Lotus Elan Central

by **superdave** » Thu 11.10.2007, 10:55

Has anyone fitted them to the Elan? The fitment is the same as the Esprit S4 onwards as shown in this picture but I haven't seen them fitted to the Elan?

Also see link
Espritperformance

Website · by **theelanman** » Thu 11.10.2007, 11:24

yep...Ive got em :-D

I'll find a pic of em and post it up here if you'd like

by **abmunro** » Thu 11.10.2007, 11:49

Please do as I like the look of them too..

Looks like it will give the car a more modern look.

What sort of price are they...

by **chris.t** » Thu 11.10.2007, 12:02

abmunro wrote:Please do as I like the look of them too..

Looks like it will give the car a more modern look.

What sort of price are they...

and are they easy to fit?

Website · by **theelanman** » Thu 11.10.2007, 12:08

theyre about £30 off ebay
and yes they are easy to fit......
I however didnt like the way they were done insitu ( the instruction basically tell you to push back the rubber collar where the stalk goes into the column shroud and then take yer dremmel to the stalk)
I got a pair of nova/astra/cavalier/carlton stalks off ebay for £2 and the then chopped the ends off on the bench.....then attatched the stalks to them.......
I then took the steering wheel off took the shroud off and they just clip in and out.........
the only reason I did it this way is because I was doing the white dial conversion and did it all at the same time......
I'll post some pics up when I get home
cheers
G

Website · by **theelanman** » Thu 11.10.2007, 12:46

in fact...
there are a couple of very average pics here

lotuselancentral.com/forum/files/lec_dscf0009_154.jpg
lotuselancentral.com/forum/files/lec_dscf0008_593.jpg
http://lotuselancentral.com/forum/files/lec_dscf0010_154.jpg

by **DeeAitch** » Thu 11.10.2007, 12:50

A couple of years ago at Donny one of the Elise stands had rather tasty Black onodised ones, maybe Blue ones as well? - not cheap tho'

by **abmunro** » Thu 11.10.2007, 12:58

Sorry for going off topic.

But I love the white dial kit.

Is it still avilable.

I put one on My GTiR but was not keen on pulling the needles off.

Website · by **theelanman** » Thu 11.10.2007, 13:42

abmunro wrote:Sorry for going off topic.

But I love the white dial kit.

Is it still avilable.

I put one on My GTiR but was not keen on pulling the needles off.

see here

http://www.lotuselancentral.com/forum/v ... t=lockwood

and theyre about £45 IIRC.......
they look very good ing the light but the illumination isnt 100% convincing
I get a bit of light from round the edges of the FBT and it didnt improve the overall light on the main cluster......although it didnt make it any worse :-D