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How easy are these to install? Another thread suggested the whole airbag had to be removed?

That's normally a symptom of dialing up the negative camber. Are you on stock alignment?

I'm noticing the sound on my KEF system seems to be dominant to the front centre speaker on the dash at lower volumes. At anything upto 50% volume or so the door speakers are hardly 'on' compared to the front dash speaker. Once you turn up the volume fairly high the door speakers seem to kick...

Interested to know your experiences. If you're on Eagles now you should have negative toe already. But if you change to Cup2's Lotus would recommend you go through zero and on to a positive toe in. I'm going to assume Lotus know what they're doing and put in a lot of time to come up with two...

Eagle F1's or the Cup 2? The Eagles are negative at factory for maximum response and feedback, and the Cup 2's are set positive at factory for high speed stability and less wandering?

It's the slowest 400bhp car I've ever driven (take that as you like). But I still love it!

I found mine would sometimes struggle to go into reverse without requiring some force. Someone told me to put it in 1st briefly before going into reverse. This seems to work, and it then glides into reverse. I'm not sure why this works. I should probably try this adjustment, but I'm hesitant in...

I'm seeing similar posted on other forums and FB. Looks like Lotus just pulled out of the US. If you're an existing owner, spare parts and specialised maintenance may become quite difficult in the future.

This is now (apparently) fixed in the March 2025 update.

That surprises me. Apart from Tesla I didn't think Europe imported many US cars. Any figures? Edit: I mistook the direction. Google tells me that the US import approx 700'000 cars from Europe a year, and Europe imports approx 100'000 cars from the US. Factor of 7:1. I guess we don't like...

That's an unusual PPF damage. I wonder what caused that?

The demise of the V6 has been rumoured since they were first built. But every time they update the configurator you can still order one, and every time someone does a factory tour they're still building them. I don't think they're going anytime soon.

Thanks. Appreciate the response! You never know with these cars if they are A) Broken B) Missing or C) Designed like that! I'll take it as a C

On my rear wheel arch liners there are fasteners that don't connect to anything. It's the same on both sides. I'll try and link a video below. If I lift them up, there's nothing underneath that they would seemingly attach to. I either have a part not fitted at the factory and missing. Or some...

The Emira is obviously no supercar. But I don't mind that those who don't know about cars think I drive one 😁

100%. Never accept the renewal quote. They figure most will let it auto renew and they can cash in on your laziness.

I can't see Lotus being able to afford to cover this 25%. It will surely be past on to the customer. The Emira is a cool car, but there comes a point when it just becomes too expensive. I hope this doesn't push it over the edge and kill sales in the US. Exceptionally bad news if you've ordered...

Is this essentially to increase engine longevity? If my Toyota engine lasted 250K without catch cans (looking at old Camrys still running), how much more mileage would the catch cans add?

Why are some owners having to expand pipes and suffer leak issues? Are the replacement pipes not machined to match the Emira exhaust pipework at each end?

I did the same when I first got the Emira, kept hitting the rev limiter. You're not wrong when you say it's a brutal cut. Like hitting a wall! But over time I adapted, and I rarely do it now. You have to remember this is not a screaming 9000rpm Porsche Motorsport engine. It has more humble...

Gain sensitivity, but lose control and modulation of throttle. I don't rate these 'gimmicks' at all. All they do is increase throttle input compared to pedal input. You apply 10% pedal travel, and it increases it to 20% throttle. You feel like it's more sensitive, but you just have less control...

Awesome! I'm going to try this.

I've lost track of all the software updates. Any idea when this round was released?(EDIT: very recently) And is there still no way for owners to track what version they have? Definitely interested in the warranty product. Dependent on the price. As it's their own product they would have done...

My 4 cylinder Porsche had a 'SoundAktor' speaker thing. It was apparently a VW part that was used on higher end VW 4 cylinder cars like the Golf R to try and disguise the 4 pot engine sound. Rather than being an air sound speaker I think it vibrated the bulkhead itself at equivalent engine speed...

Yes warranty work by Lotus dealer for the common paint blistering issue (though I'm sure they outsource the work to a local body shop). The paint is not the worst part, it's the loose door trim and wind noise from removing and refitting all the door trims.

Valve controller or third cat removal. Which makes a bigger difference?

My headliner makes a noise at the rear. Almost like a popping sound to me.

Not sure on the technical law of removing an emissions control device (cat) that was factory installed. But you'll most likely get away with it and pass an MOT test.

That's interesting. I'm surprised an official dealer would do the mod on a warranty car. Good to know!

These guys in Yorkshire (not too far from you) do most of the ones in the North of the UK. https://www.performance-autocare.co.uk/

I'm the second owner. It's an ex dealer car and the doors have just been painted. I bet this could be masking tape from blending into the rear quarter. Good idea!

Anyone seen this before? It's the top edge of the rear quarter panel behind the door.

Be aware of the 26 day countdown rule. 26 Days out is about the cheapest time to get a quote. As you drop down from there the prices start to creep up. Once you're at 10 days they jump up.

Possibly they've mixed your car up with another one? I can't see Lotus randomly installing PPF on a customers car in for warranty work.

Without changing any hardware? You're seeing a larger variance on repeated runs than they measured swapping intakes..

You're never going to feel or measure a performance difference on the car with a +/- of 2-5Bhp on a 400bhp car. What's the percentage error on a Dyno measurement between runs? Probably larger than these 1% change in values.

I (and many others I'm sure) will be interested to know how it compares to the McLaren 720S. My guess is the drop in performance will be significant, but hopefully the driver enjoyment will not be such a drop. I'm not sure what the McLaren rev range was like? But coming from a higher reving car...