat screen, the tiny wipers are useless, any rain whips around onto the rear face, anyway, unless you use them with sidescreens (which restrict elbow movement) and they create a lot of turbulence in the cockpit, so you get more of a battering with them than without them (I blame my partial deafness on the years I spent running my first two cars). Finally - they knock about 10mph (and commensurate top-end acceleration) off your speed.
If you're wanting a screen to attach a hood to, then the hoods are hopeless too: poor visibility, the cockpit fogs up in the rain despite the heater, and they contain the cockpit noise so that it's again pretty unbearable. Oh, and you need to be a 14-year old Russian gymnast to get in and out with any degree of elegance, when they're up.
I'd think carefully before doing the work: my first two Sevens came with full windscreens, but after those I vowed never again.
They don't work very well: being a flat screen, the tiny wipers are useless, any rain whips around onto the rear face, anyway, unless you use them with sidescreens (which restrict elbow movement) and they create a lot of turbulence in the cockpit, so you get more of a battering with them than without them (I blame my partial deafness on the years I spent running my first two cars). Finally - they knock about 10mph (and commensurate top-end acceleration) off your speed.
If you're wanting a screen to attach a hood to, then the hoods are hopeless too: poor visibility, the cockpit fogs up in the rain despite the heater, and they contain the cockpit noise so that it's again pretty unbearable. Oh, and you need to be a 14-year old Russian gymnast to get in and out with any degree of elegance, when they're up.
Off topic but if you have access to the book "Flying On Four Wheels" there is an interesting piece about Frank Costin experimenting with the aerodynamics of a Lotus Seven. Using the idea of a "Townend Ring" around the windscreen he reduced the turbulence in the cabin and hence the drag.
It's always possible that a lot of the items you need might already be present, lurking under the aero screen. Folk often convert from one to the other. Certainly worth investigating., but if none of the parts are there, removing the scuttle for access will make things easier.
As for flat screen vs. aeroscreen....we've been perfectly happy with flat screen, sidescreens and often a hood as well for over 30 years of ownership. My point being, YMMV.
As for flat screen vs. aeroscreen....we've been perfectly happy with flat screen, sidescreens and often a hood as well for over 30 years of ownership. My point being, YMMV.
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