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After I picked up my Elise last fall, I noticed some wood shavings, perhaps a little bit of sawdust, coming from under the dash, collecting in the little cubby hole under the light switches and on the aluminum tray underneath. More came out in an autocross last year.
Today was nice enough to take the top off, so I'm driving down the highway, get to a nice area free of cars and open it up... Only to get blasted in the face by a bunch of sawdust! WTF?! I just put in new contacts this morning and they're probably all scratched up by the wood spewing out of my dash! After I realized what was going on it was kind of funny to try to get hit in the face with sawdust, but not really. Probably a little bit dangerous if I need to close one eye to maintain speed.
In any case, I'll be removing my front access panels tonight to get a look to see if anything seems out of place there or if it's overly dusty (perhaps the car was stored in a woodworking garage?). Is the next step removing the dash? What do you think the most common culprits would be? The previous owner had a shop put in an aftermarket stereo system with speakers - could they have put in wooden spacers? It seems like it is coming out both the driver and passenger sides, but moreso on the drivers side. Lotus driving lights were also installed aftermarket, and they put in the factory switch in the light switch panel, could they have put in a wood spacer or something there?
Everything about this car is so quirky, it's hilarious. Not only do I have to perform acrobatics to get in and follow a launch code sequence to get it to start, now when I give it a little gas I get hit in the face with sawdust.
Today was nice enough to take the top off, so I'm driving down the highway, get to a nice area free of cars and open it up... Only to get blasted in the face by a bunch of sawdust! WTF?! I just put in new contacts this morning and they're probably all scratched up by the wood spewing out of my dash! After I realized what was going on it was kind of funny to try to get hit in the face with sawdust, but not really. Probably a little bit dangerous if I need to close one eye to maintain speed.
In any case, I'll be removing my front access panels tonight to get a look to see if anything seems out of place there or if it's overly dusty (perhaps the car was stored in a woodworking garage?). Is the next step removing the dash? What do you think the most common culprits would be? The previous owner had a shop put in an aftermarket stereo system with speakers - could they have put in wooden spacers? It seems like it is coming out both the driver and passenger sides, but moreso on the drivers side. Lotus driving lights were also installed aftermarket, and they put in the factory switch in the light switch panel, could they have put in a wood spacer or something there?
Everything about this car is so quirky, it's hilarious. Not only do I have to perform acrobatics to get in and follow a launch code sequence to get it to start, now when I give it a little gas I get hit in the face with sawdust.