Lotus Elite / Eclat / Excel

Bill Phantasm did a lot of research on LED headlamps - have a look at his post viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9605&p=71982&hilit ... hts#p71982

Happy new year to you Bash and the rest of the crew on here too. I'm looking forward to this year's car shows including the Lotus In The Peak weekend

Can't say I'm too keen on those Fiat mirrors. I think mirrors from modern cars tend to look too bulky for the Excel. Then again the O.E. Citroen CX mirrors are a hard act to follow - they have to be the best looking door mirrors ever. It's just a shame they suffer from Citroen build quality. Welcome...

Four years ago I repainted my Excel's OZ wheels using an Etech paint kit
See this link viewtopic.php?f=17&t=9333&p=69617&hilit=wheel#p69617

Were your wheels painted or power coated ?

Personal experience has led me to be no fan of powder coating. I'm sure it's used only because it's a lot easier and cheaper to apply than actual paint.

Lotus-e-Clan wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:48

BTW Kev. That was so well-written I honestly believed you were going into politics!

How dare you sir!

Peter, I have to say how offended I am by your remark. I used to be a journalist before I opened my estate agency and I can tell you I currently have many satisfied clients. I also intend to stand for Parliament at the next general election in 2024. Last year my wife left a successful career in bank...

Give Adrian Flux Insurance a try Peter. I've used them for years and found their prices to be very good. They insure me for commuting in the Excel which a lot of companies won't entertain. I also found their service to be very good when my previous Excel was written off and the other party attempted...

Blimey it's a nice looking late model car but even for a dealer £17k seems a tad ambitious. Having said that good luck to him

Thanks for your efforts Richard, it's good the hear Ollie was pleased with your book

If you could send me your email address I'll send you a couple of pics Richard

Thanks for your help chaps, all OK again.

I had replaced fuse no.13 "Instruments" and not fuse no.9 "Panel Lamps". Fuse no.9 was blown.

Top tip - when consulting the handbook read it properly !

Just wondered if anyone has come across this problem before. The bulb in my oil pressure gauge had failed which I established by swapping the bulb with one from an adjacent instrument. I turned the lights off, fitted a new bulb and switched the lights back on to find all of the instrument bulbs were...

A bit of a late update but it may be of some use to anyone having problems with water finding its way under the back seat cushions. Last winter I finally solved the problem with a spray can of Rustoleum Leak Stop. I sprayed the stuff into the gap between the fixed rear side window and the bodywork. ...

Congratulazioni Mauro, it is good to see an early Excel being rescued and put back into use.