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I've washed cars in public car washes many times over the years, and the whole 'soap is too strong' argument I think is more academically correct than practically accurate. If you maintain your finish with a good wax, I've seen the finish on cars washed regularly in car washes hold up just fine over many years. There is nothing magical about the Lotus paint job...well, other than it's usually a pretty bad paint job. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by Noizemaker Just thought i'd pipe up, I got to play with Exigest tonight, and he's a solid, polite racer. Drives clean, plays clean. It's tough to find good people to play with sometimes. You're a really clean player man. Thanks. I had a blast racing with you guys. I'm going to get that GT2 dialed in and smoke Pinearo next time. The cat and mouse game was also hilarious. We gotta do that again.

Quote: Originally Posted by lotusforsale I'm putting the finishing touches on two cars for our series, one is the Ninco Lotus Exige painted in Gold Leaf colors and decals. The other is a Lotus Europa for the vintage sports car class, also 1/32 scale, also painted Gold Leaf. I'll post up pix when they're done. Waiting for the Gold leaf decals coming in from a hobby shop in Australia. Can't wait to see those!

Keep a car cover on your car when not driving it. That's what I do. The car is VERY small. Yu can wipe off any spots that occur. Keep a spray bottle in the car in a bag with towels in it so it doesn't bang around. NO CAR WASH. Don't let anyone else touch your Lotus.

Thanks for the recommendations. I don't have time before the auto-x to go to the shop in Gaithersburg, so would it be a complete waste of time to set the ride height without corner balancing? -robert

Quote: Originally Posted by lotusforsale Tony... Those wing cars ARE fast as stink, but a couple of things...the aerodynamics on the 'cars' as you can see basically render them to nothing that actually approximates the look of an actual car. They are purpose built electric racing appliances. Heck on the high end cars the front wheels are there for show, they don't even touch the track as the 'tri point' configuration...

"Unsurprisingly, the wizards of weight loss found fat to cut by exchanging more than twenty parts, resulting in a roughly fifty-pound weight savings over the Exige S 240." "Mass has been trimmed with extensive carbon fiber and lightweight items for the wheels, intercooler plumbing, battery, and floor mats."

Did you look through our salvage forum?

I think the corner balancing is more important than ride height. I'd say, leave the ride height alone until you are able to corner balance it. This is of course if everything is stock and you have not changed things already. My car was pretty darn close to being balanced stock.

Quote: Originally Posted by snuggles1 Three well-known things on wings (you can find more on LT): of course Lotus or anyone else knows what the amount of downforce created is by any wing. There's a standard calculation that takes into account chord length and angle, etc. So, anyone can figure it out. The calculations won't take into account the rest of the car's aerodynamics. Usually it takes wind tunnel testing to confirm...