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@mayak sorry I haven’t been coming on this forum often. You don’t need tools to remove the shifter bezel (item 36). You need to have some strong fingers though as you will need to press hard on those clips while pulling the bezel up. I started from the two sides together. Cheers!

Dang wasn’t expecting so many newer cars to have this power cut issue! The TC off mode only works if your TC light hasn’t come on. Once the TC comes on you can’t switch to any mode at all. I didn’t install a new switch and simply pulled the existing one out and adjusted it to 6 clicks (was at 5 clicks). So far so good…

So indeed I got the infamous P0571 brake switch A circuit code… fml… The TC light actually disappeared before I pulled the codes and it hasn’t come back on since. Car drives fine at the moment. So I’m not sure if I should adjust the brake switch (seems to be what most people would do first thing in these situations) or outright replace it and calibrate it properly with the Tech Centre. Either way, it doesn’t seem like a guarantee fix and the fear of the car losing all power again suddenly on the road is really bugging me. I don’t understand how this little part can be the source of all sorts of problems with the DPM. Ridiculous Lotus… *rant*…

Wow believe it or not I just had the same issue today. Super hot and stuffy weather, I went for spirited driving + hwy and all was fine. Then I parked the car outside under shades and had lunch for about an hour. Everything was normal up to this point. Then as I was leaving going uphill, I came to the first left sweeper, turned my steering wheel and immediately felt something was not right: NO POWER! The car didn‘t stall or anything, just zero throttle response. Extremely dangerous and nerve wrecking indeed. Shut it off and started it still no throttle. Repeated that 3-4 times and finally I got power back. No CEL light or any tell-tale, dash was normal. 2-3 km later it happened again at a roundabout while I was in the middle of it! This time power came back on after 2-3 secs… scary sh*t. Still no CEL or any tell-tale. After another 30-40km drive home, it did it again as I was at the top of a hill intersection with the steering wheel turned, no power! After holding up traffic for 2-3 mins I had to roll down the hill 20-30 meters so I could let the traffic go. After shutting it down and restarting for 4-5 times it finally worked. I made it home and the TC light came on. I will be pulling the code ASAP to see what’s up. Finger crossed…

I’m surprised they would make a harness bar that doesn’t fit a passenger seat… 🤨 Any significant benefit on that MWR shifter over the stock open shift?

Strange that such fault didn’t trigger any check engine light. Thanks for sharing your experience! Beautiful colour on your 350!

Thanks for the photos!

The reinforcement brackets are located in the rear clam. You need to look into the trunk area and close to the taillight on each side. The brackets are triangular. I would love to see some good pics of those brackets too!

I think OP will be fine. If he was a 17 year-old new rider with a R7 as his first bike that would be a different story.

The genuine cf hatch doesn’t use the gas struts. It just uses a pop rod. Fitment shouldn’t be an issue either.

Dang that does look off… Here are the OEM holes for all wings… i can fit V6S oem wing, 380 sport wing and 380 cup wing using these holes. Sorry for the disoriented images. I don’t know why they are auto rotated like this… 🤨

I have installed a flat wing (380cup copy) for about half a year now and I don’t have the extra OEM reinforcement brackets mentioned above (items 5 - 8). Those items are in constant backorder from Lotus with no ETA, so good luck trying to source them. I read on FB someone has DIY those brackets for his flat wing, can’t remember which thread though. So far, my rear hatch and rear clam have only seen road use and are holding up fine with zero damage. For track use, I would definitely get some brackets fabricated like the OEM ones for peace of mind.

2014 Exige V6S in Motorsport Green B75 (repainted). I’m always confused with all the different greens Lotus have used. The newer cars seem to use Racing Green (B119/C191/C203), or at least that’s what the dealer calls it. But I honestly can’t spot the difference. Definitely need to place them side by side to find out. 🤔

Finally I can say that my conversion is 100% complete. The parking brake suede boot with matching red stitching took over 6 months, yikes! No more nasty gap, even though no one would notice unless I point it out, but it bugs me to have this imperfection. The old vs new. The old one uses a different size bezel/retainer and fastening mechanism. I believe Lotus has since updated this for both non-exposed and exposed shifter setup. Not very good picture but you get the idea. Referring to my previous pictures, you can see the gap from using a smaller size parking brake bezel and boot. Now it’s perfect and as OEM as it can be. Cheers!

I’m also running this “Keith” custom setup and the install is clean as hell! I’ll be checking the cans in a few months while keeping an eye on my oil level occasionally.