Exige picture & video thread

[Arun_D]

Looking great, Chris. But for goodness sake, straighten that steering wheel next time! :-P

[ChrisBuer]

3 minutes ago, Arun_D said:

Looking great, Chris. But for goodness sake, straighten that steering wheel next time! :-P

I know I know

I only realised after the pictures were taken and it's really bugging me arrggg.....

[Barrykearley]

Now your getting a bit anal guys.

next time - drape a scantily clad lovely on the bonnet - you won't be able to see the steering wheel then 

very very nice in yellow

[Crouchy]

New little red addition to the V6 today

I had to re-drill the plate for now until I can get out and buy a new one. Just needs a wash before the North Yorkshire Lotus meet tonight.

[D.no]

Looks great Danny. I did this to mine recently too, but resorted to a slightly smaller plate (and cut-down bracket) to keep things neat. Wait until you do the rear one - took me 8 hours!

[Neal H]

My car was at Allon White Sports Cars in Cranfield last week for a bit of a re-trim, plus harnesses and tow eye. Basically they re-trimmed the seats in black alcantara with yellow stitching, plus added the same alcantara to the airbox cover, instrument binnacle and door centres. They did a superb job, I am very happy with the finished result and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. John Bellenger was extremely helpful throughout including sending me material samples in advance.

A picture of how it looked before the re-trim

And a couple of external shots (pre-tow eye fitment).

[Bibs]

That looks lush, very nice! Their trim shop is excellent isn't it!

[Arun_D]

Very nice, Neal. That looks like great work.

[Top cat]

Loving that Neil.  

 

Were you not tempted to go straight across the front of the dash with the new trim, covering the air vents as well. 

[Neal H]

2 hours ago, Top cat said:

Loving that Neil.  

 

Were you not tempted to go straight across the front of the dash with the new trim, covering the air vents as well. 

It's a tough call.My main goal was to break up all the plastic across the dash so I started out with the airbag cover (inspired by the Cup cars). I then decided to add the instrument cover and leave it at that. It would be relatively easy to add additional parts in the future, but I'm really happy with how it's turned out. I considered getting the steering wheel covered as well, but it was disproportionately expensive to do, and I'd be concerned that it would become grubby very quickly unless I wore gloves all the time!

[NW76]

Hi Neal,

looks great!!! Very close to what I am thinking of doing with mine as well ... could you give me an idea how much the dash and the airbag cover were? 

Also: key for me - how much weight do you think those two added? ;-)

Has anybody done this in Germany and experience with a good manufacturer? I am very concerned about the quality of the job as its very easy to get air bubbles under heat influence later, if it is not done well...

 

 

[Neal H]

13 minutes ago, NW76 said:

Hi Neal,

looks great!!! Very close to what I am thinking of doing with mine as well ... could you give me an idea how much the dash and the airbag cover were? 

Also: key for me - how much weight do you think those two added? ;-)

Has anybody done this in Germany and experience with a good manufacturer? I am very concerned about the quality of the job as its very easy to get air bubbles under heat influence later, if it is not done well...

 

 

Hi Norbert,

This link gives you a good idea of their prices, you can pick the parts you are thinking of doing and add it all up for a good ball-park cost. Adding logos costs extra, and if you want a custom logo you have to pay for the artwork, but it isn't an outrageous cost. I agree that quality is critical and I had heard good things about Allon White, which was why I used them. I think they are the only Lotus factory approved trim shop in the UK. They are a Morgan dealer as well, so they do complete restorations and the trim guys are ex-Aston Martin.

https://allonwhite.co.uk/data/upload/files/Lotus%20trim%20prices%20-%20Sept%202015.pdf

Regarding weight, I'm a skinny bugger (under 65 kilos) so my car/driver weight combination starts with a good 20 kilo weight advantage over most

[NW76]

Great! Thanks a lot

[Malcolm Feth]

Exige V6 Club Racer

[ROJ]

Now that does look awesome....

Although I may be a little biased. 

[quantum2000]

18 minutes ago, ROJ said:

Now that does look awesome....

Although I may be a little biased. 

Totally agree, best colour out there  

[GlowRed]

Here are a couple of pictures of my LF1 after it was detailed.

[NW76]

Looks great! Love the LF1 ... 

[quantum2000]

Cleaned mine today!

New performance mod added 

[SteveO...]

I'm loving the gear knob trim there.  Is that from the Lotus Motorsport dept?

Here's one taken when collecting new arrival, also a Club Racer.

 

[ROJ]

1 hour ago, quantum2000 said:

Cleaned mine today!

New performance mod added 

Impressive rear end end and what a knob! Nuff said.

I see you didn't opt for a radio judging by the blanking plate.

[quantum2000]

6 minutes ago, ROJ said:

I see you didn't opt for a radio judging by the blanking plate.

Correct no nvh pack,  so no radio or sound deadening. My previous one had but I actually prefer the extra noise. 

[Bibs]

[Alex L]

Here's my new toy that I collected from Lotus Silverstone on Tuesday. My second purchase from Aimee in 11 months

[ColinH]

I saw your car in the showroom the other day - looks great in red!

On 24 February 2016 at 18:25, ROJ said:

Impressive rear end end and what a knob! Nuff said.

I see you didn't opt for a radio judging by the blanking plate.

Lotus should fit these as standard...