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Subtle and understated ? I nailed the brief 🤣

Thanks for all your suggestions. Finally I found this paint on Amazon. So far so good. Easy enough to apply by hand with small brush and near perfect result. Not quite as good as the original but pretty close and a great deal cheaper than a new cover! Xtremeauto Touch Up Paint Interior/Exterior RAL 7001 Silver grey Dull Matt Finish Interior Scratch Repair: Wall, Cabinets, Trim, Molding, Furniture, Windows, Fascia. Heat resistant up to 150° according to the description on Amazon

Lovely, nice work Guy 👊🏻

Congrats - nice one Guy 😁

Wow, looks great Guy I think I will have to follow you and get the photos on the next Sunday morning Peaks run 😁( if I can keep up !)

Nice!

Ill check that out if the gel fades.

IMG_4192.HEICIMG_4191.HEICIMG_4190.HEICIMG_4189.HEICIMG_4182.heic New cover arrived today. Cost over £100 with vat and delivery, but its a genuine Lotus, not a copy, so it matches the gear cover perfect. Fitted after a quick removal of the 2.5mm grub screw for the handle. Very pleased with the look. I didn't like the gaping hole and the handbrake exposed. Thanks for the tip Pete.

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Nice little write-up in this months mag, Jason👍

Finally got a test drive today and have pulled the trigger on this….. Slightly different from my Elise (which goes in a week). Can’t wait!!

Been looking at this ... https://www.junction17cars.co.uk/used-cars/lotus-exige-35-v6-sport-410-euro-6-2dr-S0249/ Anybody aware of any history on or around it? Biggest concerns are around how much its been "tracked hard"

Next up is a geo setup and MOT at my local garage which is booked for Tuesday of next week

Another option that has worked brilliantly for me on the S2 grilles and vent covers has been Carbon Ceramic Trim coating. The exterior plastics went from a greying dull black to being looking new black. Haven't had to recoat them yet and it's been 2 years since they were done.

So my plastic trim was starting to look a bit weathered. I know the back to black stuff works to a degree, but the Auto Glym Bumper and Trim gel is super. Did the front, side and rear grilles. AND the headlight edges were looking poor and aged. Thought I may have to re paint, costs a fortune to get them done properly, but the Auto Glym made them look fabulous! Barely see the worst of it now...... Well pleased with the results..... P.S drag and drop make the images download, dont know how Badger/others embeds them in the chat!! IMG_4151.HEICIMG_4128.HEICIMG_4136.HEICIMG_4137.HEICIMG_4141.HEICIMG_4142.HEICIMG_4145.HEICIMG_4146.HEIC

It's alive, and clean(ish) 😊

Sounded bloody lovely!! Not sure it would get past trackday noise limits though!!! Anyone got one fitted to their Exige? Is it as good as it sounds?

Thanks for the responses gents! It is very much appreciated 🙌 Do like the solution you have there Johnathan. Think I'll have to order some 3M stuff this weekend and give it a go Thanks, Iowan

Nexen are a ‘budget tyre’ - no doubt ‘aspirational’. You see them heavily promoted at most tyre places. I was told at the Burton Pirelli centre, the main thing will all tyres is as they age the compound’s chemical make up changes, more so when outside and exposed to uv etc. You can have plenty of physical tread but in wet or cold conditions on summer spec tyres the grip is drastically reduced. We did of course question that - IE tyres are 7 years old with 5mm all round and you want to sell us new ones ! I’ve personally experienced the difference on my normal car when I had to fit the full size spare tyre. It was as new as never previously used but 15 years old, it was awful.

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South Korean and used to be fitted as standard to new Kia vehicles not sure if they still are, no idea about the performance limitations.

Anyone heard of NEXEN tyres? My spider senses are tingling and not in a good way!!!! BTW I’m not thinking of fitting any but saw a car with a set fitted. First thought was they’d have to be changed!!!