HowardRoark Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Just wondering about the LOTUS letters on the 918 engine: my 1999 Esprit V8 has the letters painted in red, as is also shown on the actual Lotus Spec sheet for customers. But I have seen plenty of engines with the LOTUS letters un-painted with just the aluminum look. Does anyone know when Lotus started / stopped painting the letters, or on which years?? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy-pop Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Matt, Mine is a 1996 V8 and it has unpainted letters. Hope this helps! Steve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Carter Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I thought they all were painted and it's individuals who choose to have them polished ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardRoark Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 I thought they all were painted and it's individuals who choose to have them polished ? It is possible, but I have seen so many with un-painted letters, I doubt that every owner has done that. I am wondering if the Lotus factory polished them on certain years?? Perhaps the 918 letters started as polished in 1996, and then became too costly for the factory to do, so they just painted the whole lump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanya Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Mine's a 1996 with the original paint still on, letters are painted over. 1 Quote Vanya Stanisavljevic '91 Esprit SE | '97 XK8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 mines a 1999 and the letters were painted in before the engine rebuild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxer Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 2003 Polished letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardRoark Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Hmmmmm....So no real rhyme or reason so far on polished vs painted letters...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotusespritse Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) There is plenty of rhyme and reason. It started between 2000 and 2002 that they were all polished. Edited January 9, 2015 by lotusespritse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowardRoark Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Matt, Mine is a 1996 V8 and it has unpainted letters. Hope this helps! Steve.. Here is a 1996 with unpainted letters though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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