Really Light Stuff Side Scoop Mesh Grille Kit by NCI - Page 3 - LotusTalk

kmt63 · 09-07-2009, 03:23 PM

ahh alright.i remember trying to get that to fit well on the scoops i had.it could have to do with the scoop layup being a bit different in thickness on your scoops verse the ones i had fitted them to.

kmt63 · 09-07-2009, 03:26 PM

wow that really finishes it off.really looks good on the white body.nice work on the install

apk919 · 09-07-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kmt63

ahh alright.i remember trying to get that to fit well on the scoops i had.it could have to do with the scoop layup being a bit different in thickness on your scoops verse the ones i had fitted them to.

Yep, that's probably it. And, it's easier to trim a little excess than to add material to the gaps...

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Originally Posted by kmt63

wow that really finishes it off.really looks good on the white body.nice work on the install

Thanks! I think it looks great... nice work again, Kevin!

Thomasio · 09-27-2009, 05:27 PM

Kevin from NCI is with the West cars at Road America... check out some of his fabrication. These cars are 200 HP and weigh about 800 lbs, just over 900 lbs with driver!

Here is a video of the West (from Road Atlanta): West WX10 - Road Atlanta on Vimeo

ZTEC · 09-27-2009, 07:46 PM

Sweet Video - balls to the wall!

Thomasio · 09-27-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ZTEC

Sweet Video - balls to the wall!

It was amazing to see 15 of them doing about 160 mph into turn 1, with raindrops starting to fall... those cars are pretty quick!

kmt63 · 09-27-2009, 09:11 PM

nice photos thomas.we where pretty good at the start.getting all the way to second.the rain was pretty heavy on the back strait.the poll sitter spun in the kink and bounced off both the inside and outside walls.double yellows came out.eric the owner of west running in second made a bad call to come in for full rain tires.we told him to stay out on the radio.but he came in.so that ruined his race.garret in the customer owned car stayed out and got a 4th place finish.pretty good for a guy that is new to dsr with only 5 races.this year dsr was the second fastest class at the scca run offs.last year at heartland park they where the fastest class.

Thomasio · 10-02-2009, 06:57 PM

Screen kits are shipped today... thanks for your patience everyone. They are back in stock, both the normal scoop mesh kits and the wide scoop mesh kits (for TWRD style wide scoops).

toedrag · 10-11-2009, 03:49 PM

Just finished the mesh install. Looks awesome! Very happy with this overall change:

Before After:

I spent about an hour trimming and reducing the mesh on the driver (LH) side. It was probably between 1-2cm too big all the way around. I thought it might have been because I'm using ebay scoops, not OEM. But, the passenger side only required 5 min of adjusting and only on the spot where apk919 pointed out earlier. So, after doing the passenger side, it occurred to me that I might have received one of the Wide pieces for the driver side. I didn't think to check the size between the two pieces when I first received them. It turned out well though, so I'm not complaining. Even with the trimming time on my driver side piece, it was faster and worth it to start with this mesh kit instead of trying to start from scratch.

kmt63 · 10-11-2009, 06:17 PM

you had me going there for a minute.i had made one wide set and three regular sets that day.so i went and looked to see.you did get both the regular size grills.im thinking you might have the scoops mounted to close to the car.the exige measurements are 2 5/8 inch near the top and 2 3/8 inch near the bottom.measured from the body to the inside lip of the scoop.the only other thing i can think of is the thickness of your scoops compared to stock ones.mine fit just fine and they where made of the same blocks.sorry you had some trouble with them.they do look good though.

iana · 10-12-2009, 12:11 AM

Does the wider kit fit the Reverie (UK) wider side scoops?

Demonized · 10-12-2009, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by iana

Does the wider kit fit the Reverie (UK) wider side scoops?

Those come with mesh.

danjunior · 10-12-2009, 07:37 PM

hi thomas ,have paypal you the money,could u pm me how it goin now?thanks

Thomasio · 10-18-2009, 09:05 PM

As of Monday, all open orders for the mesh kits will have been shipped.

09-07-2009, 03:11 PM	#41 (permalink)
apk919 User Restricted By ΑDMIΝ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Limbo Posts: 6,281 Images: 20	Mesh Grille Kit Installed With TWRD Side Scoops __________________ * 2009 Lotus Challenge Series Rookie Of The Year * (Thanks Jim, Tom, Jack, Rob & Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch!) My videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/apk919

09-07-2009, 03:23 PM	#42 (permalink)
kmt63 Elise Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: vancouver wa Posts: 388 Images: 2	ahh alright.i remember trying to get that to fit well on the scoops i had.it could have to do with the scoop layup being a bit different in thickness on your scoops verse the ones i had fitted them to. __________________ rls west~nci motor sports fabrication

09-07-2009, 03:26 PM	#43 (permalink)
kmt63 Elise Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: vancouver wa Posts: 388 Images: 2	wow that really finishes it off.really looks good on the white body.nice work on the install __________________ rls west~nci motor sports fabrication

09-27-2009, 05:27 PM	#45 (permalink)
Thomasio really light stuff Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,503	Kevin from NCI is with the West cars at Road America... check out some of his fabrication. These cars are 200 HP and weigh about 800 lbs, just over 900 lbs with driver! Here is a video of the West (from Road Atlanta): West WX10 - Road Atlanta on Vimeo __________________ 07 SY Exige S Really Light Stuff Intercooler . RLS Tubes . RLS Water/Methanol Injection . RLS 3.0" Pulley . RLS Wing Plates . RLS CF Window Panel Last edited by Thomasio : 09-27-2009 at 07:07 PM.

09-27-2009, 07:46 PM	#46 (permalink)
ZTEC Third Eye Open Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 1,737 Images: 3	Sweet Video - balls to the wall! __________________ GO: Vision Function Stage II Intercooled Bliss with Charlie's ECU magic and Ronin's Tenacity! STOP: DBA 4000's, Porterfield R4! TURN: Nitron S/A's Toyo RA1's 225/245 on Rota's!

09-27-2009, 09:11 PM	#48 (permalink)
kmt63 Elise Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: vancouver wa Posts: 388 Images: 2	nice photos thomas.we where pretty good at the start.getting all the way to second.the rain was pretty heavy on the back strait.the poll sitter spun in the kink and bounced off both the inside and outside walls.double yellows came out.eric the owner of west running in second made a bad call to come in for full rain tires.we told him to stay out on the radio.but he came in.so that ruined his race.garret in the customer owned car stayed out and got a 4th place finish.pretty good for a guy that is new to dsr with only 5 races.this year dsr was the second fastest class at the scca run offs.last year at heartland park they where the fastest class. __________________ rls west~nci motor sports fabrication

10-02-2009, 06:57 PM	#49 (permalink)
Thomasio really light stuff Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,503	Screen kits are shipped today... thanks for your patience everyone. They are back in stock, both the normal scoop mesh kits and the wide scoop mesh kits (for TWRD style wide scoops). __________________ 07 SY Exige S Really Light Stuff Intercooler . RLS Tubes . RLS Water/Methanol Injection . RLS 3.0" Pulley . RLS Wing Plates . RLS CF Window Panel

10-11-2009, 03:49 PM	#50 (permalink)
toedrag Crunchy Smurf Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 254 Images: 25	Just finished the mesh install. Looks awesome! Very happy with this overall change: Before After: I spent about an hour trimming and reducing the mesh on the driver (LH) side. It was probably between 1-2cm too big all the way around. I thought it might have been because I'm using ebay scoops, not OEM. But, the passenger side only required 5 min of adjusting and only on the spot where apk919 pointed out earlier. So, after doing the passenger side, it occurred to me that I might have received one of the Wide pieces for the driver side. I didn't think to check the size between the two pieces when I first received them. It turned out well though, so I'm not complaining. Even with the trimming time on my driver side piece, it was faster and worth it to start with this mesh kit instead of trying to start from scratch. __________________ 2006 Laser Blue Elise -aka, Blue Lightning 2.0, The Little Blue Car, my automobile soul mate

10-11-2009, 06:17 PM	#51 (permalink)
kmt63 Elise Driver Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: vancouver wa Posts: 388 Images: 2	you had me going there for a minute.i had made one wide set and three regular sets that day.so i went and looked to see.you did get both the regular size grills.im thinking you might have the scoops mounted to close to the car.the exige measurements are 2 5/8 inch near the top and 2 3/8 inch near the bottom.measured from the body to the inside lip of the scoop.the only other thing i can think of is the thickness of your scoops compared to stock ones.mine fit just fine and they where made of the same blocks.sorry you had some trouble with them.they do look good though. __________________ rls west~nci motor sports fabrication

10-12-2009, 12:11 AM	#52 (permalink)
iana 111R Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 94	Does the wider kit fit the Reverie (UK) wider side scoops?

10-12-2009, 07:37 PM	#54 (permalink)
danjunior Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14	hi thomas ,have paypal you the money,could u pm me how it goin now?thanks

10-18-2009, 09:05 PM	#55 (permalink)
Thomasio really light stuff Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,503	As of Monday, all open orders for the mesh kits will have been shipped. __________________ 07 SY Exige S Really Light Stuff Intercooler . RLS Tubes . RLS Water/Methanol Injection . RLS 3.0" Pulley . RLS Wing Plates . RLS CF Window Panel

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