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My front/hood emblem (see below) looks awful HAs anyone else run into this problem? HAs anyone replaced it? Warranty?
Also has anyone's leather around the gearshift come undone? any advice on fixing?
I have the same problem on my Elise. The clearcoat is peeling off, but I haven't had time yet to see if Lotus will cover it under warranty. I would be pretty upset if it wasn't though.
The metal trim around the shift boot is fairly easy to remove (just be gentle). Once that's done, it's fairly easy to glue the boot back to the metal trim. Easier to me than making a trip to the dealer for them to do the same thing.
My shifter boot has come loose twice, both repaired under warranty. The way Lotus installed them was with metal clips and glue. The original metal clips popped off and the glue finally gave.
The second repair was replaced with more robust clips. No problems to date, and it's been over a year.
As for the emblem delamination. TADTS . Had mine replaced a couple of years back, happened again, despite keeping car covered. It's not very robust against water. Another replacement soon. Interesting observation--your emblem is black and yellow. Mine is classic green on yellow.
replaced mine on warranty - I am looking to replace it with a black and silver one though if anyone knows where to get the right fitment for our Evoras...
Okay I'm going to be on my third emblem when I get my car back from the dealership.. Any ideas as to how to keep this from happening again? My warranty has expired and so the next one is gonna cost a Benjamin... So I'd rather just figure out how to keep this from happening..
And please don't say "don't get your car wet", don't leave it parked outside, etc... . That aint' gonna happen. I use this car. Most emblems don't need changing. Lotus on the other hand.. :UK:
I think due to cost issues the quality of the emblems has decreased significantly. The emblem on my MY99 Elise was still like new after 10 years and 130k miles. Even the emblem on my MY87 TurboEsprit still looks nice. I would try to get a NOS badge from an early Elise and make it fit to the Evora.
BTW, same applies to Bimmer emblems! So it is not Lotus only...
Yeah I totally thought about that. That should help keep moisture out at least. But I'm not certain moisture is really issue. Is it the cause or the rest of the delamination? Who knows?
My badge looks fine, but I have been contemplating doing a custom one that looks like my avatar pic, but with all the lettering added in.
So if I decide to pull the original off, is it just a pry off job? And do I have hopes of it being in reusable condition once I get it off?
None You will notice that it is a san serif script My wife researched this before she bought it and said she found an article that Lotus used the san serif at one point
It's a nice additional to my Starlight Black and I have Black badges on the wheels
there is a whole unofficial history of the black badge--I can't find the link but it is worth googling and reading. Lots of theories and myths, no one is quite sure, but it seems to be tied to a few things.
They used that script on the yellow and green badges as well for awhile. The current script is modern.
Had my lotus badge replaced for pealing under warranty too. Heck I think badge would be replaced for original owners outside of warranty too. It would be pretty embarrassing for lotus that it's their logo which is peeling aka advertisement that's how I would approach them about it
I have had a 1980's black badge in my desk for 20+ years, first job I did on my Evora:
Also did the wheels with eBay stick ons, gives a nice contrast with the red. Seats are also Black with Red stitching:
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