look at this american custom, HORRID but amuzing

[tnjjeffrey]

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f94/fs-2006-lotus-...

[bencollins]

ive seen worse! quite like the exterior, exc wheels that is! and no, my lampshades dont have tassles on them.

[Thorburn]

Ain't that bad, get me wrong I wouldn't do it myself but compared to what you see done to a lot of cars its pretty minor.

[21TonyK]

There are so many things wrong, from the colour combo to the way the stripes stop on the roof, to the blacked out lenses on the lights, the wheels(!!!),the awful attempt at accentuating the curve of the doors and scoops AND, AND(!!!) then the interior.

I'm sure somewhere in the US that sort of 80's mess is looked upon with wonder. After all, the US is a big place so statistically someone must like it.

[S Works]

I think if the wheels were just straight black then it wouldn't look so bad. I rather like the Scuderia style stripes.

[Scuffers]

seen way worse...

interior is a bit 'shiny' for me but could be a whole lot worse...

[bogie]

yeah...not as bad as some ...I cant imagine those shiny sill covers staying that way for long !

[Marvindodgers]

bogie said:

yeah...not as bad as some ...I cant imagine those shiny sill covers staying that way for long !

Scuffed to death in no time I would have thought, but from the photos it looks like he's got a very large garage and so doesn't have to struggle out of the car in a standard UK single garage with bits of foam and carpet stuck on the walls to protect the doors etc!!

Like the Scuderia stripes.

[miro]

The interior lookss like skin tight PVC and the car is wearing eyeliner its a Transexual S2. The stripes are ok but the glossy black details are like a man wearing makeup

[TIPPER]

Too many eggs in that cake!
Quite like the stripes though.

[F.C.]

Err! that's definately a centre consol / gear stick whatever, too far for me

Scuderia stripes are happening, those are going on my Exige.
F.C.

[chevronb37]

Marvindodgers said:

bogie said:

yeah...not as bad as some ...I cant imagine those shiny sill covers staying that way for long !

Scuffed to death in no time I would have thought, but from the photos it looks like he's got a very large garage and so doesn't have to struggle out of the car in a standard UK single garage with bits of foam and carpet stuck on the walls to protect the doors etc!!

Like the Scuderia stripes.

How much of a struggle is it getting ot of the car in a UK garage? I've got pipe wrap already in place for my existing car, but not sure if I'll actually be able to get out of an Elise in there! Only one way to find out, I suppose, but nice to be armed with maximum fact before buying one...

[automater]

I like it

[Justin S]

sills look like they've been done with a tin of smooth black hammerite and a roller.Wheels,Yay!!! they are just hideous.I guess they have a version of Halfords over the pond and he was their top client.

[tricky 100]

Not really a custom jobby is it . Just gone a bit mad with the striping and the wheels are easily redone . As said seen alot worse , even on here and Seloc. Beauty is after all in the eye of the beholder . (luckily)

[ant111s]

just found this post while looking for stripes in the search bar, as i was toying with the idea of stripes on the elise but not 100%..

That car is well groovy, not my cup of tea but some work been put into that, the interior, the wheels, stripes ect.. Not seen that before!

[RedFred]

Hey, who said the Americans don't have a sense of humour !!

[ant111s]

funnily enough i was sat in my car the other day looking at the plastic surrounds thinking i wonder if anyones painted these before low and behold!

[braddo]

According to the thread it started at $36k, sold for $27k - ouch!

Brad

[ant111s]

Bit of a loss! How much is that in english money? bout half?