remote adjustable suspension

[paulnederland2]

I am looking for a replacement shock / spring combination for the Lotus Elise that allows in-cabin adjustment of ride height and shock absorber settings. I have searched the web (Koni, Eibach, Sachs, Bilstein, Gaz, AVO, Spax, Elka, Tein, others) and cannot find anything suitable.
The problem I am trying to solve is a bad part of my home's access road that doesn't even allow the standard ride height setting. I just need an extra inch for a about 1 minute, after that the road is a pure joy for the Elise. Fixing this private road takes about the price of a new Elise, so that's not an option.

[21TonyK]

I'm in exactly the same situation, 4WD Exige is what I need!

[Gooby]

Remoteride height adjustment is only available with hydraulic systems. This will weigh as much as the car. I would go to the source of the problem and get something done about the road.

[trackattack]

See if you can nick one off an Enzo..........

wont a bag of quick set concrete do the job?

[paulnederland2]

Thanks for all the good feedback. I have control over the Elise, not over the road. It is a bit frustrating because Lotus was the leading-edge developer of active suspension and that has the same capability. I would think that pre-load adjustment (in-cabin) is a usefull capability, even for the track.

[SpeedYellow]

Remote adjust just ads weight and complexity, what Lotus always tried to avoid.

Just get out and adjust the shocks when you get to the track, takes me less than 2 mins to do them all on my car!

[paulnederland2]

Usually, the motors to drive the ride-height adjustment are in the unsprung part of the suspension, so adding the weight would be fully compensated by me loosing a few pounds of useless material around my own unsprung body parts....
Anyway, seems like no solutions are available?

[SpeedYellow]

And.... you have to change tyre pressures anyway at track.... so you have to go to each wheels anyway... unless you have a hummer anyway! lol

But doesn't help with your road problems though...

[Paul RN]

Couple of planks of wood, problem solved.

[paulnederland2]

Thanks Paul RN... but I am not sure if you have seen the Elise trunk.... hard to put those planks in the car. Let me be one step ahead of any funny comments; NO, I am not going to put a trailer behind the Elise.

By the way, does anyone have a suggestion for a group / web site that specializes in racing Elises?

[SpeedYellow]

Lotus on Track run track days and a full race series.

Check out Seloc as well all the details are there.