Powdercoating Undertray???

[cloggie]

Starting to notice the rear diffuser getting really rusty and starting to make the car look sh!t
so will prob get it blasted then powdercoated also think the undertray could do with a going over too, has to be black. Anyone done this ? does it look ok ? Does anyone have pictures of it done?

[jj]

Had it done on my old s2 Elise, powdertec below the Kingston Bridge, cant go wrong at £15.

[VXJON]

spotted you parked in town today

[cloggie]

Sauchiehall st?? Not a very good day to have the elise out ! Had a few scary moments
jj that looks prettty good did they do the wheels too? Much will i pay for wheel powdercoating?
Ideally i would buy a new diffuser if i could find out where to buy one with round exits???

[Paolo]

My rear end is black. Looks good!

[Neil72]

My rear end is black. Looks good!

Useless piece of trivia......your car came from the factory with black wheels, hence the black rear diffuser

[Edin430]

Sauchiehall st?? Not a very good day to have the elise out ! Had a few scary moments
jj that looks prettty good did they do the wheels too? Much will i pay for wheel powdercoating?
Ideally i would buy a new diffuser if i could find out where to buy one with round exits???

The diffuser and mesh are two seperate parts mate.

The diffuser is quite easilly replaced but not the cheapest part.. You would be better just getting it refurb'd.

As for the mesh, you can refurd the mesh you have just now (hammerite it is the best idea) or if you want round exits you would need to go along the lines or a 3 peice diffuser and plastic mesh - which is about £400 all in IIRC.

HTH

[RDH]

As for the mesh, you can refurd the mesh you have just now (hammerite it is the best idea) or if you want round exits you would need to go along the lines or a 3 peice diffuser and plastic mesh - which is about £400 all in IIRC.

HTH

Rubbish - you can buy the round grills separately from Lotus - and they're nothing like £400, they occaisonally come up on Ebay.

[Victor Meldrew]

My rear end is black. Looks good!

My rear end is black as well..... because its manky and not been cleaned properly for months...

[gorrie]

I had the 135R diffuser powdercoated at the same place as JJ.
I've painted the diffuser on my current S2 though.... Hammerite Smooth... looks just as good at the moment. (plus I just sprayed the rubber tube rather than replace it with black this time, and gave the rear grills a going over £8 all-in).

[Edin430]

As for the mesh, you can refurd the mesh you have just now (hammerite it is the best idea) or if you want round exits you would need to go along the lines or a 3 peice diffuser and plastic mesh - which is about £400 all in IIRC.

HTH

Rubbish - you can buy the round grills separately from Lotus - and they're nothing like £400, they occaisonally come up on Ebay.

Where did I say you couldn't buy them seperately?

The metal grills only have the holes in one shape - universal to the oval or round exhaust

If you want specific round only then you need to buy the plastic grills from Lotus (which yes you can buy seperately - and yes do come up on ebay) but only fit the 3 peice diffuser..... Which he doesn't have... So would be pointless wouldn't it...

And the whole kit, together, diffuser and grills is actually over £400 from Lotus.. Just checked

[foz]

Hammerite (2 tins of spray), bit of wet and dry paper, couple of hours. Looks like it came out the factory

[james]

I got mine done and they did the black mesh bits as well. Looks much better than rusty dirty version before £30 all in.