Lotus Elan and Lotus Elan Plus 2 Forums

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:45 pm**

dash coming on....

I know....it's not very original! - but it is....it's an old S4 dash re-veneered and modified for my car!
Body work nearly ready for paint, doors are taking forever to get right!!
I'll post more as I go on

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:29 am**

So what are all those gauges?

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:24 am**

oil pressure & temp, clock, voltmeter, water temp, speedo, tacho, and fuel guage.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:03 am**

Hi, what method did you use to strip the body?

John

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:17 am**

Dash switches look nice. New or refurbished, and if so, how?

Greg Z

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:02 pm**

c42 wrote:Hi, what method did you use to strip the body?

John

Hi John,
Body is a new moulding which came as part of unfinished project, never been painted.
Boot and light pods needed stripping - used Nitromors (crap) and lots of elbow grease rubbing down.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:04 pm**

gjz30075 wrote:Dash switches look nice. New or refurbished, and if so, how?

Greg Z

Hi Greg,
Switches are refurbished, just rubbed down and spray painted, look much better now. I'd tried other ways to polish them up but just too faded.

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:09 pm**

Ah, that explains the remarkably paint free shell still showing a gel coat. I thought that you might have found a magic bullet to ease the misery of stripping my +2!

Thanks
John

Posted: **Tue Jul 02, 2013 10:08 pm**

Stratosboy wrote:
c42 wrote:Hi, what method did you use to strip the body?

John

Hi John,
Body is a new moulding which came as part of unfinished project, never been painted.
Boot and light pods needed stripping - used Nitromors (crap) and lots of elbow grease rubbing down.

Have I not heard that Nitomors etc can damage the fibreglass?

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:06 pm**

i've never experienced this and lots of others agree, potency of Nitromors isn't what it used to be,,,really slow and gentle paint stripping action, lots of time to scrape and wash off, without it getting contact with gelcoat.

another quick update development - this came today: