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[quote][i]Originally posted by Kyle T[/i] Alright time for an update, been tinkering away an hour or so each night for the past few nights and finally dropped the car back on its wheels today. I mentioned before that I'd fitted some edge trim on the roof, but had forgot to post a photo - so here we go: [img]https://i.imgur.com/PopU0Kl.jpg?1[/img] I believe I left it where I'd stripped my rivnut tool and was waiting for a replacement, well that came - it wasn't much more expensive than the last one but it said "pro" on it so I was in safe hands. I got the remaining rivnuts in without drama, so was then just a case of bolting everything up. [img]https://i.imgur.com/5FhoKld.jpg?1[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/MxUZqpu.jpg?1[/img] I torqued them all up, with loctite on the inboards and nyloc nuts on the outboard. It was then a case of bolting stuff back on the car, the catalytic converter and big bootfloor heatshield first: [img]https://i.imgur.com/oR2eZrs.jpg?1[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/gxWR8FA.jpg[/img] The heatshield on my Elise was a little ropey around the toelinks and had rotted through so I couldn't fasten it down. This was still really strong, and a quick brush down and dusting of VHT paint had it looking bang on. The factory shaping of it fits around the spitfire brackets beautifully - so that's them tucked up nicely away from the exhaust. Then it was backbox time, except mine would not be going back on the car - through some elaborate backbox-triangle of contacts I managed to get hold of a second hand one made (we think?!) by the popular 2bular which is listed as being a track safe/road option. I know it's boring, but I needed to quieten the car down a bit for my tastes - but I've found a new home for my old backbox, well when I say new home it's actually kind of it's old home as it's going back to the son of the previous owner of my Exige :) Putting them side by side show identical dimensions, and raises suspicion that my old exhaust may be another offering from 2bular - or at least something close. [img]https://i.imgur.com/UdqqjCK.jpg?1[/img] I had 10mins with the autosol and brought it up a treat, I would have done more (plus the old one) but I knelt on the tube and got autosol all over the place... [img]https://i.imgur.com/lfsWHO1.jpg?1[/img] It bolted up a treat, and after a few adjustments to get it somewhere near central I got it nipped up properly. It's fairly common for this size backbox to catch on both the rear boot heatshield and the rear diffuser (both my removed exhaust and the new exhaust in its previous car did exactly this) but by rocking it back on its hangers before tightening up you can get just about enough clearance. [img]https://i.imgur.com/qwJQ733.jpg?1[/img] My final task over the last few days was related to the boot strut - I mentioned that the boot latch mechanism wouldn't be going back on the car and that's because I've bought a new one: [img]https://i.imgur.com/y0CNyNy.jpg?1[/img] The 2006 Exiges came with a twin gas strut design to keep the boot lid up. Unfortunately the struts were slightly too long and/or strong which pushed up the corners of the boot lid giving a panel gap like this (yes, they came out the factory like this...) [img]https://i.imgur.com/F0oYWnk.jpg?1[/img] From what I can gather back in 2006, some people rejected their cars so Lotus swapped them to the new design as a warranty change. The new design came in with the 2007 car and had just a single strut mounted to the boot latch mechanism. Luckily it's an easy retrofit if you can get hold of the parts - which thanks to community favourite Junks.. I did :) Before: [img]https://i.imgur.com/TNwlo4l.jpg[/img] After: [img]https://i.imgur.com/HT79y8D.jpg?1[/img] And the boot now looks like it's not half open... [img]https://i.imgur.com/gWU65Pn.jpg?1[/img] ... and that's about it for now. The car is currently sat in the garage with no floor or diffuser - just want to check for knocks/rattles or exhaust blows over a few miles when it dries up then I'll have one last torque check before screwing it all back on. That's a big chunk of my track-readiness dealt with now leaving just a baffled sump to come in a few months, as I'd like to get some mileage from my engine oil before dropping it all...! [/quote]
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