What did you do to your Emira today?

[geoffbland]

I wouldn't have guessed that for the U.K.

In England we have 20% of the population of the US living in 2% of the land area the US has. Although Wales, Ireland and especially Scotland have more room but it's pretty congested in the the UK. Someone once told me the traffic in the UK is as bad as the traffic on Connecticut - not sure what that means having never been there but I assume the traffic is especially bad on that state?

 

[Beachbum]

Best way I explained it to my US collegues once was. Take every US citizen and cram them all in Texas. Then take 50% of that population and cram that lot in the bottom 20% of Texas
The 50% in the bottom 20% represents the South East of England around London, the rest in the rest of the UK

 

[Savanna7]

New Shoes. Aerie Performance V5. Matte Gunmetal. +5mm in front, +10mm rear otherwise stock dimensions with fresh LTS F1's. On my scales they were +5.74 lbs heavier (total) than the published stock forged multi spoke weights (still much lighter than the 10-spoke OEM cast wheels). Easier to clean. Brake dust color. Managed to get 23k miles out of the rears before I started showing threads on the inner tread. Also installed the HAWK ceramic pads. Much less grabby. Good progressive feel. Hopefully much less dust. Lotus Tech commented he liked them better than the OEM pads.

If you were a friend of mine and had come to me with a photo of those wheels and your car, I would have strongly tried to talk you out of it.


With that said, that looks absolutely fantastic and a hell of a choice to go with! I would have never guessed that those 5 spokes would complement that car so well. I think the color choice is spot on, too. I gotta say, you hit the nail on the head here.

 

[Savanna7]

Got a little bit closer to the GT4 look via custom decals. Thank you to whoever initially posted the vector files on this site! (I may have also installed the JUBU parts since my last post. I'm not sure on that front.)

 

[scc.131.fe]

New Shoes. Aerie Performance V5. Matte Gunmetal....

I'm also looking for that perfect 5-spoke 18" for my car (Nimbus) and seriously appreciate every example being shown so far!

 

[LotsOfTriumphsUsuallySexy]

Got a little bit closer to the GT4 look via custom decals. Thank you to whoever initially posted the vector files on this site! (I may have also installed the JUBU parts since my last post. I'm not sure on that front.)

I remain a huge fan of what you did (btw, small numbers, hands down), but the peeling is quite scary.
Your existing CF hood looks best IMhO, but either work.

FYI, I paid over $10k for total PPF + ceramic coating from a high end shop in Fremont, CA I have been using for over a decade (4th car wrapped). They didn't disassemble anything and the quality is immaculate, so I guess I got what I paid for. I'll never get it back in resale so I better hold on to it. $5500 is IMO insanely cheap.

 

[Savanna7]

I remain a huge fan of what you did (btw, small numbers, hands down), but the peeling is quite scary.
Your existing CF hood looks best IMhO, but either work.

FYI, I paid over $10k for total PPF + ceramic coating from a high end shop in Fremont, CA I have been using for over a decade (4th car wrapped). They didn't disassemble anything and the quality is immaculate, so I guess I got what I paid for. I'll never get it back in resale so I better hold on to it. $5500 is IMO insanely cheap.

Thank you for the feedback! That sounds about right from a price perspective when I got quoted for ppf. This shop’s ceramic packages alone are around $1500 and they threw that in with the wrap, if we removed that then one could argue it was even cheaper.

I guess in that case, I truly did get what I paid for. It is what it is at this point, but I’ll be interested to hear what they say when they see it up close next week.

 

[Mr.Gear]

Not what I did but the hotel I was staying at for business. I walked out the next morning to find my car coned off like the precious jewel she is.

 

[EspritGuy]

Not what I did but the hotel I was staying at for business. I walked out the next morning to find my car coned off like the precious jewel she is.

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At checkout, note line item 'protection surcharge.'

 

[DBLE07]

Thank you @crestima, for the idea. Went ahead and sanded the V6 on the supercharger today. Took about an hour, went from 400 - 3000 grit with a wet sand. Hardest part was keeping the sanding block flat (which could have been a little more rigid) for sharper edges.

It now has a nice mirror finish, might have to go back to the Lotus emblem above and spruce it up a little.

Here’s the kit I used, but the block could have been a little more rigid, it was firm rubber.

https://a.co/d/0e8qV6kO

 

[Nelumbo]

After spending a wonderful morning at Sausalito Cars & Coffee and meeting up with new owner and member DigitialWiz, I decided to hunt down in earnest the dash rattle that had become increasingly loud and annoying, after a couple of failed initial attempts. I ended up taking apart the dash in hopes of finding a loose screw somewhere. I thought I might have found it and went out for a test drive with the dash still apart, but the rattle was still there, loud and clear. Then, my passenger thought to check the security of the closing panel that makes up the "hood" of the car and voila, it was loose at the rear corner. I have tightened down the screw and will test drive the car tomorrow to see if that solves the problem. If so, that was a huge amount of frustration and a litany of invectives wasted on the wrong area.

The silver lining is that I have found the source of the water leak into the driver's side footwell, that being the plastic drain hose to the AC evaporator which had separated at a join.

 

[geoffbland]

I took the Emira to the Coffees & Cars @ Squisita in Sawbridgeworth this morning.

Weather although not raining was drizzly and a bit grim, so the turnout wasn't as big as it was last time I went before Xmas. There were still 30 or 40 cars there and this time a couple of other Lotus, a S2 111S and a lovely red Esprit Turbo that had been rescued after sitting unmoving on someone's drive for many years and is now being restored by the new owner.

A few other interesting cars there again; there's always quite a mix - from RS3s and McLarens to souped-up MX-5s and Saxos. The Emira got lots of friendly attention as always. Decent coffee served at Squisita too.

I was speaking to the owners of the other Lotus for a while, turns out they are part of the team running the East Anglia Lotus Club - I'll admit I'd never heard of them but they have been active for many years - since the '80s. They are now trying to become even more active to try and push the club on a bit. They seem to be a friendly bunch of enthusiast, so I've joined up (there is a small fee) and will see if I can get to some of their events (in between LDC and SELOC events).

They have a web site here https://www.eastanglialotusclub.org/

The S2 and Esprit (my Emira is parked in a different car park at the event):

 

[Orchardbike]

I fitted some new wheels thanks go out to @mr.suntorytime ……..

See attached pic’s. The light wasn’t the best, so it was difficult to get a good photo of the brushed aluminium finish.

 

[Beachbum]

I fitted some new wheels thanks go out to @mr.suntorytime ……..View attachment 77998View attachment 77999View attachment 78000View attachment 78001View attachment 78002View attachment 78003

See attached pic’s. The light wasn’t the best, so it was difficult to get a good photo of the brushed aluminium finish.

Light weight, or just something different?

 

[Orchardbike]

Light weight, or just something different?

Lighter and different!

 

[mr.suntorytime]

I fitted some new wheels thanks go out to @mr.suntorytime ……..View attachment 77998View attachment 77999View attachment 78000View attachment 78001View attachment 78002View attachment 78003

See attached pic’s. The light wasn’t the best, so it was difficult to get a good photo of the brushed aluminium finish.

WOW! these look incredible on this color! now you just need to lower the car 1cm and you are set.

So happy they made it to you before you left.

 

[Nick Sticks]

I took the Emira to the Coffees & Cars @ Squisita in Sawbridgeworth this morning.

Weather although not raining was drizzly and a bit grim, so the turnout wasn't as big as it was last time I went before Xmas. There were still 30 or 40 cars there and this time a couple of other Lotus, a S2 111S and a lovely red Esprit Turbo that had been rescued after sitting unmoving on someone's drive for many years and is now being restored by the new owner.

A few other interesting cars there again; there's always quite a mix - from RS3s and McLarens to souped-up MX-5s and Saxos. The Emira got lots of friendly attention as always. Decent coffee served at Squisita too.

I was speaking to the owners of the other Lotus for a while, turns out they are part of the team running the East Anglia Lotus Club - I'll admit I'd never heard of them but they have been active for many years - since the '80s. They are now trying to become even more active to try and push the club on a bit. They seem to be a friendly bunch of enthusiast, so I've joined up (there is a small fee) and will see if I can get to some of their events (in between LDC and SELOC events).

They have a web site here https://www.eastanglialotusclub.org/

The S2 and Esprit (my Emira is parked in a different car park at the event):

I'm a member of the EALC as well LDC.
I was there in 1982 when it first started and was on the committee for about 10 years.
It started out because the then area rep for Club Lotus was getting more and more dissatisfied with how it was being supported and created the new club so that we could run it as we wanted.
I rejoined a couple of years ago when I got my Emira.
As you say, a friendly bunch of people, but there again so are most Lotus and cars people!

 

[Savanna7]

Well, decided to trust my gut and ended up wrapping the carbon hood. I did leave about an inch on either side of the vents to expose the carbon. I think it really brings it all together.

 

[Cortina99]

Added some AMG bling to the engine cover

 

[OliverB]

This particular jobsite was not ready.