the back end of my car is sounding like a squeaking old bed. I had it serviced a few weeks ago and was told the toe links were quite worn. I need to get underneath and see which joints are playing up.
Is it ok to stick to the OE rodends or worth upgrading to one of the stronger kits for piece of mind? I do around 5-6 trackdays a year.
Nitron - worth every penny.
If yours is an early car the original inner joints were made of cheese 
the later ones although quite expensive seem to last a lot better, there are a few toe link kits out there as an upgrade but as said the Nitron looks one of the best.
[quote=ghines]the back end of my car is sounding like a squeaking old bed. I had it serviced a few weeks ago and was told the toe links were quite worn. I need to get underneath and see which joints are playing up.
Is it ok to stick to the OE rodends or worth upgrading to one of the stronger kits for piece of mind? I do around 5-6 trackdays a year. [/quote]
Assuming you have an Exige S, you will already have an uppgraded version of the rear toelinks with double sheared inner joints and cross bar. Nothing wrong in sticking with this setup.
Downside to Lotus bits is new joints are pretty expensive direct from Lotus (I think they are �60 each for the inners, and �40 for the outers). You could possibly swap the joints to Fluro ones for cheaper, but depends if you want the hassle.
Nitron kit does look good, but it is a lot of money for a consumable item.
I have a MY09 ‘s’ and moved to Nitrons as I didn’t trust the OEM.
Check geo after.
Good for your teeth too, so I hear!!
Lotus dealer quoted me around �350 to put it right with oe joints, I’m not sure if it was just the inner joints and labour for the cost.
I do have the brace bar across the rear and dont mind fitting the joints myself, i have also set the geo a few times so save some money there. Nitron kit does seem quite steep if the OEM joints are up to the job.