Bye-bye scratched interior :-)

[ptp170]

After living with scratched sill protectors and scratched door cards for nearly a year I finally deceided to do something about it! None of the damage was done by me I'll add!!

I purchased a pair of second hand door cards off a 111R and some genuine lotus material (same as you get on the dashboard).

First of all trimmed the sill protectors, which was a nice and easy job to do! Then I took the second hand 111R door cards romved the central section and retrimmed that in the same material to tie the colours together..all in all, it looks really nice now and I wished I'd of done it earlier!!


Photo taken beforehand with scratches everywhere


Secondhand 111R doorcards before retrim


Doorcard retrimmed (dodgy corner has been fixed since photo was taken!)


All fitted to car (Flash makes it look nonuniform, but actually looks better in proper light!)


Would recommend this to anyone suffering from a 'tired' interior!!

Chris

Note, the material is simply stuck down with adhesive spray from a DIY shop...

Edited by ptp170 on Saturday 10th November 00:54

[S Works]

Nice work fella. How do the sills come off?

[AlexT]

Yeah were the sills easy to get off, mine are scratched and I want to do something about it

[ptp170]

Remove the fixings indicated



You need to remove the speaker grill first (4 screws, the other 4 screws are 'fake'), then unscrew the speaker and deattach. Now remove the whole plastic part of the dash. There are another 2 screws reveiled that secure the sill protector in place, remove them.

Now you need to get a knife and slice through the double sided ticky tape stuff at the end of the sill as indicated in the rubbish picture below.



The sill protector is stuck to he car with some double sided sticky foam. It will be VERY difficult to remove, but at the end of the day brute force is the only method here, the foam may split in two but it doesn't really matter to be honest!!

Once you've done one side you'll have the other side off in no time!!



I'll take some proper photos tomorrow and post them on here so you guys can have a proper look

Edited by ptp170 on Saturday 10th November 00:59

[AlexT]

Thanks!

[jondude]

Those sill protectors look b-i-g compared to the ones of my S1...and I have some nasty scratches which I reckon they would cover easily.

Where did you get them from? I take it they would fit an S1?

[Andyt25]

I wouldn't imagine they would fit to be honest as the S2 sills are lower and a different shape to the S1....but I could be wrong. My sills are worn on my S1 and I have ordered new ones from Eliseparts. Much cheaper than the official Lotus ones to.

Edited by Andyt25 on Saturday 10th November 09:42

[jondude]

Thanks Andy - will keep that in mind.

As said, have some nasty scratches just behind the sill cover on the driver's side of my S1, and covering them would appear the best option.

[S Works]

The S2 sill protectors are totally different and won't fit an S1. Just get yours recovered mate, not expensive. Have a look on the Bell & Colvill webshop for prices. ~£35 a pop IIRC.

[ptp170]

Well here's some proper pictures of the trim as promised...also thought I'd include some other of the car as I haven't posted any since joining up






My lovely rear


Janspeed pipes (part of the PTP conversion)


Pace Products Ally Radiator


My stonechipped front...


New Shocks and braided lines fitted a couple of months back.

Edited by ptp170 on Saturday 10th November 16:08

[AlexT]

That is quality. I was wondering if you could buy something you could just stick ontop of the plastic sills, like the S1?

[ptp170]

AlexT said:

That is quality. I was wondering if you could buy something you could just stick ontop of the plastic sills, like the S1?

Why thank you very much! Can't see why it would be any different to be honest, retrimming is retrimming!! I got my material from the South West Lotus Centre (google it), they should be able to send you some by post if your interested!

Chris

[jondude]

S Works said:

The S2 sill protectors are totally different and won't fit an S1. Just get yours recovered mate, not expensive. Have a look on the Bell & Colvill webshop for prices. ~£35 a pop IIRC.

Good one - will take a look.

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Should put that up on the SELOC Tech Wiki, be easier for anyone in the future to find. Looks v. nice.

[piooly]

re-triming panels is quite an easy job, just give it a go, you will be surprised how easy it is ! and you will save a fortune !

[ptp170]

LivinLaVidaLotus said:

Should put that up on the SELOC Tech Wiki, be easier for anyone in the future to find. Looks v. nice.

Not quite sure how to do that but I'll look into it!

[jb111s]

Anybody know where you could get a roll of leather to do this from ?

For me Alcantara sills wouldn't last a day, but leather would be a lot more durable.

[greysquirrel]

jb111s said:

Anybody know where you could get a roll of leather to do this from ?

For me Alcantara sills wouldn't last a day, but leather would be a lot more durable.

i have looked for rolls of leather as i dont think alcantara wears well either and all i can find is fake leather stuff, looks cack!