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Well after racking up a few thousand miles on the Elise so far this season it was time for my first crack at maintenance items. On the list was tightening up some interior bolts (seats), changing the oil, new front brake pads, adding another exhaust clamp to fool myself into thinking the Larini will stop moving/sagging, and replacing some missing underpanel bolts.
Overall with a little bit of forum referencing and using the Sands Museum DIY area everything went pretty smoothly and took just about the time people said it would. I think (for me anyways) since the Lotus came with such a price tag and is a bit exotic, working on the car as I normally would any of my others seemed like a far out idea. But once you get the underpanels off everything is pretty intuitive and basic. Another joy to owning one of these.
Next round will probably be rear brake pads and if I'm ballsy enough a coolant flush.
Overall with a little bit of forum referencing and using the Sands Museum DIY area everything went pretty smoothly and took just about the time people said it would. I think (for me anyways) since the Lotus came with such a price tag and is a bit exotic, working on the car as I normally would any of my others seemed like a far out idea. But once you get the underpanels off everything is pretty intuitive and basic. Another joy to owning one of these.
Next round will probably be rear brake pads and if I'm ballsy enough a coolant flush.