2007 Lotus Exige S

[Halon]

Dipped wheels are lookin good man!

[Speedfreak]

Yup, much better.

I'll be interested to hear your user experience with the wide sills.

[polishmafia]

The wheels look so much better now. The black sets off the black pieces on the car.

[tehehodi]

Should of CF wrapped the wheels yo!

Looks good!

Edit: do just like that black car! Looks B.A.

[rose0529]

Looks way better!

[Super Bleeder!!]

Car looks GREAT as is. I wouldn't put any of that additional stuff on there.

[asshanson]

Did a HPDE at Iowa Speedway this weekend, and all I can say is wow. After driving the track at BIR a couple times, I can now appreciate different tracks and their challenges. The banked oval has such a cool down-force effect, it's really weird and scary (mostly because of the wall on the outside haha). For my car with its limited top speed, I actually like Iowa Speedway a lot better because you don't really see the top speeds of BIR, so my car can compete with the high HP cars (like several GT500's today), especially on the tight infield.

Still though, I was spinning the inside wheel on most corner exits under throttle, because of my open diff. Last week I received my Nitron 46mm race pro shock/coilover kit which should help plant the inside wheel and get me some better traction. I'm super excited, and hope to install this week and have a corner balance done before the cruise.

The springs are a little stiff at 550 lbs front and 700 lbs rear, especially for how light the car is (I thought 400lb ksport springs were a rough ride in the Talon). They look really beefy compared to the stock Bilsteins, and the spring rates are almost double stock, but apparently with the larger diameter shock and better valving, they ride better than stock. Below is a pic. Anyway, really excited for more track days next Spring, and maybe one more yet this Fall at MAM, would be fun to try another track.

http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/675/nitron.jpg

Car looks GREAT as is. I wouldn't put any of that additional stuff on there.

I see where you're coming from, and I do agree the car looks great right now. But the front lip and side skirts are actually pretty functional as far as downforce and aerodynamics are concerned. I was surprised to learn that a good front splitter can provide nearly 100lbs of downforce, and the side skirts improve downforce while reducing drag. I will probably end up buying them eventually as I'm able to save for them. The Nitrons basically took away my car budget for awhile.

[turbotalon1g]

Car looks awesome and glad that you had a great time.

[asshanson]

Installed them today, still have to get the height adjustments close to what I want and then I will corner balance on a friend's scales and then set toe.

Side by side comparison of the stock Bilsteins and the Nitrons. I can't get over how much beefier the Nitrons look compared to stock:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/675/coilovers_comparison.jpg

I was going to buy four scales so I could corner weight this thing, but then I found out it costs $1k for the setup. Anybody know of a simple/cheap setup that is accurate? I can laser level, do math, and all that jazz myself, I don't need a fancy computer program that costs a fortune to tell me some percentages via wireless connection.

Thanks to Brandon Ranvek for re-assuring me about spring rates!

Update: Got the ride heights all set, now I just need to corner balance. The car is 20mm lower all around than it was before, looks really good.

[Mark Leasure]

I like the dual spring setup. I'm assuming that is how some of the ride quality is maintained.