[DJK]

My dealer is quoting me $750 for the Light kit in the grill including installation. Has anyone ordered this yet, and if so, how much did you pay? They say that it is very difficult to install taking up to 4 hours and that Lotus stopped offering it.

djk

 

[ChrisStarrUSA]

Jeez - this would be very disappointing if this is the case everywhere. Doesn't sound right.

Chris

 

[offroadr35]

no way any light kit on this car takes 4 hours to install by a competent mechanic. I don't know exactly what this entails, but there is just no way to consume that much time.

 

[TimMullen]

no way any light kit on this car takes 4 hours to install by a competent mechanic.

You might need to remove the front clam on cars that are not already wired for the lights. But I hope not, I want to add the driving lights. I'll probably do it myself though...

 

[DJK]

Yes, the dealer did say that the car was not prewired for the lights.

 

[Randy Chase]

Early cars were not prewired. Later cars are.

 

[TimMullen]

Early cars were not prewired. Later cars are.

I wonder what the VIN # cutoff was - but mine's pretty low...

 

[LotusLust]

this has been discussed before. if i recall the cutoff was around VIN350

 

[MotorCade]

Interesting... I better get underneath my car again... my vin is 354. I'll let you know whenever I get around to it.

Cade

 

[adamant]

this has been discussed before. if i recall the cutoff was around VIN350

Ha, typical, mine's a few under that.

Oh. wait a minute I don't want any additional lights...nevermind

 

[scottyb]

Pre-wired?

Can some one tell me where to look to see if mine is pre-wired?

 

[raggedy1]

I can believe the job takes 4 hours.

the book grants 3 hours to remove and replace the little grills on either side of the center grill (front bumper). I had one little grill replaced and it took the mechanic over 5 hours! The front clam had to be moved/removed to do this, so I would expect the clam to be removed to install the lights too...

 

[Adam P]

I have a 558 build vin, and there is NO pre-wiring for the lights on my car.....

It makes me sad...

Adam P

 

[scottyb]

Build # 958

I'm Build # 958. Where do I look to see if the wires are present?

 

[scottyb]

Light kit

I went to my dealer today and was told that lotus has not released the light kit for the Federal Elise yet. They said it would probably not be avalaible until the end of January. Has anyone else herd this or anything to the contrary.

Also it turns out that my car is indeed pre wired.