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2024-11-21T16:53:34Z

Litton4: /* Companies */

[http://www.seloc.org/membership/benefits/insurance/ Check the latest SELOC membership insurance benefits] [[Category: Misc ]]

==Companies==

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!Name & Weblink !! Phone !! Contact !! Mod Friendly !! Track Day Cover Included / Additional Information
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|[http://www.1answer.co.uk/ 1 Answer Insurance]||0800 276 1338|| ||Audi/ Honda/ Duratec/ Rover/ Toyota||6 Track days, 1 Answer insurance. Contact the team on 0800 276 1338 for a bespoke quote, which can include track days with reduced track day excess, agreed value, commuting, with standard features such as 60 European cover, reduced windscreen excess and legal cover. They can mirror NCB and you will earn NCB with their policies. The main Lotus insurer deals with limited mileage up to 12k pa, and they will insure all Audi, Duratec, Honda N/A, S/C, C/C set ups, along with Katana Toyota powered cars and modified Rover engined cars. USE at your own risk now Richard has left, no one will be able to help resolve the renewal problems
'Equity Red Star' policies designed primarily for '2nd car' but will quote for commuting after referral to underwriter.
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|[http://www.reis.co.uk/ REIS] || 0115 965 1020 || Mary Singleton (mention SELOC for special rates)|| Yes || Agreed Value Cover available. Track Day Cover (Now has Six days included - any venue in the UK or Europe, excluding Nurburgring/Nordschliffe) available - Excess is 10% of insured value. Glass Cover & Club Discounts all available. Discount for Andy Walsh/Car Limits Driver Training Day. Enhanced Windscreen Cover (up to £1000 per claim) as standard. All drivers must be 25+. Policies limited to 7000 miles per annum maximum. No premium load for Commuting although vehicle must be parked in works car park. Not able to provide cover if parked at station car park for commuting. No longer able to cover for business mileage on sports cars (SEP 2022). No longer offer track day cover (Nov 2024)
|-
|[http://www.competition-car-insurance.co.uk/ Competition Car Insurance (CCI)] || 0344 892 1966 || Option 4 || Yes || 4 free days with approved organisers & notification prior to day (1 days notice minimum) required. [If you have 2 years+ claim-free experience driving an Elise or similar, quotes are very competitive. 10% discounts available for SELOC Club Supporters. Also additional discount (10%) to be had for car control course / driver training - need certificate to prove attendance though]. Track cover includes some EU circuits (Nurburgring) but doesn't include recovery costs and windscreen damage not covered on track. Won't mirror NCB from another car, but were happy to give me 4 year's worth "introductory bonus". Policies limited to 7000 miles. **17.02.14 - confirmed have to be over 40yo**
May 2012 - Just got a quote and it included 6 track days with the same conditions as above. As of 2012, Aviva (CCI's underwriter) are heavily loading premiums for anyone that requires "commuting" cover, be sure to mention if you dont need it.
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|[http://www.heritage-quote.co.uk Heritage] ||0121 246 6062 - ask for Martin (drivers over 28yrs.) ||Discount for SELOC members || Yes || Track cover only included for club you are a member of eg LoT, cover is available for events with other TDOs at an additional premium. Will mirror NCB from other cars - no need to transfer your NCB to the vehicle insured with them. Check terms with Heritage. Spoke to on 11/1/2012 and refused to quote on Elise, saying they dont really deal with these any more. 25 Sept 2015 - Martin no longer there, struggle to insure newer cars, quoted £2k+ for V6 Exige (v's approx. £500 elsewhere)
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| [http://www.ckinsurance.co.uk Chris Knott] || 0800 917 2274 || Mention SELOC for special rates || Yes || Drivers over 30 (was 25 in previous years and may revert back in 2012). Need to have been driving your lotus for at least a year. Does not cover track days, but does offer multi-car policies.
Seemed concerned about whether they would be able to cover a V6 Exige with value in excess of £40k.
Cannot provide cover if you've had a fault claim in the last 12 months. 5-Oct-2017 - called for a quote on Exige V6 S Roadster and told that due to recent changes cannot insure Exiges anymore due to insurance group 92.

October 2017 wouldn't insure my Duratec Elise
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| [http://www.hendersontaylor.co.uk/ Henderson Taylor insurance] || 0161 4377442 || (Matt) Mention SELOC for special rates || Yes || Trackdays included, mod friendly policies mostly underwritten by Aviva on very similar terms as CCI (also underwritten by Aviva). As of 22/11/11, mileage limited to 7500 (now 5000?) miles per annum for Lotus policies. As of 08/02/12 Matthew confirmed that unlimited policies are available. As of 2012, Aviva are heavily loading premiums for anyone that requires "commuting" cover, be sure to mention if you dont need it though Matt is on the ball and will almost certainly ask you. (Tyrex) - I spoke to Henderson today (4/1/13) who confirmed that the maximum annual mileage for their policies was 6000. 17.02.14 - maximum mileage is now 4500pa! 7/7/17 - Maximum mileage is now 5,000pa.
Cannot provide cover if you've had a fault claim in the last 12 months.

October 2017: the good news is that my quote was very very cheap. The bad news is they use a company called ERS which if you Google it has the most AWFUL reviews. So it's fine as long as you never claim!
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| [http://www.manninguk.com/automotive/ Manning UK] || 01491 578759 || - || Yes (up to %age bhp limit) || Sportscar specialists (run club schemes for TVR/Porsche/Aston). Includes trackdays. Discounts for driver training. Happy to quote for Lotus too, very friendly/helpful. Target profile is primarily second car or low mileage (5K) drivers, werent competitive (for me) on a 9K miles policy. Well worth a try if you fit their profile though. Offer multi-car policies and unlimited track days. Honda transplants will exceed their bhp mod limit.
Days with non-ATDO track day companies are not covered, however Lotus on Track have recently joined ATDO.
Need to be over age of 25 for a policy (confirmed as of 17/12/2015)
Can still potentially provide cover if you've had a fault claim in the last 12 months. DEC 2017 - quoted lightly modded Elise R. Against REIS and 1answer - £300 cheaper and 'better' terms. Insurer MS Amlin who're also decent!
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| [http://www.privateclients.aon.co.uk/privateclients/microsites/cars/ Lotus - Esteem / AON (Official)] || 08705 708090 or 01483 706055 or 51 || AON policies now moved to Footman James (below) || ? || (Require driver be 30 or over)
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| [http://www.aplan.co.uk/ A-Plan] || 01635 874 646 || Usually Matthew Minchin. Discount for SELOC members || Yes || Contact the Thatcham office for Lotus schemes. Can provide free 5 day UK trackday cover on Royal Sun Alliance policies. "ok with brakes and suspension upgrade but not too sure with the engine but ok in the end."<ref>[http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=321707 SELOC Forums » Suggestions, Q & A » modifying wikipage about insurance]</ref>
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| [http://www.adrianflux.co.uk/ Adrian Flux] || 0800 081 8989 || "Yellow department" Mention SELOC for special rates || Yes ||

October 2017 Their service comes in for criticism on some reviews of the insurer they quote for
|-
| [http://www.noeldazely.co.uk/ Noel Dazely] || 0870 0466604 || Mention SELOC for special rates || Yes || No longer exist - taken over by A-Plan (see above)
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| [http://www.admiral.com/car-insurance/ Admiral] || 0844 848 4416 (Single) or 0844 848 4316 (Multicar) || N/A || Yes (see details) || Can declare mods (although only the cost of replacement standard parts are covered. They don't cover remaps at all as of 24/03/2015). No track day cover. [http://www.admiral.com/multi-car-insurance/ Multicar policies] are particularly good value if you have two or more cars to insure. You can start a Multicar policy with one car and add others as they come up for renewal. Won't mirror NCB from another car (if there are more cars than people on the policy), but will give 4 years NCB free (which can be protected after the first year).
|-
| [http://www.bell.co.uk/ Bell Direct] || 0800 140 180 || || No || ?
|-
| [http://www.directline.com/ Direct Line] || 0845 246 8701 || || No || (require tracker and driver over 25yrs old)
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| [http://www.elephant.co.uk/ Elephant] || 0870 0401 140 or 0870 0131072 || || No ||
|-
| [http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/ Footman James] || 0121 561 4196 || || Not very - didn't even like Performance pack on Exige || Track day cover included but won't cover Car Limits driver training days with Andrew Walsh
Just called and they only cover classics (cars over 20 years old. accurate as of SEP 2022), they have stopped insuring modern cars
|-
| [http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArgosFSCarInsuranceHomeView?langId=-1&storeId=10001 Argos] || 0800 015 4835 || || ? || ?
|-
| [http://www.asdafinance.com/car-insurance.html ASDA] || 0845 300 2310 || || ? || ?
|-
| [http://www.lv.com/insurance/car_insurance Liverpool Victoria] || 01202 292 333 || || Yes. Quoted for mod'd suspension and after market wheels. || Driver must be 25+ on an Elise. Class 1 Business Cover available.
|-
| [http://www.hastingsdirect.com More Than / Hastings] || 0800 072 4186 || || ? || ?
|-
| [http://www.michaelwardassociates.com Michael Ward] || 01707 378260 || || ? || Good for young drivers on all sports cars, very easy to deal with!
|-

|[http://www.skyinsurance.co.uk Sky Insurance]||03303 331 250|| || Yes ||Do not provided trackday cover in premium. Offer discount to other car clubs - including pistonheads. Admin fee of £60 included in quote but potential to waive that. Were offering underwriting by Chaucer for cover with modifications.
|-
|[http://www.aib-insurance.co.uk/ AIB || 023 8026 8351|| Murray|| Yes || October 2017: the good news is that my quote was very very cheap. The bad news is they use a company called Marker Study which if you Google it has the most AWFUL reviews. So it's fine as long as you never claim!

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|[http://www.nfumutual.co.uk/ NFUMutual || 0808 278 2021|| || Yes || October 2017. Rated #1 by Which. Cheapest quote for Duratec Elise and also inc commuting and business, legal protection, breakdown cover, NCD protection

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|}

Insurance world 01604 615415

Norwich Union Direct 0800 092 9564

Privilege 0845 246 0275

Quoteline Direct 0870 442 9049

Tesco 0845 300 4400

Also remember that you can get affiliate money with some of the bigger insurance companies simply by taking out insurance via your QuidCo.com account. For example, More Than currently give £75 back via QuidCo. These cashback sites are discussed on the uber-price comparison site:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/compare-cheap-car-insurance

==Avoid==
Hastings Direct - poor customer experience when a car has minimal damage owner couldn't buy it back ended up for sale again as a Cat N:

See here for details - really badly handled : https://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=499847

==Temporary Cover==
For instant short-term insurance for courtesy cars and test drives etc - car not needed to be owned by driver:

http://www.ecarinsurance.co.uk

http://www.dayinsure.com

http://www.tempcover.co.uk (some restrictions on insurance groups of cars they will cover - it will tell you during the quote)

Ecar, don't do day cover any more and none of the others above would cover an Elise as tried on Feb 2016, gives a message saying:
The vehicle has been identified as 'LOTUS ELISE 111R CONVERTIBLE 1796cc, 2dr Petrol Manual (04-07)' and unfortunately we are unable to offer insurance for this vehicle

CUVVA - search on your android or ios phone, it's an app which covers Lotus as the above companies don't do Lotus anymore when I tried, but CUVVA- worked on March 2018 for me £50 per day.

== One-off Track Day Insurance ==

* REIS (formally Richard Egger Insurance) - http://www.reis.co.uk/
* Competition Car Insurance - http://www.competition-car-insurance.co.uk/enquiry.htm
* Morris - http://www.morispayment.co.uk/affiliate_trackday.asp?prefix=CIG

CCI insurance is cheaper if the event is a novice trackday, so be sure to mention it.

==Insurance Check==
Use this site to check whether any car in the UK is insured.

http://www.askmid.com
http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/ (direct link)

Use this site to check a cars MOT history. You need the registation plate and V5 document number.

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk

==Job Title==
Use this site to see what impact subtle variations in your job title can have on your premiums.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/car-insurance-job-picker/

==Postcode Risk Assessment==
Have a look at this site to see what risk assessment is associated with your postcode.

http://www.carinsuranceexplained.com/car_insurance_explained/insurance_postcode_risk.htm

==References==

<references>

[[Category:Reference]]
[[Category:Lotus Elise]]
[[Category:S1]]
[[Category:S2]]
[[Category:Lotus 2-Eleven]]
[[Category:S2 Exige]]
[[Category:Lotus Europa]]
[[Category:Lotus Esprit]]
[[Category:Lotus Evora]]
[[Category:VX220]]

Wiper Variable intermittent

2017-03-05T11:49:14Z

Litton4:

[[Image:3B0955531.jpg|thumb|left]]
Ever wanted variable intermittent on your wipers? Ever get annoyed that every time you wash the screen, the wipers smear it 4 times? Well you can fix both of these things by changing the wash/wipe relay. Also applies to Exige V6, however possibly NOT the Sport 350 or later....caution advised.

== Sourcing the improved relay ==
Various part numbers have been put forward as replacements. Obtaining new relays is possible but the majority can be found from the local breakers yard:
* Beru: 0 900 301 082
* Kostal: 377 955 531
* Bosch: 0 986 335 058
* VW: 3B0955531 ................. has 197 printed on the top, info from Audi/VW dealer - replaces VW: 357 955 531 (type 99 below)
* www.gsfcarparts.com pt no 93610
* OPEL 12 38 550
* SAAB 85 53 463
* VW 191 955 531 ................. believed to be the standard type 19 relay
* VW 357 955 531 ................. the type 99 relay
* VW 321 955 531 A ............... (sourced one from theairflowmetercompany on ebay and it didnt do anything different, had no VW logo, just part number and circuit diagram printed on it, possibly a duff clone)
* LIEBHERR 1 001 443 3
* JOHN DEERE AZ 49 989
* HAKO 90-35730-2
* KRAMER 100 010 51 46
* HYMER 0416073
* Hella 5WG 003 620-021
* '''Use these part numbers at your own risk!'''
* '''Some certainly aren't quite the correct relays, some are!!'''

=== MK3 Golf ===
[[Image:Golfmk3.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Mk3 Golf]]
One of the replacement relays '''known''' to work is from the MK3 Golf.

'''VW part no. 3B0955531 works, has 197 printed on top. Costs £30.97+VAT new.'''

Going price from a breakers yard is around £5. Most breakers yards will have a number of Mk3 golfs, and the correct relay can also be found in lots of different VWs (usually the higher spec cars) dating from the mid '90s. In the golf, the relays (and fuses) are behind a plastic panel under the steering wheel, above the drivers footwell. You can just pull the relay out.

There are two common relays you'll find in the cars. The '''WRONG''' one has the number '19' printed on the top of it in big white numbers. This is really no different from the original lotus relay, and no upgrade at all. The '''CORRECT''' relay has the number '99' or '197' printed on it. This is what you need to find. The '99' or '197' relay is usually found in higher spec cars, and the '19' relay in lower spec cars.

== Fitment ==
[[Image:relay.jpg|thumb|left|New relay in place in the Elise, looking up from the footwell]]
The relay is situated up underneath the dashboard in the passenger footwell of the Elise. It takes approximately 30 seconds to change it, no tools required, although some gymnastic ability is helpful!

To fit it, you need to get your head down into the footwell looking up at the back of the dash-front. Up there (as shown above) are a couple of relays. Pull out the one which looks the right shape, and check that the pin pattern is the same. Push in the '99' relay and the job's done.

Now when you wash the screen, it'll wipe just twice, and you'll have variable intermittent.

To use the Variable intermittent, flick the wiper stalk to wipe the screen once. Then wait for period of time "x" and put the stalk to intermittent setting. The intermittent delay between wipes will now be "x".
Easy.

== External links ==
* http://www.parts4vws.com/catalog/product_detail.asp?PartNumber=3B0955531
* http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=237656&

[[Category:Electrical]]
[[Category:Lotus Elise]]
[[Category:S1]]
[[Category:S2]]
[[Category:Exige V6]]

Post count

2015-02-27T12:38:22Z

Litton4:

===Post Counts and Speeds===

*Burt's speed will always be slower than Julie's regardless of anyones post count***
*Marcus's Post count doesn't matter as his car is always broken [http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=119451][http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=130114] [http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=112234] [http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=91967] [http://thisis.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=91973] [http://thisis.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=126967] [http://thisis.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=97583]

{| border="1"
! Post Count !! Speed
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| 0
|| You may WALK past a showroom and look in.
|-
| 1 - 100
|| You may look at someone else's car.
|-
| 101 - 199
|| You can now pour petrol down the side of your car when filling it up and post about it.
|-
| 200 - 399
|| You may look at your car.
|-
| 400 - 800
|| You may take pictures of your car and share (posting images of Renault Clios will only be accepted if the poster is a retired grandmother who uses it as her shopping car and to get to bingo as that is what they were designed for).
|-
| 801 - 999
|| Sit in your car and make brum brum noises.
[[Image:20LT4855s.jpg]]
© Simon Trees
|-
| 1,000+
|| Drive your car in line with the speed limit during day light hours if dry.
|-
| 1,500
|| You may now join the SELOC F1 league at http://fantasyf1game.net/.
|-
| 2,000+
||You may now drive in the wet in your car.
|-
| 4,000+
|| You may now drive your car at night.
|-
| 5,000+
||You may advise others over the recommended purchase price of second hand garden structures (dry or moist).
|-
| 6,000+
|| You may now brag about breaking the speed limit, however you are not actually allowed to drive at speed yet.
|-
| 7,658
|| You may now consider putting on sticky tyres, only to be told that you should upgrade your toe links first
|-
| 8,000+
|| You may now discuss vapour ware, you know all those upgrades that you know you want, but will never apply.
|-
| 9,000+
|| You may drive at +5mph Over the speed limit.
|-
| 10,000+
||You may now post on threads warning other seloc members of the danger of 'diesel' especially in the winter months when there is more 'diesel' around.
|-
| 12,000+
|| You are now allowed to use sticky tryes on your Elise
|-
| 14,000+
|| You are now allowed to travel at 100mph + and discuss on Seloc
|-
| 20,000+
|| You can now drive around trees with ease.
|-
| 22,000+
|| You may now post up video's on YouTube of excess speed and chasing a motorbike on the M1
|-
| 24,000+
|| Drive as fast as you like anywhere, any time. You are a driving God! (Excluding Burt)
|-
| 30,036
|| When you think there is a 30,000 Post count in the Wiki and you missed it. Or your name is Marcus and you're a cock!
|-
| 35,000
||The laws of Physics no longer apply.
|-
| 44,444
||This is the time to tell SELOC of your cunning plan.
|
|-
| 50,001
|| Welcome to the half century club. There was a little party planned with finger food and everything. Unfortunately Taz was here first and he's eaten everything. No, I think I can see a cheese and grape stick at the...........No he saw it to0.
|}

*Suggestions as to the amount of posts needed to kill a badger are greatly appreciated.

{| border="1"
! Post Count !! Bonus Hiatus
|-
| 720
|| An important post where you should enquire to the cost of any item
|-
| 1380
|| Time to slip into your Safari driving gloves and hit the Savannah, posting a family photo with your trophy wins bonus points, everything goes, but Giraffes, as that would be sick.
|-
| 7400
|| A very dangerous post count to be on, suggest you continue on to 7401 to avoid a foot slipping moment
|-
| 17,073
|| Ask for financial advice, and expect 16 pages lynching you for buying lunch or owning more than
6x 24-27" monitors, 2x projectors,
TVs: 50" in lounge,26" in kitchen, 42" in bedroom 32"/26" in the kids bedrooms, 24" in bathroom, 26" in the server room
3 xbox 360, 2x ps3s, 1x xbone, 1x wii, 2x psp, 3x nds, 1x 3ds, 1x Xbox, 1x ps2, pc under the basement stairs
lighting controls, remote window openers, full 42u rack full of network and AV switch gear,
7.2 set up in cinema, 5.1 in lounge, master bedroom and kids playroom,
sim racing pc with fanatec wheel, bmw gt3 rim, and club sport pedals
Crestron controlled tropical fish tank
Not to mention iPads, Macbook Air, Apple TV etc
(194 current ip addresses in the house)
|-
| 20637
|| Time to moan that one of your robot cleaning devices has gone blind...
|-
| 100001
|| Time to rush outside and touch the first real person you see, conversation will take a few thousand more posts, so don't worry too much.
|-
|}

[[Category:Misc]]

Ignition Key

2014-11-16T18:21:32Z

Litton4: Redirected page to Vehicle security system

#REDIRECT [[Vehicle security system]]

Key

2014-11-16T18:21:10Z

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#REDIRECT [[Vehicle security system]]

Power-fold Mirrors

2014-05-30T13:26:51Z

Litton4:

The Evoras wing mirrors are electric and heated as standard, however the Power-fold door mirrors which allow the driver to fold in the wing mirrors by pressing in the centre of the wing mirror switch, are an optional extra - priced between £300 in [[Pricing and Upgrades (2009)#Vehicle Options | 2009]] up to £350 in [[Pricing and Upgrades (2012)#Vehicle Options | 2012]].

[[File:Powerfold switch.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Lotus Evora Power-fold Wing Mirror Switch ]]A car fitted with Power-fold Mirrors can be identified by looking at the top of the mirror adjustment switch.<br />
If the top centre is marked with a dot the car is not fitted with Power-fold Mirrors.<br />
If it is marked with a picture of a wing mirror and arrows pointing inwards then the car is fitted with Power-fold Mirrors and these can be activated by pressing in the adjustment stick.

==Retro-fitting==

The only difference between cars fitted with or without power-fold mirrors is the switch fitted in the drivers side door panel. All cars are fitted with the necessary motors and wiring from the factory.

The Power-fold switch is Lotus Part Number A132M6068F and can be ordered from [http://www.deroure.com/partinfo.asp?MAK=1&MDL=20&TBL=1871&SMA=0&SMO=0&ST=&SC=0&PBID=50202 DeRoure for £42], however the part is originally from the Ford parts bin (Ford Part Number 1S7T-17B676-AA) and is used in a variety of cars such as the Ford Mondeo Mk3, Focus Mk III/IV and Fiesta Mk8.

At the time of writing the switch is also available for under £20 from the ebay seller [http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/mondeospares/ Mondeospares], under the title "FORD MONDEO MK3 POWERFOLD ELECTRIC WING MIRROR SWITCH 2004 - 2007". The seller has been reported as accepting 'Best Offer' bids of £12 + pnp (edit 30/5/14 - accepted £15, refused £13)

Fitting is simply a case of prising out the old switch with a small thin screwdriver wrapped in paper towels to protect the leather and, being careful not to damage the trim, lifting it up and out. Once the switch is out use the screwdriver to release the switch connector latch and unplug it.

To reassemble simply plug in the connector, line up the switch and push it back down in the the hole. The clips on the side will fix it in to position.

For a photo guide there is an excellent post over on the [http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f170/hello-power-fold-mirror-question-113971/index4.html#post1729556 LotusTalk forums].

==References==

[http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f170/hello-power-fold-mirror-question-113971/index2.html LotusTalk - Hello and Power fold mirror question]

[[Category:Lotus Evora]]
[[Category:Electrical]]
[[Category:Interior]]

Forum Topic Hall of Fame

2014-01-21T18:19:11Z

Litton4:

<h1>Hall of Fame</h1>

<p>This page contains links to those topics from the forum that will go down in SELOC folklore!</p>

<ul>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=167968&page=1 There was no tree!]</li>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=193590&page=1 Fordos Fotoshop]</li>
<li>[http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=225385&page=1 Expensive insurance and cheap shorts]</li>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=53618&page=1 Honda Goes Bang!]</li>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=90546&page=1 Bored of your front speakers?]</li>
<li>[http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=290796&page=1 Stay alert by not wearing your seatbelt]</li>
<li>[http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=313556&page=1 eBay wankers]</li>
<li>[http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=314275&page=1 Shed: Sold.]</li>
<li>[http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=317753&page=1 Shed II: you couldn't make it up]</li>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=219371&page=1 We have a phantom shitter!]</li>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=161576&page=1 I am Batman]</li>
<li>[http://arc.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=96456&page=1 Christine's Garage Thread]</li>

</ul>

[[Category:Misc]]

Forum Topic Hall of Fame

2014-01-21T08:08:29Z

Litton4:

Replacing the Window Seals

2013-06-25T10:12:09Z

Litton4:

Unlike the S1 Elise, the S2 has easily replaceable window seals which are not bonded onto the door panel, which eases their replacement. They are still however prone to bubbling and distort out of shape - normally just under the wing mirror at the leading edge.

[[Image:S2 Window Seal 01.jpg]]

[[Image:S2 Window Seal 04.jpg]]

The good news is that most dealers will always have at least one pair in stock, as they tend to have to replace them before any car can be sold second hand - and they are more sensibly priced.

(L)B117U0010F Waist Seal<br>
(L)B117U0009F Waist Seal

As of April 2011, these are priced at £31.11 + vat each

The first job will be to remove the small plastic plug that is in the door end. If you can't find it then it may no longer be in place, and even if it is it might have slipped through the rubber end seal anyway.

Next, starting at the door edge on the outside side of the door, gently pull back the rubber strip. Work slowly about an inch at a time being careful not to damage the fibreglass and it should come off easily.

[[Image:S2 Window Seal 02.jpg]]

Once you've done the outside edge you should find that the inner side of door seal comes off easily due to the extra working space. Take advantage of having easy access to both window edge mechanisms and rub some silicone lubricant down both front and rear window guides. It will help prevent the windows from sticking at a later date.

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Where the seals used to be will be full of muck, crud and general road grime. Use T-Cut or a similar cleaner to remove as much grime and clean up the paint work up as much as you can. The cleaner and smoother it is the easier it will be to get the new seals on.

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Despite this being an S2, it is possible that you don't own a tub of vaseline, so the next best thing to help something rubber coated to slide into a tight hole is Fairy Liquid.<br>
Try not to use anything that has a high salt content such as supermarkets own brand washing up liquids as this can damage the rubber.

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Rub a thin bead of your washing up liquid inside the middle of the recess of the rubber seal.

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Fitting '''isn't''' the reverse of removal. Instead you'll find it easier to do the outside door window seal first.

Start at the front end under the wing mirror get the the window seal all the way home. Work backwards ensuring that the channel slides onto the end of the door panel. When you get all the way at the back, use a screwdriver between the glass and the seal to slide it all the way in to place. Don't worry about the end cap just yet - but once it's all on repeat for the inner seal, once again starting at the end nearest the front of the car. Once both seals are on - use the screwdriver to ensure everything is all home.

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With both the outer and inner seal fully mounted sort out the end cap by pulling the inner gasket over the metal mounting inside. The supplied plastic plugs are pretty much useless - but your local autofactors have plenty of better sizes available.

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Once complete, wash away and get rid of all the excess washing up liquid. Result - a better fresh seal that will probably clean your window as it slides up and down.

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== Links ==
* http://forums.seloc.org/viewthread.php?tid=300978

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