Suspension (including wheels, tires, brakes) | Forum profile

Quote: Originally Posted by lotusbrakes Compared to 'Honda' pads (i.e. a typical ceramic OEM pad) That is not true as OEM Honda uses organic pads.

07 Elise, all stock. With the incredible feedback this car gives I find the brakes very effective and very controllable.... That is when they're dry. In moderate rain though, I feel a period (maybe 1/4 second) while they dry out and grip actually starts. First application is all but useless. I have never felt this in another car. Is this Elise road-to-driver communication or a quirk in the pads used by Lotus? Oh yeah, stock rotors are...

All gone for now.

Different for every shop. The local dicounttire does a lot of work for the local Lotus dealership. When I went to them they were very careful with jacking the car and hand checking torque when putting the tires back on. I wouldn't take the car to any shop though, just this one that I know deals with a lot of lotus.

Take your own Rims and tires off and take them into the shop yourself. Hey why not ask for a Torque Wrench for Christmas it's not too late is it?? Then you are assured of the proper torque setting on the bolts. I never let anyone ELSE set the torque on the bolts.

Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that one could make crude adjustments in ride height with the sport pack suspension but I guess I was wrong. I like the idea of converting it over to a coil over set up like was shown above. I used that same part to do the same on a Lotus Seven and it worked perfectly. More to think about. Dave

Quote: Originally Posted by toysport just wondering if anyone tried pagid rs14 with stock discs? and how does it compare to aftermarket once? I have stock rotors and they work fine. I do not believe that the rotors are different between stock and otherwise - as far as materials are concerned.

Quote: Originally Posted by holmz I have stock rotors and they work fine. I do not believe that the rotors are different between stock and otherwise - as far as materials are concerned. I got the same set up....stock disk with new pagid's front and rear.....squiky but the stopping is ooohh so sweet!

Where i've taken my car they hand torque without asking but they do need babysitting to use floor jacks in the right location and to do it one side at a time.... since i don't want them messing with removing panels to jack the whole car... there is simply no need. it's an easy job to do one side at a time. There are more ways to jack this car wrong it's silly... i watched them almost do it wrong twice... in my opinion if...

I just load the wheels up and take em in myself. It's not that much work and I usually do other maintenance while I've got the car up on stands. It's just too easy for someone not paying attention to screw something up.