So I just purchase my first Elise and I need to get it Maryland State inspected. I live in Baltimore, does anyone know of any places I can go to to get it done? I don’t want to run into any issues with shops having to lift it or just denying me (a few shops said no today). Any help is appreciated. Will drive a bit if needed. In addition any decent mechanics in the area to recommend with lotus experience would be great.
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Yeah I heard about the squeegee kids, I'll bypass Baltimore as much as possible. Never liked the big downtown's. You can get shot for looking at someone wrong.
What are the symptoms? Also does Maryland scan the ecu or do emissions? If you have one that runs constant stats that can help yes, but need to know symptoms. If any.
What are the symptoms? Also does Maryland scan the ecu or do emissions? If you have one that runs constant stats that can help yes, but need to know symptoms. If any.
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Easy to avoid deeper into the city. Not so much when they set up shop on Light, Pratt, Conway, etc. I worked downtown for 11 years and went to Hopkins once every 3 months for treatments. Used to go in for Ravens/Orioles games; National Aquarium; Planetarium; Little Italy, etc. Food delivery driver was car jacked yesterday in Little Italy in broad daylight picking up a food order.
On track for the most fatal and non fatal shootings in history for this year. Averaging over one killing a day. Per capita that’s more than Chicago.
Will never set foot in Baltimore again.
Somehow I survived 4 years of college in Baltimore (went to Hopkins), but I agree looking back I was always careful whenever I had to go anywhere in the city. Honestly really don't want to go back, even to visit friends who are still there.
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Honestly there arent many symptoms. the car runs and operates fine. I noticed that sometimes when idling it sputters a little but its never stalled or anything. just feels like its hesitating almost. Thats pretty much it. Nothing when driving. What data from my app would be helpful? I have the Blue driver OBD reader and it has a ton of different things you can choose to track.
Hi @Crisandres - I am JHU class of 1977 but moved away in 1981 and haven't been back much since then.
Wow, small world! It also looks like we both own Racing Green Elises which is pretty cool. I'm originally from the west coast so, pretty much just went back after graduating. I'm class of 2021 so I just graduated in May last year.
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Odd to think that a year ago you were down the street from me and this year i was trying to buy your car from across the country.
Honestly, yea its pretty crazy to think about. I'm glad you found your Elise though, we are both BRG Elise owners now
. I am glad though that our 'almost' transaction made me realize that I wanna keep mine as long as I can haha.Reviving an old thread…but for those looking for a reliable shop in the DC area, I just had a great experience with Milex in Frederick.
I reached out to them based on the above recommendations, and they were great to work with to get my new-to-me Exige state inspected.
I reached out to them based on the above recommendations, and they were great to work with to get my new-to-me Exige state inspected.
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Yeah I ended up getting mine inspected there. They did quote me over $400 to change spark plugs and over $400 more to swap the MAF. Crazy pricing for simple jobs but at least I’m inspected
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Just got my car inspected here and they have the perfect lift for it. Didn't even have to take off my wheels. "Ali" does the inspections and is the guy familiar with lotus. Super chill guy and let me go under and hang out while he was inspecting.
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Since you’ve got such a great picture, here’s some history on a few of the undertray bolts. See the two bolts left and right of the NACA ducts? They thread into rivnuts installed in a steel cross member. The bolts are very much larger than necessary, so there’s a tendency to over tighten them. This can result in the rivnut slipping in the cross member - since the bolt then just spins instead of coming out, the underbody tray is stuck.
Preventative measures are to coat the bolts in antiseize and only tighten them just snug (SWAG torque value: 15 lbs ft). No fear of these coming loose from vibration at that low torque value - my bolts haven’t fallen out since the new vehicle purchase of my 2011.
My factory bolts for that location are Torx drive button head. So either the factory ran out of a bolt spec (on your car or mine) or someone has swapped in different fasteners on your car.
Preventative measures are to coat the bolts in antiseize and only tighten them just snug (SWAG torque value: 15 lbs ft). No fear of these coming loose from vibration at that low torque value - my bolts haven’t fallen out since the new vehicle purchase of my 2011.
My factory bolts for that location are Torx drive button head. So either the factory ran out of a bolt spec (on your car or mine) or someone has swapped in different fasteners on your car.
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A little unrelated but if anyone has a shop in Maryland they recommend for either major engine work or a rebuild I’m all ears
@k3tchup Heck yea. Your car is CLEAN. I actually went to highschool with Ali and his brother who bought the shop. It used to be "The Ye Ole Wheel Shoppe" haha. They are good people. I haven't had them do any actual work to my cars other than alignments, inspections, and detailings. But I have seen them post pics of much more expensive cars on that lift like lambos and mclarens.
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That's great to hear. Gave me a good first impression. I'm considering getting a car detailed and I might take it there if you've had a good experience
@skylineguy26 You could try talking to TPC Racing in Jessup. They are a serious race shop but they mostly work on Porsches. I talked to them a couple months ago asking if they would be willing to install a roll bar in my miata. They said they would but they also seemed pretty stuck up. I highly doubt they have any experience building 2ZZ's but it may be worth giving them a call if you have no other leads.
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You could try Inline Pro in Springfield, VA. They decked and bored my sleeved 2ZZ block. They mostly do Honda stuff, but they may do more with the 2ZZ then what we had done. We rebuilt it from there ourselves. Allenbuilt is another possibility (cast off from Inline). DM me if you need their information. And also possibly Badcat in Mt. Airy.
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