So I have been a long time BMW forum member where these threads are very common. I have only seen a couple on here but hopefully if we can get more to motivate more people into looking into the evora perhaps this could build more support for lotus. Either way this is the progress I have made so far on the car and hope to shed light on what lotus uses to put these cars together so parts can be sourced more easily.
This is the day I bought the car. It was a 1 owner car that was traded in at Jaguar of Bellevue.
The anthracite wheels on the grey car were the first thing that needed to go. I felt the colors blended and caused the entire car to look washed out. I did love the interior however and couldn't be happier.
The first thing I did notice was a brake squeal and how much rust had collected on the rotors. I am surprised that I have now seen there are quite a few on lots that have had this.
So after a couple weeks I decided to get started on the build.
The first thing to get removed was the suspension and brakes. The Calipers are manufactured by AP racing along with the pads (on the 2010 NA cars atleast but I imagine most). The suspension is bilstein AK series shocks and eibach springs. I am hoping to find the valving and spring rates on these but I havent had any luck yet.
The car was on stands and getting a bit of reverse engineering going into it so the rotors were next to get cleaned up. A bit of hand sanding and some high temp header paint later they looked great.
After looking around and trying to decide on wheels I settled on a set of CCW C140. The build time was expected to be 3-4 weeks but circumstances changed and it had to be delayed a couple more weeks. Thankfully CCW did end up sending the wheels overnight after the wait was over. I decided on Michelin Pilot Super Sports and its a 265/30R20 in the rear with 225/35R19 front
There will be much more to come on this car hopefully in the very near future. Happy motoring guys :shift:
This is the day I bought the car. It was a 1 owner car that was traded in at Jaguar of Bellevue.


The anthracite wheels on the grey car were the first thing that needed to go. I felt the colors blended and caused the entire car to look washed out. I did love the interior however and couldn't be happier.
The first thing I did notice was a brake squeal and how much rust had collected on the rotors. I am surprised that I have now seen there are quite a few on lots that have had this.

So after a couple weeks I decided to get started on the build.
The first thing to get removed was the suspension and brakes. The Calipers are manufactured by AP racing along with the pads (on the 2010 NA cars atleast but I imagine most). The suspension is bilstein AK series shocks and eibach springs. I am hoping to find the valving and spring rates on these but I havent had any luck yet.



The car was on stands and getting a bit of reverse engineering going into it so the rotors were next to get cleaned up. A bit of hand sanding and some high temp header paint later they looked great.


After looking around and trying to decide on wheels I settled on a set of CCW C140. The build time was expected to be 3-4 weeks but circumstances changed and it had to be delayed a couple more weeks. Thankfully CCW did end up sending the wheels overnight after the wait was over. I decided on Michelin Pilot Super Sports and its a 265/30R20 in the rear with 225/35R19 front




There will be much more to come on this car hopefully in the very near future. Happy motoring guys :shift: