Lotus Elise S1 Service Notes page 520

Lotus Service Notes
Section XA
housings from the topshell with a windscreen removal pneumatic knife. Fit the headlamp blanking panels to
the topshell using elastomeric adhesive.
Polycarbonate windscreen: Remove the windscreen, and replace with the lightweight polycarbonate version.
Refer to Service Notes sub-section BN.13.
Remove:
Complete wiper mechanism, including washer components.
Rear shroud panel (mid spoiler) complete with rear fog lamp, reverse lamp, harnesses, grilles and brack-
ets.
All four mudguards and mounting brackets. Fit camber shim plates supplied to compensate for mounting
bracket thickness.
Engine bay rear wall.
Driving lamps and mounting brackets.
Horn.
Front licence plate mounting and brackets.
Front air intake grille and towing eye.
Tyreweld canister and mounting clip.
Rear window.
Exterior mirrors and alloy spacers/plinths. Fit blanking grommets in topshell holes.
Side repeater lamp plinths. Bond repeater lamps to body with elastomeric adhesive.
Right hand side engine bay air intake duct.
Electrical & Interior
Battery: Replace the standard battery with the lightweight race battery and mounting bracket.
Race light conversion: Change the two outermost bulbs in the CHMSL to 3W to become the racelight, acti-
vated with the ignition. The centre two bulbs remain as stop lamps. Fit the link lead supplied in the kit, as
directed by the specific instructions supplied (LSL390).
Remove:
Alarm controller, siren and bracket, microwave sensor, immobiliser and alarm harness. Plug bridging link
into immobiliser connector.
Footwell divider alloy panel.
Cockpit divide switches, mounting panel and strut. Plug bridging link into sidelamp switch connector.
Gear lever/handbrake shroud, with trickle charger socket. Fit standard Elise gear lever shroud.
Auxiliary power sockets, mounting panel and harness.
Hazard switch and fit grommet.
Column switches and fit alloy blanks using elastomeric adhesive.
Rear indicator and tail lamp assemblies, inc. mounting brackets and harnesses.
Licence plate lamps and harness.
Engine cover lid alarm switch and harness.
Top shell harness.
Relays; main, aux., dip, horn, heated screen; and relay cover.
Fuses; 2,4,5,6,9,10,14,16,17,18,20,21,22 and fuse cover.
Passenger footrest.
Luggage net.
Floor mats.
Interior mirror.
Fix the alloy blanking panel to the aperture in the rear bulkhead electronics cover using double sided tape
or rivets.
Miscellaneous
Seats; Remove the passenger seat and mounting frame. Remove the driver's seat but retain the runners.
Driver's 5th point seat harness kit: Remove the latch from the seat harness lap strap by inserting a stiff wire
into the latch hole. By similar technique, fit the new rotary release latch to the lap strap. Fit the grommet onto
the new crutch strap, and thread the anchor bar through the crutch strap loop. Feed the strap through the seat
frame cross brace aperture and the slot in the new carbon fibre driver's seat, and fit the grommet into the frame
aperture. Fit the new seat to the runners with the crutch strap anchor bar secured beneath the cross brace by
the seat front fixings.
Roll over bar; Remove the double hoop roll-over bar, and replace with the driver only, RAC approved, (RHD or
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