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Sorry but this doesn't say anything about the top of the dash

Wear polarized glasses and that usually takes care of it

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...

Mine did on both sides -- it's something my installer said we could improve if I didn't like it. I suspect it's everyone using a similar ppf template set.

Looks great -- one benefit of using Xpel Ultimate Fusion PPF is the inclusion of the hydrophobic topcoat - you shouldn't need to continually reapply a ceramic sealant, but I imagine it couldn't hurt!

IMO the Kef in my FE is one of the worst stereo systems I've heard -- my 1/2 price Jeep wrangler from 2019 is sadly much, much better.

See attached - located in Wake Forest, NC

I doubt wet sanding is necessary, mine was just paint corrected (polished) priro to ppf.

Had the car full ppf'd this past week using Xpel Ultimate Fusion (hydrophobic topcoat - like ceramic in the film) -- the car looks really really good! I also used this opportunity to change out the chrome Lotus lettering to the GRP supplied black letters. Nice!

I'm guessing you left one screw on each side of the support strip.... the two outter most screws, one on each side, of the support beam need to be removed, it'll fall down when properly un-fastened so be sure to hold it.

I use Race Ramps, so I only need to lift at the OEM lift points to get the ramp under the wheel, then remove the jack. When draining oil I leave the rear on race ramps and move my jacks to either front side and level the car to get all the oil drained....no jack stands in this scenario.

As menioned above regarding race ramp heights - I originally bought the 12" blocks and they were waaaay too high, it put the front of the car at such a downward angle that the nose almost touched the ground - I returned the 12" and bought the 8", they're perfect!

My comment wasn't very constructive :) I had the Mercedes E-diff in my previous C63s -- I wasn't a fan, it was unpredictable and I just never liked it. Perhaps the i4 version is improved, and likely feels different with the 300 hp power difference the AMG had.

The V6 has a mechanical limited slip -- screw that E diff stuff, keep it real!

Low profile jacks w/race ramps

I haven't looked any further than the oil filter area to trace to the oil cooler -- my assumption was that it would be located under the hood (maybe not!) -- and that it's a heat exchanger with the engine coolant (as in, it's also an oil heater when needed) , not it's own "oil cooler". Might...

Good info, thanks for sharing! I've got the two o-rings and gasket ordered and will be replacing them myself upon receipt -- the dealer(s) have been fairly useless wanting me to transport the car hours away and leave it for weeks for something they should order (based on my photos) and be ready...

I did not use a pipe expander when I installed my GRP delete pipe, but I did use some exhaust sealant paste, no issues.

Similar scenario happened to my car around the same mileage -- pulled over, shut off, waited 5 min, it's never happened again 1600 miles later. I wouldn't worry about it unless it occurs again.

Got the parts ordered through GRP!

Do you happen to know where I can source these parts?

this is great, thank you

Does anyone have a part diagram, or know if there's just a single base gasket under the entire pipe assembly, which is what I believe it is,. All I have found so far are similar parts going back to the 2015 time frame when they had recalls for the rubber line replacements. Is this the ticket...

The image is before I drained the oil and changed the filter -- it's also looking 'up' at the filter housing area. To me it looks like the pipe connection, whether it's a gasket that covers the entire area, or maybe an o-ring at the pipe -- it would be nice to know what's supposed to be there...

I had the car in the air this weekend for an oil and filter change at 2100 miles -- there is an oil leak above the oil filter housing, which may be coming from either of the two lines above ---assuming these are oil cooler supply return lines? For warranty Lotus requires the car be brought to...