I've just got my car back on the road so I thought I'd stick in an update with the latest mods!
Brief history: Bought it in 2011 as a completely standard NA in Rabiata Red. Almost immediately fitted a 2.5" 2bular exhaust and Supercharger in Jan 2012. Had a 'mishap' at Spa which the insurance declined to repair so fixed it myself which I didn't get round to for a few months. Had it back together in time for the National at Croft last year, didn't like the colour match on the new paint so immediately took it apart again. Started a number of mods but then had other issues so didn't get round to finishing it until now. Boring bit over.
Firstly, it's no longer red. I was persuaded to put a bit more effort into the prep and change the colour to...
Lotus Burnt Orange. It really was a lot of work but I'm very pleased with the result. I am fortunate to have a mate to help me with the painting and access to half decent paint booth.
Before anyone says it, yes, I do have black TDs for it but they have borderline 888s on them so I put the silver ones with less worn tyres on for the MOT. Also, yes, the ride height was too high which is now sorted after a visit to BOT.
As for the mods, you may notice the front now sports brake cooling ducts and Hella Xenon driving lamps lurking behind the grills. I also upgraded to EP lightweight discs, which are nearly 2kg lighter each, together with Pagid RS42 pads.
The suspension I refreshed before Croft with powder coated wishbones and a 1" anti roll bar but the Nitrons hadn't arrived in time so they're new.
With the interior, I took out the round dash vents and put in slot vents instead (from a Mitsubishi IIRC). Gone too is the dash divot and then got it flocked in black. No more annoying reflections in the screen.
I also got the gear change cover and door triangles flocked to match. The door cards and dash plates are painted the same colour as the body but finished with a matt lacquer.
That'll do for the moment. I'll post about more mods later.