Lotus 2004 Eleven Service Notes page 67

Lotus Service Notes
Fixing inside
headlamp
housing
Clamshell lower front
edge to undertray
Fixing to radiator mounting panel
(not used with oil coolers)
3. From inside each wheelarch, remove the single screw securing the top edge of the door hinge cover
panel to the clamshell. On cars fitted with front mounted oil coolers, release the hoses from any clamshell
clips around the top of the wheelarch.
4. Via each door aperture, remove the single fixing securing a bracket at the top rear corner of the clamshell
to the base of the windscreen pillar.
5. Remove the fixing at each side securing the clamshell to the bottom of the windscreen frame.
6. Elise: Remove the two nuts securing the clamshell spine bracket to the wiper motor bracket extension.
Exige: Remove the two nuts and bolts securing the clamshell spine to the wiper motor extension bracket,
and the two screws each side securing the clamshell channel to the radiator air deflector panel.
7. If fitted, remove the single fixing at the bottom front of each wheelarch, securing the clamshell to the
radiator panel extension (not used on oil cooler cars).
8. Remove the headlamp cover/mask assembly from each side by releasing the three socket head screws
inside the wheelarch. Remove the clamshell fixing at the front of each headlamp housing. Release the
headlamp harnesses, and feed through the clamshell hole. Disconnect the aerial lead(s).
9. Beneath the nose, release the screws fixing the front lower edge of the clamshell to the alloy undertray.
10. Lift the clamshell from the car. Note any spacing washers or shims fitted at any fixing point.
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Fixing of door hinge
cover panel to clamshell
Section BR
Clamshell spine to
wiper motor bracket
Fixing to
windscreen
frame
Fixing to base of
windscreen pillar
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