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evilelise · 05-17-2008, 11:42 AM

i dont know if you can help without pics, however i have a 2005 elise, it has been in an accident but it checked out. my question is that my front clam doesnt have a license plate holder nor are the splitters at the bottom of the chin prominent. does anyone know what fron clam i have?

knucklehead · 05-17-2008, 12:37 PM

Sounds like you have either a Exige front clam on it without the front splitter or the original clam has been modified. Hard to help without pics. Do you have plastic louver grills? Is there a seam across the front of the clam about four inches from the tip of the nose of the clam, just below the badge?

evilelise · 05-17-2008, 12:59 PM

yeah there is a seam so i know its not an exige clam. it looks as if it has never been tampered with or they did a really really good job.....

MattG · 05-17-2008, 01:29 PM

Is the car saffron yellow? Sounds like Randy Chase's former Elise (though I'm not aware of any accident...his clam work was done after hitting an object on the freeway).

evilelise · 05-17-2008, 01:58 PM

no, its magnetic blue

knucklehead · 05-17-2008, 02:29 PM

If it's got a seam then it's an Elise clam that has been modified. Many (myself included) didn't like the plate plith and cheeks. My guess is that the original owner got tired of scraping the cheeks or even wore a hole there and decided to have them remove and took off the plate while he was at it.

evilelise · 05-18-2008, 11:56 AM

can i mount a sector111 half carbon lip on it still with the cheeks being smaller

05-17-2008, 11:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
evilelise Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 67	front clam i dont know if you can help without pics, however i have a 2005 elise, it has been in an accident but it checked out. my question is that my front clam doesnt have a license plate holder nor are the splitters at the bottom of the chin prominent. does anyone know what fron clam i have?

05-17-2008, 12:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
knucklehead Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Marina del Rey, CA Posts: 2,342	Sounds like you have either a Exige front clam on it without the front splitter or the original clam has been modified. Hard to help without pics. Do you have plastic louver grills? Is there a seam across the front of the clam about four inches from the tip of the nose of the clam, just below the badge? __________________ Jacob My PM box is FULL join Lotuscar.ning.com to message me. Join Lotuscar.ning.com for LA Lotus social events 05 Exise, 2bular 6 inch exhaust. BWR double adjustable Penske shocks, Hypercoil springs, HIDs, BWR front sway bar, Light weight PC680 battery w/BWR brace, BWR Black badges and wheel centers, Custom SCC paint job, SCC OEM Exige mesh kit and Exige rear clam details, LSD, Lotus sport clutch and light weight fly wheel. Sector front splitter. Stebel horn. Multivex Mirrors.

05-17-2008, 01:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
MattG insert clever title here Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Living above the clouds in Colorado Posts: 7,125 Images: 11	Is the car saffron yellow? Sounds like Randy Chase's former Elise (though I'm not aware of any accident...his clam work was done after hitting an object on the freeway). __________________ '05 Elise, Magnetic Blue / Biscuit / Hardtop / http://eliseinfo.com Radar detector mounting brackets for sale here

05-17-2008, 02:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
knucklehead Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Marina del Rey, CA Posts: 2,342	If it's got a seam then it's an Elise clam that has been modified. Many (myself included) didn't like the plate plith and cheeks. My guess is that the original owner got tired of scraping the cheeks or even wore a hole there and decided to have them remove and took off the plate while he was at it. __________________ Jacob My PM box is FULL join Lotuscar.ning.com to message me. Join Lotuscar.ning.com for LA Lotus social events 05 Exise, 2bular 6 inch exhaust. BWR double adjustable Penske shocks, Hypercoil springs, HIDs, BWR front sway bar, Light weight PC680 battery w/BWR brace, BWR Black badges and wheel centers, Custom SCC paint job, SCC OEM Exige mesh kit and Exige rear clam details, LSD, Lotus sport clutch and light weight fly wheel. Sector front splitter. Stebel horn. Multivex Mirrors.

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05-17-2008, 12:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
evilelise Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 67	yeah there is a seam so i know its not an exige clam. it looks as if it has never been tampered with or they did a really really good job.....

05-17-2008, 01:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
evilelise Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 67	no, its magnetic blue

05-18-2008, 11:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
evilelise Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 67	can i mount a sector111 half carbon lip on it still with the cheeks being smaller

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