[OZ Futura Split Rim Refurbing]

Does anyone know if these are right/suitable bolts (40 each wheel at rear and 35 each wheel at the front), is the 32mm the correct length and the M7 the correct size - I think so from everything I've read but if someone can confirm, I'd be grateful.

OXID eShop 6 | M7x32 bolts for modular wheels. | purchase online (felgenfuchs.de)

[2014, Evora S, manual, 2+2, sport racer, 15k miles]

Oops sorry! I'm happy to believe there are 3 Daytona Blue manual S SRs 🙂 

[2014, Evora S, manual, 2+2, sport racer, 15k miles]

Lovely colour and good luck with the sale. I have the same car and colour but 2015. 

I am curious to know where you got that stat in the ad of only 3 in this colour, as my provenance pack from Lotus states there are 7 Sports Racers S's in that colour, of which mine is the last. I'm wondering if you have the split between manual and IPS, is that where the 3 comes from? I don't have the split and would be keen to know.

[Oil leak - behind offside front wheelarch and mud flap]

Not sure if the hoses were pulled through the foam blocks or not but in the end they didn't need to replace everything, just the two pipes through the sills up to the first connection at each end as, thankfully, everything came apart OK.

I saw the old pipes and they cut one end off, rear I think, then pulled it through from the front.

The hoses were 'motorsport hoses' but I'm not too up on what that really means, although they said that this is really how it should have been done in the first place and that the 'stainless' steel used in the original pipes would fail a trade descriptions investigation.

Only evidence of the problem now is the leaked oil draining out from the sill, but a good drive should sort that out!

 

[airbag light on]

Just bumping this thread as the flat battery/airbag light has just happened to me. I've PM'd @Bravo73 as, as per other reports, my normal OBDII reader isn't helping.

[Oil leak - behind offside front wheelarch and mud flap]

In case any one looks at this in the future, both hard pipes in the sill replaced with soft hoses and attached as per picture.

[Oil leak - behind offside front wheelarch and mud flap]

I too now have this exact problem in this exact place, on a 2015 S SR.

It is with the garage now but the preferred solution seems to be to remove everything, all through the sills, and at each end and replace with a hose instead of a pipe.

[Leaving Battery connected]

Thanks all, that is great.

[Leaving Battery connected]

Thanks for the reply.

I too have an MXS 3.8 and my manual says:

'For batteries mounted inside a vehicle'

1. Connect the red clamp to the battery's positive pole

2. Connect the black clamp to the vehicle chassis remote from the fuel pipe and battery 

Points 3, 4 and 5 are about plugging it in and disconnecting.

Below it, it describes what to do if you have a positively earthed battery, which the S4s doesn't.

[Leaving Battery connected]

Thought it best to dig up this thread rather than start a new one...

I've just bought a CTEK and had assumed you connect both terminals and away you go but the instructions say that the negative clip is actually to be earthed on the car, away from the battery and the fuel.

With it being a plastic car, can anyone advise where a good place to put this may be?

I have a 1996 S4s.

Thanks.

[OZ Futura Split Rim Refurbing]

Excellent, thanks again.

[OZ Futura Split Rim Refurbing]

Thank you very much.

Does that change in size mean any changes are needed to the tyres, rest of the wheel etc.?

[OZ Futura Split Rim Refurbing]

Thanks all.

@Chillidoggy  did you just buy the outer rims as the inside and the cap look pretty good too.

I need to find out which sizes I need and I still need to find someone competent in assembling them, which seems to be the problem with all the wheel refurb companies out there.

[OZ Futura Split Rim Refurbing]

Bumping this thread.

Does anyone have any up to date recommendations of where to get this done and done well? Everything I have found so far seems well out of date with websites no longer available.

Mine are so bad one wheel is losing between 0.1 and 0.2 bar per day and two others aren't far behind it.

Thanks in advance.

[Evora Insurance]

Interesting to see what people pay but really, a pointless exercise. There are tens and tens of questions to answer for motor insurance and one different answer from your next door neighbour of the same age, with the same car, for example, will wildly affect the premium, terms and even which insurers will quote for you.

[Delco-Moraine ABS Deletion]

Hi @Chillidoggy

My S4s is current undergoing work (at a reputable indie, details can be provided), including investigating the failed Delco Moraine ABS.

I am not technically minded at all, although I have looked through this thread. He has asked me, so I am asking you:

1) Do you have any left?

2) What is it you get?

3) How much is it?

Appreciate that you may prefer to PM me, I've never done that or received one either but am sure it will be obvious when/if you do send me one.

Thanks in advance.

[New member]

My wife is 5'4, I am 5'10 and sit forward and I would have to say that she does not fit, not with her head upright anyway, legs were OK. On a test drive she did nothing but moan and all I could see in the rear view mirror was a sideways head!

I do keep mine outside all year, it is fine although water ingress to the window motor meant a new one of them (c.£500). As others have said, wash the bird poo off asap.

Also, as others have said, what concerns me most is the heat on the dash and airbag cover, so I do use a sunscreen on the windscreen if it is anything above 20 degrees.

[NEC classic car show 12/13/14 NOV]

I'll be there on 13th and will certainly come and have a look.

[Considering an Esprit advice needed]

I think I read a long time ago that the orange one was very high mileage, probably why it isn't mentioned on the advert, worth checking though.

I'll also add that I, like you, wanted the newer interior look, until I saw them in the 'flesh'. Whilst the older interior does look dated, in my opinion now, it feels far more special, premium, unique-even, than the more modern looking arrangement. Once I'd reconciled that with myself, it opened up far more cars.

It's all subjective when it comes to looks of course.

[Considering an Esprit advice needed]

Hi

I recently took the plunge with an Esprit and went for an S4s, having been looking at later models like you.

I am absolutely no expert but, as far as I found, of the V8s, the later ones are the 'ones to have' and that came from my Lotus mechanic, however the whole V8 maintenance and scary stories put me off those. I'm sure others with argue to the contrary though.

So for me it came down to the GT3 or S4s and there were, and still are, a few GT3s about but no S4s's. I held on though as I just preferred the look of the S4s and found that the low down torque, with the extra BHP I guess, made the S4s feel faster, although I'm sure in the real world there is next to no difference.

I understand that the GT3 is better for handling but I'm not going to be pushing a 25 year old car much in that regard, especially with my lack of talent!

At the end of the day, they are all fantastic wedge-shapes, have pop-up headlights and look like the cars I drove on my Atari ST in the 90s, so drive a few, see what you think and I'm pretty sure you will enjoy whatever you decide.

Good Luck.

[S4S info]

Thanks @Barrykearley but unfortunately I don't understand a word in your first paragraph 🙂 

[S4S info]

@tomcattom - my technical knowledge goes as far as tapping the dial to see if anything happens, so you may well be absolutely right. I'll find out in due course but I see, from the paperwork, it has already had one oil pressure gauge in the past, albeit some time ago. Oddly that gauge looks a little worse for wear anyway, so I'll probably change it anyway.

@Barrykearley hopefully we are both sitting on a good investment. Although not the reason I bought it, it is nice to buy and car and (hopefully) not have it depreciate.

[S4S info]

Sorry for the slow reply, picked it up on Saturday and then went straight out to an Oktoberfest do, so yesterday was a right-off!

Happy to share, I paid £32k in the end, which I am happy with given the model and its rarity. If you read the adverts, basically most of that was not true (mileage, previous owners, immaculate paint) and what wasn't outright wrong, was mis-leading (£20k spent by previous owner on uprated parts, or words to that effect. In reality it was £20k over 20 years in general maintenance. )

As I say though, happy with it and actually quite looking forward to doing it up over time. It is going into Steve shortly for a cambelt (not due until May, but for peace of mind), full service and proper check over on the ramp. It also has a coolant leak, probably the water pump, so that can be done at the same time.

The oil pressure gauge and the fuel gauge don't appear to be working, so they can be changed, along with a replacement for a cosmetically worn headlight button. They can be done in one with the binnacle off.

Other than that, it needs a new front splitter (the black bit), the interior is OK for a 25 year old, 64k miles car but can be made better and, at some point, it will need a respray due to many scratches/chips and 'swirly' paint but the paint hasn't faded or anything.

If all was well, in my opinion, it would have been worth what I saw it advertised at (£37k), to me anyway. Having bought at £32k I can now spend on it to get it how I want it, I have no doubt I will spend more than the £37k in the end but it doesn't all have to be done now, with me doing it I know it has been done and done properly and given it is exactly what I wanted, can you put an exact price on that?

[S4S info]

I shall oblige as soon as I get it, apparently there is a fuel crisis 🙂 

It is still on Autotrader and Royston's own website - although the write ups need to be taken with a bucket of salt.

@BibsAs Steve said he has said to you many times, he just doesn't do forums 🙂 

[S4S info]

After two visits, including an inspection by the wonderful Steve Williams of Maidenhead, who I can't speak highly enough of, I am now fully qualified to contribute to the Evora and Esprit sides of this form, having taken the plunge yesterday!