Thought i’d introduce myself belatedly after a few months of ownership. I bought a 2006 black Exige S a few months ago privately, a car I’ve dreamt about for a very long time! Not my first rodeo as I’ve had an Elise S1 111s, 2 VX220’s, a Clio V6 and a Boxster along the way. The daily is an FK2 CTR, though that’s mainly driven by the GF to school and back (teacher not pupil…).
Loving the car and have inevitably started thinking about upgrades (over years not months!), broadly:
260 upgrade when the insurance decreases a little (all no claims were against the CTR)
Change the TRD airbox back to stock - tinnitus says NO! Struggling to find a price for these on line, every search brings up TRD rather than OE.
AIM dash - initially thought I couldn’t get this installed on a white dash non airbag model, but apparently it is possible with some internal mods to the binnacle.
Some form of extended rear diffuser - but nothing toooo crazy.
Probably no point getting into exhausts due to the tinnitus thing - also Brands is the local track and I gather the limits there are pretty low these days
Tillet B5’s and harnesses.
Probably going to stop there as that’s enough to bankrupt me.
Hello and welcome
if you need any help with the aim dash, I did lots of development with aim include the stuff for the white dash cars.
can also help with power upgrade as well as many other parts… www.seriouslylotus.com
cheers
dave
Congratulations and welcome, we do like photos here!
Use the following link for Bell & Colvill’s parts order system.
Select Lotus and then select S2 Exige and then drill down on the part you require by using the diagrams. Failing that, I believe the Parts Dept. are back open on Monday 4th January, they’re a very helpful bunch
Btw looking at the various add on options can be an expensive slippery slope!
Welcome, I reckon I’ve got a standard airbox somewhere. I’ll be up in the loft soon getting this Christmas way stowed so I’ll have a look. What I will say however is that on a SC car, my experience was that the noise really didn’t change much when switching to TRD in the first place (it was much more obvious on my old NA car). There’s a cardboard acoustic snail thing which is more likely to make an impact, and is removed as part of the TRD install so I reckon it’s worth trying to source one of those. I think I may have destroyed mine taking it off, but I’ll check.
Rob999 yes I have been known to post on SELOC once in a while under a similar username
HOON thanks for the link! Looks like the OE stuff is way more expensive than the TRD assuming I need the complete assembly. Who knew?!
Fonzey thanks for the info, Didn’t know about the snail thing. If you happen to find anything in your loft I’ll gladly take it off your hands. Iphone was telling me 108db in the cabin which seems a little excessive…earplugs are my friend currently!
Just standard as far as I know. The bellows between the intercooler and roof vent are not fully attached on the intercooler side so maybe that’s a factor? I tried reconnecting but gave up after making it worse not better lolz. Andy @ RMS (top guy!) is scheduled to sort it out in the new year at some point.
Some of the Lotus OEM exhausts are horrifically loud - Stage 2 maybe(?)
The bellows are annoying, I used to put double sided tape around the circumference of the IC shroud just to keep it in place while sorting the massive clip out. Unlikely to be generating any noise though.
Will give that a try Is there a way of telling which exhaust is on the car beside the volume level? Service history is complete but there were no invoices before the previous owner. I emailed stratstone in case they could provide anything from their system, but as the dealer in question is no longer a Lotus dealer they tell me they no longer have or have access to that info.
Snap some pics if you can, bonus points with the diffuser off. I’m sure someone will be able to identify it. Diameter of the backbox is a pretty good clue to start with, the quieter boxes are all in the 8" region.
I parked my V6 in a hedge bottom, thanks to a faulty airbag system… so I bought the Exige as it hasn’t any safety accoutrements, active or passive, to get involved!
so I bought the Exige as it hasn’t any safety accoutrements, active or passive, to get involved!