Options for replacement nose/wheel badges

[Hell4Leather]

I'm sorry but the current two are the worst they've made!

Agree. 2005-2010 gets my vote. However, I do like bigger on the Emira. I’m sure someone out there could make whatever you wanted based off an old picture

 

[Hell4Leather]

Here are some variations on the theme. I made the Lotus triangle a bit rounder on the bottom to be closer to the original.

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Glad we’re not in a Ferrari forum, that company is crazy when it comes to modding “their” cars.

 

[Lots_Of_Trouble]

@Tomi forgot where you wanted this ,but ive just ordered my black badge:

Someone posted this on facebook, the part number for the black Emira badges

Genuine Lotus Emira Black / Silver Nose Badge Emblem 72mm 8892569474 NEW | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Genuine Lotus Emira Black / Silver Nose Badge Emblem 72mm 8892569474 NEW at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

8892569474

Ordered one for mine the other day

 

[4MIR3]

Here are some variations on the theme. I made the Lotus triangle a bit rounder on the bottom to be closer to the original.

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Looks like a Dorito chip.., still prefer the real one.

 

[TomE]

@Tomi forgot where you wanted this ,but ive just ordered my black badge:

Ordered one for mine the other day

Thanks. I’ll add it to post #1. That’s Bell & Colvill/Lotus Surrey on eBay so must be a genuine Lotus part and probably also available via Deroure, the Lotus online parts site run by B&C.

 

[Time2Fly]

Sold out at the moment but maybe they'll restock shortly.

 

[Lots_Of_Trouble]

Thanks. I’ll add it to post #1. That’s Bell & Colvill/Lotus Surrey on eBay so must be a genuine Lotus part and probably also available via Deroure, the Lotus online parts site run by B&C.

Already arrived

 

[John777]

I wonder if the Evija badges will fit he Emira? They're the black and silver ones if I rememberView attachment 20783

I like this the best

 

[Sebbie]

You can get Them from LOTUS

 

[John777]

That's the base option badge (and doesn't use either of the recent "children's crayon" versions of the logo). You can specify anything you like on your Evija, including badges made from unicorn horn and the lettering in fairy dust

On a serious note, the Emira First Edition side badges have a carbon weave background, so a nose badge in a similar style would tie in nicely with that.

Sorry if my question isn't in appropriate section, but since you mention the FE side badges .. I was wondering what will go in that spot if you buy a base model. I was hoping it would still have a badge but just say Emira and not FE etc.. Otherwise there will be kinda a gap where a badge should go if one isn't supplied here if its base.

 

[KJD]

Sorry if my question isn't in appropriate section, but since you mention the FE side badges .. I was wondering what will go in that spot if you buy a base model. I was hoping it would still have a badge but just say Emira and not FE etc.. Otherwise there will be kinda a gap where a badge should go if one isn't supplied here if its base.

There will be a badge of some sort there because it covers a panel fixing bolt.

 

[Hethel Merman]

I read somewhere that the black nose badges were used when they lost racing drivers back in the day, rather than some styling gimmick.

 

[Twin Cam]

I read somewhere that the black nose badges were used when they lost racing drivers back in the day, rather than some styling gimmick.

They were used from time to time, no real rhyme or reason, I think it started in 68 with the passing of Clark, so maybe what you heard is right, but then they were used again at times in the 70’s, I guess we will never really know

 

[TomE]

The first black badge was commissioned as a one-off in 1967 by the Lotus sales director Graham Arnold for his personal Elan.

Black badges were used on road cars after Jim Clark’s death in 1968 and again after the deaths of Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman. A batch of commemorative Esprits also had black badges after Lotus won the F1 constructors championship for the 7th time in 1978.

It would have been a nice gesture to fit black badges to the Emira FEs to recognise the passing of Lotus co-founder Hazel Chapman in 2021.

 

[TomE]

Sorry if my question isn't in appropriate section, but since you mention the FE side badges .. I was wondering what will go in that spot if you buy a base model. I was hoping it would still have a badge but just say Emira and not FE etc.. Otherwise there will be kinda a gap where a badge should go if one isn't supplied here if its base.

It's not been confirmed but we've seen an example of a non-First Edition badge on the white pre-production prototype used for some of the early press reviews:

Pic: don4v4n from Top Gear video

 

[Twin Cam]

The first black badge was commissioned as a one-off in 1967 by the Lotus sales director Graham Arnold for his personal Elan.

Black badges were used on road cars after Jim Clark’s death in 1968 and again after the deaths of Jochen Rindt and Colin Chapman. A batch of commemorative Esprits also had black badges after Lotus won the F1 constructors championship for the 7th time in 1978.

It would have been a nice gesture to fit black badges to the Emira FEs to recognise the passing of Lotus co-founder Hazel Chapman in 2021.

Just to make it murkier, various new cars had the black badge throughout the 70’s for no apparent reason and not speaking ill in anyway of Graham Arnold, but he did like telling a yarn

 

[Twin Cam]

Lotus publicity photo woith black badge circa 75-79

 

[lion shf]

IYO, is it a violation to add some lotus badges like this? I love this look and if I buy a c8 I plan on putting the number 8 in the same location. Unless of course you guys hate it

 

[ino]

Don’t forget that the Emira is the final Lotus’s car to saying good bye to petrol.
So, Emira is the most suitable to the black badge, IMO.

 

[TomE]

Just to make it murkier, various new cars had the black badge throughout the 70’s for no apparent reason and not speaking ill in anyway of Graham Arnold, but he did like telling a yarn

You're right various other cars had black badges and it seemed to be completely random, perhaps based on what badges were quicker or cheaper to order at the time or whether they found an old batch lurking on a shelf!