What did you do to your Emira today?

[GlobalPilot777]

I've been working with them for a few months on it. There's also some other parts coming.

Finally! Some proper CF interior parts and not stickons

 

[Mfonseca]

Ive done it completely myself. With regards to China products.. youd be surprised whats not made in China.. all the ‘oem’ belts are made in China so there is for me no trust issues… (im not chinese btw but they do an awesome job). The belts are top quality.. intested to pull my lotus with my vw truck and nothing happened to the belt so im sure it can hold a 75kg-100kg person in case there is an accident.

Did the whole thing myself, lotus wouldnt do it and told me the warranty would void.. on what? So be it.. everybody modifies their car. Lotus just missed a huge income stream and now all 3rd party vendors are making the money on their behalf.

It took me 3 days, first day was removal (took a few hours), next day change (which was the easiest part) and 3rd day installation.

It looks 100x better now and matches the stitches and callipers etc.

Looks great! Any tips on removing all the interior panels to get to the seatbelts?

 

[GlobalPilot777]

Looks great! Any tips on removing all the interior panels to get to the seatbelts?

Tbh that was the hardest part. I have followed the manual step by step but if you taks your time its doable.

 

[crestima]

Looks great! Any tips on removing all the interior panels to get to the seatbelts?

Hi,
You can PM me so we can talk by phone as I can guide you with this. Believe it or not, I did it without removing any of the interior panels, except for the actual pop out rear cover where the seat belt mechanism is located and the seat side plastic trim piece. I can also give you some tips on the best way to get them re-webbed.

 

[KCDarkV]

Installed my GRP 3rd cat delete and Milltek valve controller.

 

[neiru37]

DIY ceramic coating to hopefully help with brake dust cleaning

 

[Mal-lotus]

Adjusted the shifter linkage for 1st and 2nd gear

 

[Nick Sticks]

Fitted a set of black wheels to replace my diamond cut ones.

 

[Hell4Leather]

I tried to heat cycle my loud as f*ck brakes. They creak more than I do when I get up in the morning.

 

[KCDarkV]

Adjusted the shifter linkage for 1st and 2nd gear

Did you follow a guide? Did it improve your 1-2 shift? I miss it occasionally when ripping through the gears.

 

[Time2Fly]

Did you follow a guide? Did it improve your 1-2 shift? I miss it occasionally when ripping through the gears.

I'm going to guess @kitkat's guide here.

DIY: V6 Manual 1st, 2nd & Reverse Adjustment - Hard To Get Into Gear

Ever since I picked up my car I've found 1st and 2nd pretty difficult to get into, especially 1st, I'd often have to get into 2nd and then get into 1st making taking off from a stoplight embarrassingly annoying. This also makes downshifting from 3rd into 2nd difficult as well. If this sounds...

www.emiraforum.com

 

[seriously]

I tried to heat cycle my loud as f*ck brakes. They creak more than I do when I get up in the morning.

Lol. I did this too and they still creak. I like to think this is racecar behavior

 

[whupwhup]

Got winter tires and rims installed!

 

[Time2Fly]

Got my dashcam installed.

 

[crestima]

Lol. I did this too and they still creak. I like to think this is racecar behavior

That's odd. Do you have OEM brake pads and rotors? I replaced my OEM with EBC RedStuff, primarily to reduce dust but, frankly, I never experienced a squeal from either OEM or RedStuff sets. On the other hand, my 911's brakes do squeal from time to time, but I suspect that the pads are due to be replaced. Could that be the issue with yours as well?

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Cleaned it out. Insurance is ready to take her

 

[seriously]

That's odd. Do you have OEM brake pads and rotors? I replaced my OEM with EBC RedStuff, primarily to reduce dust but, frankly, I never experienced a squeal from either OEM or RedStuff sets. On the other hand, my 911's brakes do squeal from time to time, but I suspect that the pads are due to be replaced. Could that be the issue with yours as well?

OEM squeal since day 1. I thought it was normal. I will add that to the list of things for my warranty check in then.

 

[Neil D.]

Got pulled by the coppers in France, no reason... They just wanted to see the car.

 

[Eagle7]

Got winter tires and rims installed!
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Which winter tires did you go with?

 

[Enut]

So went out for a Sunday drive this afternoon, tit was going well until, after 30 minutes, the tyre low pressure warning light came on (rear offside), I stopped and it didn't seem unduly low so I drove to the next service station and topped it up (£1.50 for a cup full of air, what a rip off!). Then 10 minutes later I got the same warning for the front offside (to be fair I should have checked them all at the service station but a young lady was waiting behind me so I did the chivalrous thing and let her have the rest of my £1.50s worth of air, more fool me!)

A little fed up I decided to head home to check them properly but things nealrly ended dramatically when I had to swerve approaching a right hand bend as a BMW 4x4 coming the other way decided that he needed at least 2 ft of my side of the road as his side simply wasn't big enough to get his fat arse car round the bend. I don't think he was paying enough attention to hear the blast on my horn but I think the car following him got the gist and was maybe even able to lip read the old Anglo Saxon word I shouted at him (the one starting with a C...). I suppose I should be thankful that I wasn't driving quicker or even aiming for the apex of the corner as that could have been nasty.

I got home checked and topped up all the tyres and then, just before putting the car away noticed that the check engone light was on! Hopefully that will go away next time I start it up!

P.s. Lotus why is it impossible to see the actual pressure readings when the tyre pressure warning light is on? Surely it would make more sense to have the readings still showing so that you can tell if it's just dropped because of low road temps, as I suspect was the issue today, rather than a deflation.