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Started by Bargi , Mar 08 2016 03:37 AM

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#1 Bargi

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 03:37 AM

Guy from USA bought a crashed Evora and is documenting the rebuild. From the looks of the front, good luck to him. For the Evora boys maybe some insight into removing the roof so you can have a VX :P "B is for Build - Lotus Evora Unveil" https://youtu.be/g51IAahllzY https://youtu.be/L-669QBc3-s

#2 Bargi

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 04:06 AM

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 07:54 AM

Bloody hell, thats some repairing he's got on his hands.

 


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 08:54 AM

It will certainly need more than 1 bottle of T Cut

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 09:35 AM

I admire his enthusiasm and for that matter optimism! I suppose he could get his money back in breaking it if it came to the worse.


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 10:24 AM

getting spare parts is the problem with Lotus , everything they have goes on the production line.

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 11:06 AM

Be curious to see if the concept of a separate front section actually makes it easier to repair. Slightly scared about him talking about welding aluminium, however as the Evora's mostly pressed ali rather than extruded, it should be relatively easy to fabricate new sections.


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 11:11 AM

Finally, front end styling that actually works. thumbsup

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 11:34 AM

Does the Evora have an aluminum based crashbox, or was the crashbox in front of the aloy part he wants to repair?

 


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 12:38 PM

Does the Evora have an aluminum based crashbox, or was the crashbox in front of the aloy part he wants to repair?

 

 

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Front is a detachable crash structure. The part in front of the wishbones is designed to crumple.


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 12:45 PM

Finally, front end styling that actually works. thumbsup

 

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 04:43 PM

"No problem" he says & "everything looks repairable". Then he says "budget build"....Hmmmmm :)

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 05:24 PM

His budget was about 13k USD iirc.

So he's gonna weld that crashbox, instead of replacing it.

 


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 06:03 PM

Interested to see more though...

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 08:50 PM

you would't need much of a front impact to tweak one of the arms on that crash box would you? 

 

And when you do, its a whole new front end, suspension an all. :blink:


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 09:00 PM

just keep away from dogs and you'll be fine.


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 09:47 PM

Interesting rear bald tyre for a rear wheeled drive, probably contributed to the crash.

 

nice vid .


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 09:48 PM

least its not yellow


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Posted 08 March 2016 - 10:25 PM

Typical lotus.. Tools dropped and lost in the engine bay and bleeding arms by the end. Nothing changes..

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Posted 08 March 2016 - 11:19 PM

least its not yellow

Evora's in yellow, the red neck cousin of the silver VX.
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