Hi And Help!

[koopa]

hi everyone, im new to the forum. i bought an s1 exige on saturday and though i had an s2 elise before, the car feels very different!!

I have a couple of questions if anyone can help me out!

 

1) Is it possible to remove the headlamp covers to clean under them? there is a fair bit of dirt in mine!

 

2) Anyone know where i can buy the smoked headlamp covers?Tried some parts specialists and cant find em anywhere!

 

3) How often should i be topping up the oil? Its had the 190 upgrade

 

4) Is it normal for the car to kangaroo a fair bit till its warm?

 

thanks for any help you can give me guys!!

[dss123]

Hi Martin,

 

Yeh the headlamp covers can be removed.

 

If original, with no clever mods, they will be stuck on with a kind of black gunk. With patience and carefull use of a blade they can be removed.

 

Give'em a good clean and stick em back on. I think Bruce at Ragtop Roadsters sells the gunky stuff.

 

Some owners re-fit using screws - I think there are threads out there for doing that.

 

Hope it helps.

 

Dunc

[Simon V]

"Some owners re-fit using screws - I think there are threads out there for doing that."

 

Great line Dunc!

[koopa]

cheers dunc, i just noticed they were manky so need to get that sorted.

if anyone else can answer the other questions theres an imaginary pint of wife beater for you

[PeterField]

Welcome to MLOC koopa

 

I check the oil on mine quite regularly, i'm a bit sad and clean it quite a lot so just do it then usually, doesn't seem to use a lot though and so has only needed topping up every now and again.

 

Car does have a tendancy to kangaroo a bit when cold (worse this time of year than in the summer too). Should be fine once up to temp though. I tend to leave it running for a few mins before starting off if possible as this helps a lot. You'll probably find it quite 'lumpy' regards pulling away or crawling through town etc too, but hey it's a good excuse to give it a few revs Also found mine was more prone to this when i'd had the battery off and then reconnected.

 

As for your headlamp covers I wouldn't worry too much, they'll only get dirty again first time you go out in the wet

 

Great choice of car BTW Get some pics on here.

[koopa]

thanks peter,

 

i suffer from car pampering too!

i bought off a guy called Steve Taylor, dont know if anyone knows the car. It seemed mechanically sound and just needs some stone chips taken care of... possibly a new wiper arm and numberplate fixed.... and a new sunstrip (argh there i go!)

 

any idea how much it costs to get the chips on the usual places sprayed? We re talking side skirts and wheel arches on both sides?

Also, any exige/elise owners in the glasgow area on this forum??

[koopa]

Bah! forgot to mention, the black inserts in the side air scoops are looking a bit pst their best. Is it possible to have them replaced or touched up to restore their black finish?

[Fiona]

 

Hello Koopa,

 

<thread hijack>

I see you are a Muay Thai follower AND from Helensburgh. I'm a black belt in Taekwondo and originally from Renfrewshire.

 

</thread hijack>

 

You can use some of that Back to Black stuff if your vents are faded but if they are really past their best you'll have to replace.

 

Fiona

[koopa]

hi fiona, i think ill just replace em!! Im anal like that!

yup i been doin muay thai for about 4 months now. Im getting pretty good and love the sparring. Quite a few guys i train with do taekwondo too as i hear you gain a lot more flexibility from it? Hopefully ill be competing by the end of the year!

[Ladders]

I did Muay Tai at Uni after a few of my mates got beaten up!

 

Unfortunatly nowhere round here does it, only kick-boxing, which Is a bit gay compared to Muay Tai! (no offense to gays!) So currently can't be bothered to go!

 

Nice choice of car though Koopa

[Scott_Mac]

Some smoked headlight covers on eBay, they may be about to or have just ended though.

 

Search for Lotus Elise

 

Glad you've come back to a proper car now too

[koopa]

[dss123]

Si,

 

Re: "There are threads out there for doing that"

 

Seriously no pun intended - still took ages for the penny to drop after reading your thread!

 

 

Duncs