KW has no plans for Emira HLS Kit due to technical limitations

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For those like me who were hoping KW may develop a Hydraulic Lift System (HLS) for the Emira, I'm afraid it's bad, but not unexpected news.

I just spoke with them about it and this was their response....

I just talked to our HLS Product Manager and I was told that currently there are no plans to develop an HLS-system for the Lotus Emira. Besides that there is our HLS universal kit BUT in order to be able to combine a KW HLS hydraulic cylinder with a KW coilover strut, a remaining thread of at least 65 mm is required in the lowest setting. In this very case it is only 15 mm. Changing the main spring would have far too big technical impact on the driving dynamics.

Furthermore there would be the option to do a special construction of the housing with a longer thread but this unfortunately is not possible neither due to the valve carrier and the adjustment unit at the lower end of the shock absorber.

So unfortunately there is no option to fit an HLS system in the Emira – sorry.

Perhaps another air cup-style kit may work for those wanting to raise their car on demand.