Luckily I was able to catch the FedEx driver today at 8:15 AM to get the parts from Chuck Risen. I missed the delivery by 5 minutes on Saturday and had to wait till Tuesday before they would return.
Opened the well packaged box, and to my surprise the color and quality of Chuck's work that everyone has been talking about is no BS.
I believe he nailed the color that I wanted for the engine covers. I thought they might be off color when I saw them on his post on the forum, but when I viewed them in person, they were spot on. Norfolk Mustard is a funky color to catch on camera. Its supposed to be Lotus's color for their emblem but if you look around your car you will see that the front emblem, wheel caps, and steering wheel badge all are a bit different shades of the yellow almost light orange on the wheels. The dip-stick and other parts of the engine bay have the color so I wanted something that would match. I believe it does the car justice. By the way, the detail in the emblem and lettering is a lot better than pictures indicate. Very precise.
The interior bits and side scoops match Storm Ti. as well. He really cleaned up the tiny little nicks that were on the scoops and the finish looks CLEAN. I also want to thank him for helping me with sourcing washers and bolts for the scoops.
THANK YOU CHUCK!
Here's his link under Parts Market again.
FS: Painted Center Console (Plus)
I need to cut into the passenger side tonight to finish that side of the "scoop project". Until I am finished, here are some pics of the engine covers and the scoops' first painted fitting. There is some wiggle room on the scoops' exact placement before I stick the mesh and pull the screws tight. More description on that procedure later.