Badge or LOTUS?

[cjm]

Was there a year that the S2 Elise swap from having LOTUS on the rear to having a round badge or was it an option to have either when new??

[Esprit]

From memory the early S2s had the LOTUS letters. For a time in 2004 they switched to the round badge, but this didn't last for long and they went back to using the LOTUS letters.

I'm pretty sure that if you preferred the badge, you could order it like that (Lotus will do anything for a price).

[Loudman]

Don't know the answer to the question but mines an 03 and has a lotus badge, the more recent ones seem to have LOTUS lettering.

[grumpy]

'55 plate and have Lotus on the back.

[finefettlefilly]

Mines a 53 plate and has the badge, at the time in the same dealership they had a red 02 that had letters. I wanted the letters and got a badge, sods law!

[Russ H]

My 05 111S had the chrome stickers, it looked cheap to me so I ordered
a round badge from Hanger111 or EliseParts cant remember.



Russ.

Edited by Russ H on Sunday 10th May 20:14

[kambites]

My 2004 111S has the round badge.

[Stitch]

Think the Lotus badge instead of wording was a MY04 change (my 03 plate car must be a MY04 as it has a badge on the back) - along with moving the windscreen washer reservoir into the engine compartment.

From other posts, looks like that by MY06 it had changed back to lettering

[steveott]

My 52 plate S2 had the Lotus Badge - but i purchased the letters from Bell and Colville and changed it myself. Looks better IMO

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Stich - think you're spot on there, MY04 brought it in, MY06 replaced it with lettering again. I've an MY05 and it's got the badge.

[Royton Blue]

I've got a MY05 111S with the letters

[ad111s]

MY05 111S has sticky on letters

[andy_s]

MY02 111S = sticky letters

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

Another case of, "whatever we can find at the back of the shed" then.

[Chris_S]

My "09" has the raised LOTUS lettering (not the stickered letters).

[Gavola]

early series 2 elise (Y reg 2001) has sticky letters.

Edited by Gavola on Tuesday 12th May 16:45

[Gooby]

The raised LOTUS lettering like the letters you get on the part counter at Halfrauds?


Give me the proper badge any day.
















sorry just1

[Beachbum]

Gooby said:

The raised LOTUS lettering like the letters you get on the part counter at Halfrauds?


Give me the proper badge any day.
















sorry just1

For once me and him agree Nothing better than the badge IMHO

[Gooby]

Beachbum said:

For once me and him agree Nothing better than the badge IMHO

RIGHT! I disagree with you!

we never disagree!

[TaylotS2K]

Weight saving with the sticky letters, surely weight saving is what Lotus is all about! ;-)