I attended cars and coffee (Morrisville, NC) yesterday -- I had such a great time talking to Lotus enthusiasts and on lookers, the car received much more attention than I would've expected....I even snagged a request for an invite only car show in Cary this June.
Anyone going to C&C Morrisville or Wilson NC tomorrow 4/5/25? I'm bebating between the two -- Morrisville I've been to so many times, but it's farliy close to home and I have lots to do afterward -- Wilson is at a car dealership -- a much loniger drive (but I don't mind) and I like a brewery...
It shouldn't happen...and worse, it's really hard to see a weeping leak with the fullly enclosed belly pan -- if it were to be any worse, the car would be stranded wherever it let loose.....there's a lot riding on a simple o-ring.
I finallly got a chance to get the car back in the air and take another look -- for sure the oil leak was still present -- GRP had sent me a gasket and 2 o-rings -- I assumed from the way it was leaking it was the left most oil pipe, and not the base gasket --I removed the bolt seen in the...
My front bumper most definitely stayed in place for PPF, the only part that was opened was the front hood -- makes it much easier to do the air vents properly.
For the last 2k miles I used an orbital buffer routinely on my car polishing out swirls from washing it....then I said enough was enough and went with the PPF. I never noticed any issue with the paint, no color ever on the pad, and no surface imperfection after polishing. PPF installer didn't...