Remember that wide body Exige

General General Lotus Talk
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Remember seeing a shot of it on a low loader. It is a kit which will be for sale in Japan soon. Here are some more pics. looks good from the back not sure about the front fin type things.
[image]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/jamieall/wide0071.jpg[/image]
[image]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/jamieall/wide0061.jpg[/image]
[image]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/jamieall/wide0045.jpg[/image]
[image]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/jamieall/wide0025.jpg[/image]
[image]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/jamieall/wide0022.jpg[/image]
[image]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/jamieall/wide0016.jpg[/image]

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there are some good point to this but I don’t like:

  • the running boards

  • the strakes on the end of the front splitter

cant see how either of these will survive on the road?

And it needs a rear wing!

3

Not entirely sure I like it either - for exactly the reasons Steve says…

4

Definately needs a rear wing & I dont like the things on the end of the splitter.

They also need to sort out the roof air scoop. It looks better and more agressive with a bigger scoop on it but that one looks like its been knocked up by a few first formers in a metal work class.

5

YUCK

6

i like the colour

7

a bit toss lookin me thinks - no need

Only going to add weight and cock up any aerodynamic advantage it had in the first place (if these was any)??

8

Definately not as nice as the “original”, now in its racing livery (& promoting Proton ):

[image]http://supergt.net/supergt/2005/05gallery/0503gallery/0503_047.jpg[/image]

[image]http://supergt.net/supergt/2005/05gallery/0503gallery/0503_046.jpg[/image]

[image]http://supergt.net/supergt/2005/05gallery/0503gallery/0503_045.jpg[/image]

9

Back looks OK but the rest is hideous. The racer looks amazing though

10

Looks like a Blue Peter model

Tim.

11

A rather artless bit of work with little sympathy for the original design. The proper Lotus one looks massively better.

12

er… despite how stick-on that kit looks… i dont really see the point? Surely you will need to start tuning the engine rather drastically to try and save some of the cars performance. Why the hell make a bodykit for a car whos whole emphasis is bare bones light weight??

13

Looks good from the rear, but to my eyes is bloody awful from every other angle. Bet it weighs a ton too. Definitely one for the Max Power types…

Mark

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Looks good from the rear, but to my eyes is bloody awful from every other angle. Bet it weighs a ton too. Definitely one for the Max Power types…

Mark

Agree with those comments 100%

Feckin’ awful IMHO

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Probabaly has HUGE downforce though

16

Or even -ve lift

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Probabaly has HUGE downforce though

it would if you load those running boards with bags of cement/gravel or took your friends out for a drive ala gangster style

18

I think if the roof scoop wasn’t say gapeing that’s help hold the roof line in place, keep the curves a bit more.

Then those silly bits on the front… Need to go.

But the running boards, gangsta style-e, I think are OK, don’t look to bad, and the S1 style front clam overlap is very good indeed! Much better than the Elise Coupe.

But still a bit MaXXed for my liking… But I do like it sans rear spoiler, it has a good poise without it IMHO.

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The racer does it for me.

Initially, the widebody kit looks nice from a distance, and then you get close.

I Guess most guys know the deja-vu feeling looking back at their romance-life : I can live with the front, but the back is a bit over the top, those “front-fins” have to go. What do you mean 2 oil-coolers, the air-scoop is to big (can it ever be to big ? ), generates huge downforce, the runningboards take the egde out, needs a spoiler, black-is-beautiful… Well, basically, read all the comments above and you’ll get the point

I guess the thing they say about men and their cars is true

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I guess the thing they say about men and their cars is true

What’s that? A flippy flappy spoiler means they have a small willy, all theirs girlfrinds will be unfullfilled, and while having the libido of a rabbit unable to act upon it other than using “the sock”.

Is that the one or am I thinking something different???