Alcantara Upgrades - Airbag & Guage Surround

[cwfg]

Looks great. Would also be interested in the Alcantara surround too

 

[allenyao09]

I was able to remove (most) of the yellow stickers from my Sunvisor's, or I would have asked him to have those wrapped also.

How did you remove the warning signs? People have mentioned that it's basically impossible to remove on US cars.

 

[Rapture]

How did you remove the warning signs? People have mentioned that it's basically impossible to remove on US cars.

It was a major PITA unlike others that I removed in the past. I used a number of solvents, ended up with denatured alcohol. I'm not sure just how much that helped but it may have softened it a bit. Basically, I scratched at it with my fingernails and also a small plastic bondo applicator and it came off very slowly. It took several hours, maybe 3 to fully remove them. These things are essentially baked on. I also put them in a plastic bag after soaking them for a while to see if that helped.

One thing is for certain, Alcantara is a seriously tough fabric. After soaking them for a while and scraping on them the fabric became a bit loose. Once dried though it tightened back up and essentially looked as good as new. I could not believe the beating it could take.

I've seen some posts recently where newer cars don't seem to have the same issue and owners have been able to remove them easier. Lotus may have switched to a less permanent method of attaching them on more recent vehicles.

 

[GRP]

I would definitely be interested in one with Alcantara and yellow stitching but depends on the price of course.

Ive asked for cost and availability for the sunvisors and display surround trims to see what we can do.
The airbag covers are difficult because they are only sold as an airbag unit and cant ship overseas without some special accommodations.
So we may be stuck on those, our steering wheel shop has been stuck on them for months trying to get more also.

 

[Mfonseca]

Thanks so much @Rapture !
If anyone else wants to do something similar we can offer the same service for most any interior items.
We could wrap yours if you send them in or possibly provide a brand new oem full replacement as well (so as long as they are available to get from our Lotus parts source)
Contrast stitching is available, leather, alcantara and those materials in multiple colors.
Matching different leather colors of the interior exactly may be difficult since our upholstery shop doesnt have access to the oem materials like Tillett does for the seats.

I am interested in pricing for the gauge cluster wrapped in alcantara with yellow stitching and sunvisors as well. I would then purchase the alcantara shift boot which you already have available.