Unofficial Center Console Thread - Lthr, CF, Painted - Page 2 - LotusTalk

teekster · 04-24-2007, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by YELOTUS

I like this interior...

Michael

I tried to get the Trim shop to use that metal accent on my center console, but they absolutely wouldn't do it.

andykeck · 04-24-2007, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by YELOTUS

I like this interior...

I dunno. Looks too much like the inside of a shoe to me. I'm not much of a leather fan, I guess.

flyguyskt · 04-24-2007, 09:17 PM

QBALL: i thought for some reason we were talking about the ELISE....sorry i guess because i can't have a "S" i assume always it is an elise conversation.

qball · 04-24-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by flyguyskt

QBALL: i thought for some reason we were talking about the ELISE....sorry i guess because i can't have a "S" i assume always it is an elise conversation.

You're from South Dakota... I'll let you slide...

I wonder "why" Lotus decided on Alcantara on just this little tiny piece of the Exige S interior?

Flash G · 04-24-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by flyguyskt

i am not a fan of ANY alcantra in these cars. nothing else came in the car so why do it? go leather or black. the colored ones are to obnoxious for my taste. leather just kind of seems to flow with th interior and the console "goes away"

The only reason I put alcantara in the car is because it's already there on the door release. In a black interior, it matches nicely.

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Evoking · 04-25-2007, 10:40 AM

That Alcantara is on the corner of the door on my 06 Elise as well.

Evoking · 04-25-2007, 10:41 AM

Where are you guys getting the matching leather and how much? Do you have to have the dealer install it or does it ship to you and you slip it on?

Rat27 · 04-25-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by qball

I wonder "why" Lotus decided on Alcantara on just this little tiny piece of the Exige S interior?

I was told by an Alcantara rep that it will fade in intense direct sunlight. LCU didn't want to deal with fading issues.

azskycop · 04-25-2007, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Evoking

Where are you guys getting the matching leather and how much? Do you have to have the dealer install it or does it ship to you and you slip it on?

Lotus trim shop for the console. Was around $280, not sure what the current price is. Any dealer should be able to place the order for you in whatever color combo you want.

slope · 04-25-2007, 03:07 PM

i went with the carbon fiber center console and ac surround, but the euopa interior looks pretty nice too.

Evoking · 04-25-2007, 05:39 PM

Slope, post some pics of your carbon console.

slope · 04-25-2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Evoking

Slope, post some pics of your carbon console.

it's already 12 am here, but i'll make sure to post some pics tomorrow after work.

lotus54 · 04-25-2007, 10:25 PM

I ordered one from the Lotus trim shop a few weeks ago.
$280 list.
I ordered it from Newport European.

mark

jasond · 04-25-2007, 10:43 PM

Yea, I'm also a fan of carbon fiber for the interior pieces, if only it wasn't so expensive

Trickster · 04-26-2007, 07:39 AM

I did my centre console in carbon fibre leather, the s1 gear shroud is dif to the s2 and not the easiest to cover that in c/f leather so im going for that in c/f...i've also just changed the side sills to c/f leather with thicker and denser foam and moved them back slightly, with the gear gaiter and gear shift gaiter already done its coming together nicely.

Evoking · 04-26-2007, 09:28 AM

Carbon Fiber is $140 more than the leather from Blackwatch. My only question on the carbon is the fit since it isn't the factory piece. I don't want to add any rattling.

Bane · 04-26-2007, 09:36 AM

I have the CF center console and shift knob. No rattling!

slope · 04-26-2007, 03:43 PM

same as bane above no issues with the cf console

Baysailor · 04-26-2007, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Evoking

What have you done with your center console, how much and lets see some pics.

I bought a previously owned (hate to say used because it was never installed and in the original packing) carbon fiber console for $240.

I have several pictures posted in these two posts:
http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/show...93&postcount=9
http://www.elisetalk.com/forums/show...4&postcount=10

9and3 · 04-26-2007, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bane

I have the CF center console and shift knob. No rattling!

Nice! I always thought the seam between the halves would bug me but it looks totally acceptable in the pictures. Is it even less noticeable in the car (without the flash of a camera)? I'm guessing all of you got the Sector111 one?

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slope Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: florida Posts: 484	same as bane above no issues with the cf console Attached Images

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04-25-2007, 10:40 AM	#26 (permalink)
Evoking Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 108	That Alcantara is on the corner of the door on my 06 Elise as well.

04-25-2007, 10:41 AM	#27 (permalink)
Evoking Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 108	Where are you guys getting the matching leather and how much? Do you have to have the dealer install it or does it ship to you and you slip it on?

04-25-2007, 03:07 PM	#30 (permalink)
slope Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: florida Posts: 484	i went with the carbon fiber center console and ac surround, but the euopa interior looks pretty nice too.

04-25-2007, 05:39 PM	#31 (permalink)
Evoking Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 108	Slope, post some pics of your carbon console.

04-25-2007, 10:25 PM	#33 (permalink)
lotus54 Nightfall Blue Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Port Angeles, WA Posts: 593	I ordered one from the Lotus trim shop a few weeks ago. $280 list. I ordered it from Newport European. mark

04-25-2007, 10:43 PM	#34 (permalink)
jasond Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 488	Yea, I'm also a fan of carbon fiber for the interior pieces, if only it wasn't so expensive

04-26-2007, 07:39 AM	#35 (permalink)
Trickster Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 174	I did my centre console in carbon fibre leather, the s1 gear shroud is dif to the s2 and not the easiest to cover that in c/f leather so im going for that in c/f...i've also just changed the side sills to c/f leather with thicker and denser foam and moved them back slightly, with the gear gaiter and gear shift gaiter already done its coming together nicely.

04-26-2007, 09:28 AM	#36 (permalink)
Evoking Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 108	Carbon Fiber is $140 more than the leather from Blackwatch. My only question on the carbon is the fit since it isn't the factory piece. I don't want to add any rattling.

04-26-2007, 09:36 AM	#37 (permalink)
Bane . Join Date: May 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 2,960 Images: 4	I have the CF center console and shift knob. No rattling!

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