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Old 03-21-2014   #277
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Re: 2007 Lotus Exige S

Comparison of how I received the car in Sep 2012 to today. Before looks like a nimble little car, after looks like a mean race car. At least to me it does, I love the transformation.

Going to paint the splitter black this weekend and remove those ugly metal plate mounts which I've been meaning to do for 18 months.


Edit: I barely scraped the front lip for the first time ever tonight going up a steep driveway. Fortunately it was completely on the bottom side, not noticeable at all, no cracks in the fiberglass or paint. I set the ride height on the star specs which were a little taller than stock, and the new RA-1 are a little shorter than stock, so the ride height is now about 1/2" lower, but it looks awesome, maybe 3" of clearance between the front splitter and the ground. Probably 1.5" lower than stock.
Also got up to about 100mph briefly today, and the wing didn't fly off, so I guess that's a good sign that it's mounted decent haha (tons of drag and decent downforce at that speed). Just to be safe I'm going to check the bolts again tomorrow.

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