Black diffuser?

[Loudman]

I've always thought it looks a bit 'strange' to have the diffuser on the back end of an elise in natural aluminium colour rather than body coloured, or probably better a similar black colour to the grille around the exhausts (kind of a satin black). Has anyone repainted theirs in this way? if so how does it look?
Mines the 3 section one on a magnetic blue 111s

[kambites]

The black one is a standard Lotus part - my car has one from the factory.

I don't know about painting one, though. I guess it gets a fair bit of abuse from stones kicked up by the wheels.

[Stitch]

Someone over on MLOC was looking to paint theirs a couple of months back (following a flurry of people tarting up the grills above the diffuser).

Might be worth a post on there to see if he ever got round to doing it and what the results were.

[R-Racer]

Loudman said:

I've always thought it looks a bit 'strange' to have the diffuser on the back end of an elise in natural aluminium colour rather than body coloured, or probably better a similar black colour to the grille around the exhausts (kind of a satin black). Has anyone repainted theirs in this way? if so how does it look?
Mines the 3 section one on a magnetic blue 111s

Had mine changed to black last friday by Westover in Poole,looks much better in my opinion!

[M1KEY]

R-Racer said:

Had mine changed to black last friday by Westover in Poole,looks much better in my opinion!

Hi, do you have any pics as I would interested to see what that looks like. Just got a Black 111R and was wondering about getting this done.

Cheers.

P.S. Was it a replacement part in black or was it painted?

[kambites]

The type-25 has it as standard, this will give you an idea (although it's not a black car):

[LRGS2]

Wow how strange looks just like the car I am collecting on Friday!

[Andy G Bmth]

Is that from westover you are picking it up from?

[R-Racer]

M1KEY said:

R-Racer said:

Had mine changed to black last friday by Westover in Poole,looks much better in my opinion!

Hi, do you have any pics as I would interested to see what that looks like. Just got a Black 111R and was wondering about getting this done.

Cheers.

P.S. Was it a replacement part in black or was it painted?

It is a replcement to the standard job,If you have the old one painted it may start to look its age in a very short while,its a gamble!
Ill take a picture of it for you,and I think you will agree,its sets off my new Larini pipes really well.....Sorry,just had to throw that in!
Sorry for the late reply,missus on the Lappy last night.

[Stu_00]

Whats the damage on the offical part ?

[TonyHetherington]

I had mine replaced as a black diffuser on my old 111S when it needed some repair work - apparently it is an official lotus part and, believe it or not, was only sold on Swiss cars. But nevertheless, it is an official part (not sure if that's changed - this was 2005 I had it done) and is easily purchaseable through Lotus.

And, it looks really good in my opinion

[R-Racer]

Stu_00 said:

Whats the damage on the offical part ?

It cost me £280 fitted....

[Stu_00]

Ouch, wonder how much fitting was, its only a 5 min job

[M1KEY]

R-Racer said:

It is a replcement to the standard job,If you have the old one painted it may start to look its age in a very short while,its a gamble!
Ill take a picture of it for you,and I think you will agree,its sets off my new Larini pipes really well.....Sorry,just had to throw that in!
Sorry for the late reply,missus on the Lappy last night.

No worries, a photo would be great thanks.

Kambites - thanks for posting the other pic.

Edited by M1KEY on Tuesday 4th August 10:12

Edited by M1KEY on Tuesday 4th August 10:13

[stew-S160]

this was the top half only sprayed





and you can sorta make it out the whole thing is black now

[LRGS2]

Andy G - It is the one with sold on it at Westover's and I can't wait until Friday for collection!

[Andy G Bmth]

Congrats mate I had a good look at it and the evora whilst I was having my spare key reprogrammed on Monday. This will be the longest week of your life. What time do you pick up on Friday? If it hasn't already make sure you get a sports exhaust as it transforms the car

[LRGS2]

Andy, Pick it up Friday afternoon, can't wait!