Colour Coded Front End - Gjob Or What?

[GCCK]

Had my grille (111s version) and number plate plinth painted body colour since I was, ahem, getting some other bits done at the same time.

 

Got a plinth-size plate which looks good but I rather like the looks without, so plate lives in the boot, complete with screws. The plinth still provides some protection for the clam but looks more integrated now.

 

What do you think? Worth it or waste of time & money?

 

Graeme

[malbon]

yup. looks good. i had my black grilles done on my silver car and it suited it loads better - especially on the rear.

 

What about clear indicatorts though graeme for a much cleaner look ?

 

rear grilles

[Kris H]

Looks good IMHO. There was a silver one at Stoneleigh with a union jack front grille which I thought looked great. Slippery slope down the GJOB route that you're taking there Graeme. Am thinking about ally tatting it up a bit myself...

[Kris H]

By the way, is that a normal S1 front grille? Looks remarkably like the S2 one - thought the S1 was usually a sort of mesh effort...

[malbon]

thats the 111s cookie cutter by the look of it.

[tazbaz69]

i had my mesh all round car resprayed in silver/chrome effect and looks so much better than the standard black effort by lotus, its gives it that extra bit of bling(LOL).

it looks differant from the other elises, so makes it slighty unique, plus i had my indicators replaced with clears just to add to the effect along with the 4 finned diffuser. also i have 30mm chrome letters spelling LOTUS just above the exhaust section starting from a direct line down from brake light to the other brake light which i think looks good. i would post a pic but i don,t know how .

[Foley]

Looks good Graeme.

I've gone for the sky at night/shot blasted look on the front of mine

Thought I'd t cut the front as I had a few minor scratches, I found out that I've also got quite a few stone chips too.

It's a right mess but not sure whether to get it resprayed or leave it as it'll get back into that state v quickly anyway

When I can figure out how to post a photo of the damage I'll post it up.

[GCCK]

Jono

Yes, liked the rear grilles on yours. Wanted to do mine but the whole idea was an afterthought and I didn't have time to prep them.

 

Kris

Yes the grille is as fitted to the S1 111s. Mines a std S1 but when removing the bent and rusty original, I preferred to swap out for the "chip cutter".

 

Mike

Sorry, I couldn't open your page, but have a pretty good idea what it would look like - like mine did pre-spray! Sad things is, barely weeks after a fresh coat of paint, the pox is breaking out again. Part of the joy of ownership! Far from improving things, T-cut actually makes things worse in pock-marked surfaces. If you're chipped down below the base coat, rubbing with an abrasive compound will only make the holes bigger! Yes, I tried it too about this time last year...

 

Graeme

[Mark H]

Look good IMHO.

 

i would post a pic but i don,t know how .

 

Easy, just hit the more options button at the bottom of this page and follow it from there

[Foley]

ok, here goes....

 

 

.....you cannot upload this type of file

 

 

????????

[GCCK]

Foley

Don't use the "Fast Reply" box - use the "Add Reply" button just above it.

 

Graeme

[Scott_Mac]

Pics have a limited file size AND image width.... can be quite picky.

[Simon G]

So Graeme, how long will it stay looking like that?!

 

Where did you get the respray done, looks good?

[Mark H]

Also what type of image are you trying to upload? does it end in .bmp? I think it only allows you to upload JPEGS, GIFS and PNG's (.jpg, .gif and .png)

 

It sounds like the file format you have maybe wrong.

[Kris H]

Or you've got the anti purple filter on again...

 

Anyway, looks good Graeme. Did you not consider getting the paint protection film stuff?