The Lotus Grand Tourers

Hi Y'all - my 84 car has two types of waist trim/ waist band- there is a stepped profile trim fitted to the boot and doors, and a flat sided profile fitted around the nose from doors forward. I see SJS lists two trims and the smooth profile (my nose?) was the later type and the parts manual also lists two types (rounded and square) but the same length (13m) required of each. I am assuming therefore that the cars were supposed to have a single trim style all the way around?... or were the early cars made with two types of trim? The nose section is damaged anyway on my car and although you can get a nice infill with black acetoxy silicone RTV, its not invisible so I will be looking at fitting a new section here but I wanted to make sure I'm fitting the right type?

Also I am guessing this trim probably owes much to Mr Chapman's boat-building connections and I'm guessing that there is more competition in that sector so does anyone know a cheaper source of either/both types? Finally whats the trade name of the adhesive used to fit the strips?
Thanks
Mike

I think the square trim was changed to rounder flat type at the 89my. my 86my has the square type, there should only be one style per car, so whole car should be the same.

Don't know if it will help but here are the two different waist trim sizes:

http://www.lotusexcel.net/phpbb/viewtop ... f=2&t=8374

My surplus trim went to a good home - sorry!

Thanks, thats a v useful pic. I found a source for 0.85cm trim which fits, and looks ok... cheaper too but you'd have to do the whole car to avoid a mismatch
Did you ever find any alternative suppliers for the 1cm size??
Ta
Mike

majcd213 wrote:Did you ever find any alternative suppliers for the 1cm size??

No, sorry. I was after the smaller trim for my 89MY car. SJ supplied me two pieces, one of which was the larger trim and didn't match the other smaller piece they sent. SJs subsequently sent me a replacement section of the smaller trim so I had enough to do the whole car.

Could be worth asking them if they have any and could measure it for you?