What colour would you change your elise to??

[petrolhead888]

Hi everyone i am getting a colour change on my elise in a few weeks initially i was thinking of chrome orange, then i settled on scandal green but now im thinking maybe kawasaki green just to be different!!! im getting some compomotive mo alloys to go with it in white if kawasaki but black if anything else! and car has front and rear diffusers but want a motorsport look so colour has to be bright!
what do ya`s reckon?
also the wheels im getting are front 15"x7 et 10 rear 16x8 et 10 will these fit ok? tyres will be 195/50 front and 225/45 rear R888`s

i keep changing my mind its so frustrating!!!

[F.C.]

petrolhead888 said:

Hi everyone i am getting a colour change on my elise in a few weeks initially i was thinking of chrome orange, then i settled on scandal green but now im thinking maybe kawasaki green just to be different!!! im getting some compomotive mo alloys to go with it in white if kawasaki but black if anything else! and car has front and rear diffusers but want a motorsport look so colour has to be bright!
what do ya`s reckon?
also the wheels im getting are front 15"x7 et 10 rear 16x8 et 10 will these fit ok? tyres will be 195/50 front and 225/45 rear R888`s

i keep changing my mind its so frustrating!!!

Krypton green is really bright, almost hi vis yellow with metal flake.
Watch your aspect ratio's on the tyres, just cos they are wider doesen't mean there's more contact patch on road.
you could end up losing traction.
F.C.

[Lotus Lewis]

Hi i was looking at the same thing changing my colour ,I to was going for chrome orange Hope you dont mind me asking, where are you having it done to and what price will it cost ,at because i was looking at getting it wrapped instead

[tom_allen]

I've just had my S1 painted Lava Orange, I was quoted £2400 for the whole job but the bloke doing it has taken 12 months to do it and I've had to do most of the rebuilding! I'm made up with the colour though, I've but some black compomotives on with some other black details, so far it looks fantcastic! I too was going to go for Scandal Green but I'm glad I chose Orange now.

[petrolhead888]

well believe it or not i work in the trade and getting it done for £1500 all in! and will take around 3-4 weeks! or so they say!!
yep i did settle on orange before but loads of people have done it thats why i thought kawasaki green with white alloys!! still undecided though! any pics of yours please as want to see the wheels more than anything else!!
thanks for the replies so far!

[tom_allen]

£1500 is very good considering the amount of work thats involved, I was told mine would take 2-3 weeks but I'm still waiting nearly a year on! I will take some pics tomorrow.

In the mean time have a look at this lovely Scandal Green one, it belongs to somebody from the Norlog forums http://norlog.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=124

Cheers

Edited by tom_allen on Saturday 4th October 17:46

[Trixster]

If I could afford it then I'd have it done matte black!

Edited by Trixster on Saturday 4th October 18:30

[TIPPER]

You're tyre sizes are fine: standard size upgrade for the S1 and the sizes the the Lotus Yoko Advan come in.
I think you may be as much as an inch too wide on the front a wheels though (I think Lotus supplied 'Victories' were 6J for the same tyre size).
The MOs are quiet a heavy wheel - have you looked at the Rotas (similiar design) which I think are lighter. Check them out at either or both Elise-shop or Eliseparts.

[TIPPER]

Incidentally if I were to respray my S1 it would probably be Old English White (with some highlights!). If I ever sell it then its replacement will probably be either Isotope Green or Burnt Orange.

[Altrezia]

mine is already black, why would I change it!?

[Chadders]

Mine is Azure Blue. I like it enough to not want to change it.

But my other choices would be yellow, white or black! Probably in that order

[Phil. S.]

I'd have some variant of the Type 49 colour scheme. Red over white, or scandal green over white, yellow over white, or blue over white. They all look superb. I'd probably go for the green/white

Edited by Phil. S. on Sunday 5th October 00:14

[crackthatoff]

krypton green with black wheels

[azureblue118]

If not Krypton Green, my other love would be Kawasaki green with black.
Like your taste, the only other standard(ish)colour I was interested in was Phantom black.

[Thorburn]

Norfolk Mustard Yellow at the moment and love it, only colour I'd want to change to would be something like Scandal or Krypton Green.

[petrolhead888]

thanks for the replies!!! im thinking now for sure a toss up between porsche gt3 rs green or kawasaki green with black compomotive mo`s and an elise parts black high level wing!!

[Esprit]

Titanium's my first pick so I'd not change... My next Exige will be Type 25 scheme though... LGR with Spice yellow stripes

[kambites]

I quite like my BRG with yellow stripes, but my first choice would have been aubergine (purple) if I could have found one. A really vivid green has its appeal though.

[tom_allen]

TIPPER said:

You're tyre sizes are fine: standard size upgrade for the S1 and the sizes the the Lotus Yoko Advan come in.
I think you may be as much as an inch too wide on the front a wheels though (I think Lotus supplied 'Victories' were 6J for the same tyre size).
The MOs are quiet a heavy wheel - have you looked at the Rotas (similiar design) which I think are lighter. Check them out at either or both Elise-shop or Eliseparts.

The MO's are heavier but I was going through quite a few of the standard 111S wheels as they seem to buckle for fun. I could get a set of MO's for the price of a single 111S rear, so the offset of extra weight against cost is favourable for me.

[roylarkrise]

How do you possible damage your wheels so often and easly? Do you drive like my missus or what! Never put a scratch on my wheels and I can drive plus trackdays, I do quite a few.

tom_allen said:

TIPPER said:

You're tyre sizes are fine: standard size upgrade for the S1 and the sizes the the Lotus Yoko Advan come in.
I think you may be as much as an inch too wide on the front a wheels though (I think Lotus supplied 'Victories' were 6J for the same tyre size).
The MOs are quiet a heavy wheel - have you looked at the Rotas (similiar design) which I think are lighter. Check them out at either or both Elise-shop or Eliseparts.

The MO's are heavier but I was going through quite a few of the standard 111S wheels as they seem to buckle for fun. I could get a set of MO's for the price of a single 111S rear, so the offset of extra weight against cost is favourable for me.