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@@THEGABNER I'm not aware of any other kits for 05-06 yet.

@@THEGABNER here you go! www.onrailsengineering.com/lotus/2005-06-led-headlight-upgrade

Yes, lotus talk had so much information and even before i bought it i went on looking to read up on all the threads on there. For example; adding the strut to help with opening and closing was a set of instructions on a thread that someone made on there. Although i didn't copy their design i adapted mine pretty close. I will say i would like to add another strut on the other side as you can see from the video that having it on one side tends to push up on the right side and i kind of have to wiggle it to balance that. I wish you the best of luck in installing the clam kit and glad this series of video help you a little.

@@nedsgarage I got the clam off :)

@DAaaMan64 how's the progress going?

@@nedsgarage I think my last comment was sent to you for review. So if this comment makes no sense, lmk. Lol Also thanks for the help so far! I'm review your videos over and over lol I'm thinking one side is just a bit higher than the other and I need to keep looking for cables or something to clear out of the way.

@DAaaMan64 is it hight towards the back or the front of the clam? We're you able to get your metal shims all sorted out? I had 1 shims that stuck on to the clam underside when I removed it.

@madarauchiha1218 Hi thanks for watching and commenting. When I was installing it, the trunk lid toward the back was was rubbing and I had to back off the bolts and shove it forwards and tighten them down to get more clearance. However, after that I don't have any other rubbing issue. Although the gap may not be perfect around the engine lid (i don't think it was perfect to begin with before).

@@nedsgarage I had the biggest pain in the butt trying to re-install it with the clam up like they stated. I might loosen it with it down and try yanking on it a bit.

@@madarauchiha1218 i think i had the clam back down and pushed it towards the fire wall and sneaked a ratcheting wrench in there to tighten it, that's how i put some pressure forward.

@jackandroid1006 thanks for watching and commenting. Did you have much trouble adjusting the beam after install? I really had a hard time and the end result was okay (lower than I want but acceptable). I also remember putting in the new flasher relay for led twilight and man that was a tough squeeze!

I had no problems adjusting the headlight beam back to approximately the same position as the original lights…then I tried to put the headlight cover back on! I had to fine tune the projector position by adjusting both upper and lower direction screws to try to make the upper rim of the projector protrude less (at first, I adjusted just the new direction screw, since the other screw hadn’t moved). So far, I’ve adjusted it only in my garage and I’ve not tested the results on the road, but I suspect mine is also a little low. Interestingly, the problem was only on the passenger side. I suspect it’s a result of the inboard side of the projector protruding further forwards to direct the light towards the kerb. There must be more tolerance on the outboard side of the headlight cover, hence the driver’s side fitting ok. Or it’s simply a function of the car being made by Norfolk turnip farmers😁 As for the relay, my neck hasn’t recovered yet! I ended up using my phone selfie camera as a mirror and kneeling outside the car. In my car, the positions of the flasher relay and its neighbour were transposed, so I had extra fiddling and two relays to put back in place. As I said, “handmade”😁

@DAaaMan64 thanks for watching and I'm glad it was helpful. If I had to sit take a day off and just get through this all in one go i bet I can do it in 8 hours (with help removing clam on and off). Maybe take an hour off for removing the clam. I ended up taking a couple weeks doing an hour or 2 a night and waiting on parts and taking my time. Good luck on your install!

@@nedsgarage thank you so much. The parts have been on my shelf for like 2 years now haha. I think this winter is the one!

@DAaaMan64 i have taken some footage but didn't like how it turned out so been delaying. Thanks for watching and commenting. I will put a priority to making that video. Give me a couple days.

@@nedsgarage no worries man. Thanks a lot I would enjoy it

@Dethred1 thanks for commenting. I'm glad I'm not the only one who ran into this issue. I was getting pretty frustrated doing all the measurements and then just throwing it all away as I bolt the cover on. I hope you like your led it it has been great for me

@@nedsgarage Same for me, although I was hoping I was somehow the only one. I have a custom carbon clam so the headlight covers fit even less, but after about 5 hours of trying I was able to get everything to align and bolt in properly. I couldn't even drive with the stock lights, your video convinced me to buy the ORE ones and wow it's like a modern car now. Stock are so dangerous, it's like they were designed as a last resort if you were caught having to drive the car at night for some strange reason.

Hey. Thank you for watching and commenting!

Hi there, thank you for the kind word and thanks for watching!

Thanks for commenting. I did see a number written with a wax pen on them shims. I kept them all together. I ended up taking thickness measurements and had made some to replace them!

The hose in the installation kit is to connect the pump to the cars tubing side. This was not needed on my car as you can see here there was no tubing connection between the pump and fuel pump assembly. There were a couple hoses on the return side I could have replaced but I did not. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Hi. Thanks for watching and commenting. I did a lot of measurements and the bridge jack they sell seems a bit too tall for my application. I end up running low profile aluminum floor jacks made by California car cover on the include jack tray with various pieces of wood and pucks and that has been working great.

I don't lift it all the way up and it takes less than 30 seconds

Hey, thanks for comments and sorry i didn't get this notification and reply sooner. The height from floor to bottom of platform is 60" above the floor.My Lancer is lowered and generally the roof line is around 56" above the floor. However, the highest point on that car is the roof antenna and although i have a shorty roof antenna it would not fit with the 1 rung lower on the lift. The platform is 4" thick so the lotus Elise bottom of tire to floor is 64". The lotus Elise is a pretty short car (~42"-44"). With this lift i have 2 more locks to go up, but i am unable to go up higher than this as i will hit the ceiling (you need some room to get OFF the locks so i dare not push it higher). i have not tried to park the lancer up top and lotus below it but i hope of on the lower rungs will make it all work for that set up.

hello, thank you for watching. the gauge i have in there is a dual function oil pressure and oil temperature gauge. to wire them fed the signal lines up through the transmission/shifter tunnel and up to the front, i powered it by tapping into a key-on power source under the passanger side dash fuse panel. i also have a voltage meter/usb power source under it and a 12V cigarette lighter port under it as well!

​@@nedsgarage I did the same installation for the the signal lines. Indeed, I can tap the battery + from the fuse on the passenger side but I can't understand where you took the ground and ignition switch +12v 🤔 Thanks !

Because the hydraulic cylinder is mounted on one side of the rails, one of the upright is specific to the motor/hydraulic mechanism. You have to either mount it where i have (far left) or flip the whole thing (right side up front near my lotus banner). I didn't have any outlets over there and i needed space to walk through so i chose the far left side. my choice would have been front left side if i had my pick. thank you for watching!

about 9'-5" where it matters - my garage slopes a little towards the door. so i have a little less inside and a little more outside towards the door. The 9'-5" would be where the roof of the car would be. please let me know if you have any other questions!

Should be a H7. I replaced mine with one off of Amazon to get the white light to match

@@nedsgarage do you know which one you bought?

This is the description from amazon the one i bought "AILEO H7 LED Headlight Bulb, 6pcs Upgraded Large CSP Chips, 350% Brightness 40W 8000LM Super Bright 6500K Cool White, 1:1 Mini Size Fanless Easy to Install H7 LED Bulb Replacement Kit, 2 Pack"

@@nedsgarage I bought those bulbs but it's still the ugly yellow color did not match the hid color

@wall1 Hi, did you get 6500K color? I have another video that showed mine matching pretty good.

Thank you for watching and commenting. I do have an attic area and will be looking into that.

i just took a piece of steel bar and drilled some holes and then bend them into a J shape. then screwed it to the stud at the correct height to mount it on the wall. there is no load hanging off of it its sitting on the ground and the bracket just keeps it from tipping out.

Would you be able to do suspension work or transmission work with this lift? Bridge jack or whatever it's called?

@@AarenPho thank you for commenting. there are a couple ways to lift the car up on and take the wheel off. 1 - is use the included sliding jack platform and a bottle jack/scissor jack/jack stand combo. 2 - a bridge jack 3 - a quick jack on the 4 post lift rails, a quick jack doesn't work on the orange car due to the lifting points not being in line/parallel with each other. i don't have a bridge jack yet and get by using the sliding jack platform at the moment.

It's an android radio "joying" is the brand and this is the 8.8" version of it. It is sold on Amazon.com or eBay. If I had to do it again, I would buy the smaller 6.2" version. As it fits better and has a volume knob. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Hey, thanks for watching! Yes, any feedback is very welcomed!!

Making these videos have been a motivation to get away from Call of Duty and spend some time in the garage! thanks for taking the time to comment.

Thanks for leaving a comment! And I love Cayman S's. That is a nice daily driver for sure! I am looking at someway to make sure it doesn't go higher than that rung, maybe some kind of stop or welded bracket or a limit switch to make sure I don't accidently smash the car into the ceiling.

@@nedsgarage I'm thinking of making a hinge out of U bracket and mount to garage wall at the centerline of the lift a couple of inches below the ceiling. drill a hole through the end of a length of electrical conduit, pipe or something longer than the vehicles and mount to the U hinge. hang the other end of the pipe with a loop of wire so it is free to move up to flip a switch or ring a bell or something. When the car top raises it up it should give me an indication to stop.

Glad you found this video helpful. You'll love having a 4 post! If you have any other questions please let me know I'll do my best to answer.

i have about 9'-5", can you lower the WRX?

@@nedsgarageOh, that answers my question

Hello. The bubble is just a stick on concave mirror to eliminate blind spots. You can get them from auto part stores. The digital dash is a lotus digital dash that they sell to retrofit for older elises. It's a plug and play unit that is sold by lotus. www.aimtechnologies.com/aim-mx-2e-lotus-plug-play-dash-logger-kit/

I'm glad it was helpful! Please let me know how you think it is at night. I'm curious as you had all the different set ups before this. I hope you are able to get your cover back on easily I had to tweak my frame a bit, but at the end all fit nicely!

@@nedsgarage I have the GRP carbon housings so I’ll just sand out the housing opening if there’s an issue with the passenger side. I have no issues with the driver side that I did today.

I hope to go back and get some more seat time in 2023! I've had pretty bad luck in this particular car finding a different problem each time I go out.

you are welcome! I am uploading the install video now please check that out later if you are interested. let me know how you like it when you do get it installed.

Looking forward for the installation video. I had no idea the headlamp covers simply popped off.

@@ecpoirier here you go! ua-cam.com/video/HhJs2b-QxPQ/v-deo.html