📓 Journals The 'Real Superman' - Seneca with Red Leather

[Andjons]

My first bit of trim fell off... Driver's side top seatbelt bolt cover. It fell off whilst I was driving; I can clip it back on, but the clips aren't great, and it pulls off easily, so might need to get a replacement, or work out a way to secure it a bit better (without using glue):

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Exactly the same happened to me. Have you found a satisfactory fix?

 

[lotus1974]

Time for a carbon fiber seatbelt bolt cover

Where can i buy carbon seatbelt cover for Emira and do you have some pics ?? Thanks !!!!

 

[Orchardbike]

Exactly the same happened to me. Have you found a satisfactory fix?

Used to fall off my Evora as well! Do Lotus have a ‘learning chip’?

 

[nelly111s]

Used to fall off my Evora as well! Do Lotus have a ‘learning chip’?

It's on order. Delivery "soon"

 

[Andy H]

I have mentioned before the tour suspension on the I4 being stiffer than the tour setup on the V6. It may only be by a little, but it is definitely noticeable... To such an extent that I had actually started to wonder whether mine had perhaps been fitted with the wrong suspension... So I checked...

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Definitely fitted with I4 Tour suspension.

Went for another drive today and by chance ended up on a section of road with a really bad surface and whilst the car handled it fine, it did feel just a little crashy over a few bits... I am certain the V6 tour setup would have been less crashy over that same stretch of road.

I still don't understand why Lotus felt the need to make the suspension stiffer for the I4, it honestly makes no sense to me. Why, Lotus??

Apologies for dragging this one back from the vaults but it came up in my search for exactly this topic.

Whenever I drive the car after a few weeks break I am surprised by how firm the suspension feels, despite choosing the touring setup. I would say that on the lumpy roads near me it can be a little crashy on occasions. It's not something I ever noticed on the V6 touring test drive and to be honest I don't recall it on the i4 touring test either. All of this got me a bit paranoid about what I have fitted! I will endeavour to get a look at the shocks tomorrow but I was wondering how easy it is to see without removing the wheel or jacking the car up? @Superman - how did you get these pics? Thanks, Andy.

 

[Superman]

Apologies for dragging this one back from the vaults but it came up in my search for exactly this topic.

Whenever I drive the car after a few weeks break I am surprised by how firm the suspension feels, despite choosing the touring setup. I would say that on the lumpy roads near me it can be a little crashy on occasions. It's not something I ever noticed on the V6 touring test drive and to be honest I don't recall it on the i4 touring test either. All of this got me a bit paranoid about what I have fitted! I will endeavour to get a look at the shocks tomorrow but I was wondering how easy it is to see without removing the wheel or jacking the car up? @Superman - how did you get these pics? Thanks, Andy.

Easy enough, just stuck my phone behind and up a bit, car was still on the ground, wheels still very much attached, took a couple of tries but eventually got good enough pics to clearly make out the labels.

Took my Emira out this weekend for the first time since before the winter, and all running perfectly still... Fingers crossed for a dry spring and summer!

 

[Superman]

Exactly the same happened to me. Have you found a satisfactory fix?

Sorry, missed this post... Booked in for first service in a couple of weeks and have asked them to take a look then (I suspect it may need a replacement). I could see no other way to affix the clip without using some sort of adhesive (permanent or temporary) in the clip area, as the cover rotates back and forward over the bolt head when in use.