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Was this your first annual? I know Tesla made some changes in the past via firmware to make the front fans push more air, but that was quite some years ago. I wouldn't see them having to mess with that again. I know the rear blowers are super loud on the 2.x's but the fronts are the same in...

He just installed new ones as he indicated in the thread. I've heard of TPMS sensors taking some time before they begin to work/register properly. Sounds odd but I guess its true. If you're able to drive a few more days without any alerts, I presume that's the case and all is good.

FYI: You might want to include your Roadster version so not to confuse people with the TPMS choices, this thread is getting confusing for people without it.... Right now if its cheap, its for the 2.x and it not its for the 1.5 version. My best guess is that you have a 2.0 version.

The 2010 Tesla Roadster search comes up with the exact results :) My guess is that the most expensive one, the black one, is the 1.5 and the orange cheaper version is the 2.x TPMS. The black one looks exactly like the same company / style as what came stock on the 1.5 Roadster. 2010 Tesla TPMS

http://www.lotuspartsdirect.com/p/Lotus_2005_Elise/Wheel-Bolt--socket-hd-25mm-thread/62888545/B117G6000F.html?partner=googlebase_adwords&kwd=&origin=pla "Your Price $ 6.84"

You can buy these from the Lotus Forum, 16 of them plus the removal tool for $35, and sell the rest: Stock wheel bolts - LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community

Doc@TireRack was kind enough to give us some insight into the Yokohama AD07 situation, he gave me the ok to repost our converstation. Thanks Doc! Me: Hi Doc how's it going? We Roadster owners are curious if Yokohama will continue to make the AD07 tires, in particular the Lotus/Tesla size...

You can customize the Boze wheels to how you like them, color, dish, etc... I most likely will trailer my Roadster down to southern California to their shop to have the car sized up for the wheels, my goal is first to not comprise its current handling hopefully improving it and second the...

This totally sucks and leaves the 1.5 Roadster's in a bind. Well my next major upgrade definitely will be the custom Boze Wheels to get away from this mess of being stuck to one type of tire that's in an oddball size. Discount Tires are also dried up on front/rear AD07's. Ebay is very slim...

Yes, that interior "child stuck in trunk" release mechanism I've found earlier to bind things up with that overly complicated lever system they've got going in there. Multiple friction points, turns, and pivot points that also cause minor binding. Just be aware when you remove that pull latch...

Don't ever grease the latches, it attracts dirt and dust. Reason the latch on one side is sticking is that the cable needs to be adjusted on that side, I created a thread on this issue of the stuck trunk issue.

Search is your friend, its quicker than reposting the same question and doesn't clog up the thread with questions already discussed....

You can just have them remove the keyed lock and have them replace with a torx lug instead, you just need the torx adapter. When I lost my wheel lock key Tesla had the master key for all the wheel locks. They drove to my work, gave me the keys which I found the right adapter, removed the...

What is your budget you'd want to spend? Just to clarify are your shocks adjustable? You can have them rebuilt and new springs purchased which would be the most cost effective route. The next inexpensive way would be going the Nitron 1-way route, but you'll need to customize /...

Glad you're back on the road. -3.0 sounds a little extreme and think you have the number wrong, I can't push mine past -2.5/-2.6 with all the shims pulled! Same with the Elise... Do you have the adjustable suspension or the stock Bilstiens? If adjustable you can stiffen the springs, if the...

I know Tesla sells the touch up paint, not sure if they sell the spray can. You can always find the matching Lotus color and order it online or possibly call / goto your local auto parts store to see if they have the matching Lotus color in a spray.

Note that the Roadster doesn't charge more than 97% SOC (from diags) to protect the battery :) Also note that with highway driving, no hills, if I set the cruise control to 60-65mph I can have my estimated miles match the ideal miles, that's what you want, to have those match or have the...

So what is the 212 mile reading in Range mode and where is this 165 usable miles coming from? That's not the right terminology. The correct terminology is "ideal miles" which is on the VDS screen and "estimated miles" which is on the speedo cluster. The ideal miles is an ideal world...

You can't prevent it, filesystem corruptions are inevitable unless you design your filesystem to be redundant and to fix itself with the backup copy while its up and running. Some corruptions are recoverable others are not. Filesystem corruption can occur from a bug in the filesystem, bug in...

It doesn't look bad and I'd just fill it in personally with a small resin coat, sand, wet sand, little primer, and then a quick overspray with a paint can of the matching color. Then run a buffer on it to melt / blend in the paint. Its also under the car so you don't have to be all to picky as...

I didn't make the law....

I wasn't talking about a real Lotus shop, but enthusiasts who started up their own shop working on Lotus's and have a reputation. You can go on Lotus Talk and ask for where a good shop is located near you around Denver. Lotus Specialty Shop In CO - LotusTalk - The Lotus Cars Community

You can search for it, put in VMS reboot and pull plug.

Whenever I had an issue where the USB stick wasn't recognized by the VMS, I'd pull the VMS connectors and plug them back in. That fixed the issue, its what Tesla does as well to fix it.

I agree the paint is thin and true on the quality paint job, the right/correct paint job is where a person of detail cannot tell the car was repainted. Also putting all the panels in an oven to cure properly my opinion is essential for a prime paint job, only issue is that with the body/main...

For my Roadster, the creaks occur when the body flexes and typically comes from my hard-top. All the rest are rattles that come from my console or from the dash rubbing against the window. The creaks / rattles get worse as the temps drop and appear to go away when temps rise. Odd but I guess...

Yes! It is required if you are traveling with a child / carseat. An airbag can kill a child. Some vehicles never came with a way to disable it. My 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 truck has a key you can insert and turn to turn it off.

I did come across a comment in an EV forum that said they believed the "early" Tesla chargers had a fire/smoke detector that would shut them down if a fault was detected. Only thing I could find... possibly the very first Roadster chargers had it.... I don't know, maybe. "I think that Tesla's...

....and did the Model S charger come with a smoke detector? I don't think so. So why would they put one in the Roadster's charger? And when you google "ev charger smoke detector" nothing relevant comes up. Curious where the poster got the idea they'd have a smoke detector. You can...

I wouldn't trust my CF hardtop in anything of less quality or padding. When your $3,000 to $5,000 got damaged all because someone wanted to cut corners with a storage bag, well, I feel its not worth getting anything less than that bag. Its the best bag available. I put my CF hardtop in there...

I hate repaints and personally would be a deal breaker for me. Only way to do a repaint right is to pull off every panel and paint them individually. Yes I do feel it affects the collectors value, collectors are very specific to cars being original and as close to that as possible as the car...

I love them and have no complaints with about 35k on them now. Nitron recommends to service them something like around 15k miles, but honestly, I feel that's so that they're always performing top notch. Shocks do wear and loose some performance over time but I can't feel any degradation at...

See Mark's reply in post #4 of the following thread: Fog lamp wired into 2.5 's 12 volt wire buss????? " markwj, Feb 9, 2014 Here is what I have in my 2.5 RHD Hong Kong roadster. Fog light is at the rear, and is a statutory requirement provided with the car on delivery. We only get 1...

If you're in sweden, just buy one that's new there. Its a standard Elise rollcage, you can buy the same exact ones. Shipping would be crazy for you on this thing.

I heard the tow hook threads are different. Sounds odd to me, why would they create a new thread when the tow hook is already available direct from Lotus. Possibly MAUTO or someone how has a Tesla Roadster and a Lotus Elise/Exige can verify that the tow hook is or isn't compatible between the...

Here's a better blow up of the tool kit, appears you may have to buy the hex adapter and extension separately: Lotus Exige (2004-2015). #A117T0009S: Tool Kit

Can't remove your wheels!?!? Tesla service centers should have the master keyed set to remove any Lotus wheel locks which were put on the Roadsters. I'd call a local Lotus repair shop, the real Lotus one. And see if they have the master key and if they can pull it off. I'd then buy another...

What you did should have no adverse effect on the electric motor unless you hit something that rammed the wheel, pushing the axle into the motor. Also unbalanced / untrue wheels are known to eat up electric motor bearings. If you're rim is out of true on the rear fix or replaces ASAP.

If you do, all you need to do is insert the key into the key slot located underneath the door. When you turn it the door will open even though power is cut.

That sound, the pulsing sounds like your HVAC unit firing up and beginning the chill cycle. When the fans kicked on and the HVAC system was getting 100% of the HVAC unit, it sounded fine with that fast constant hum. But earlier, that pulsing sound, the sound like a vibration going up and down...

I feel that's just a bad assumption he made, gaswalla never chimed in to clarify if he owned one, driven one, so I have to assume he's just a lurker in the Roadster forum who dabs in whenever he feels like it. But what your saying what you believe his impression was just like saying "everyone...

Shoot, just look here on TMC in the 'For Sale' section, people sell a part thinking that Tesla only made a Model S saying "Tesla Wheels For Sale" and things like that. Then inside the ad all they say is "Tesla wheels for sale, contact me..." Ok, great. So will this this fit the Tesla Roadster...

You have to be stuck in this 'wedged' VMS state to experience it. I do recall my alarm became active and beeping somewhere between the VMS crashing and the reboot.

Tried ordering 8 ball joints from Tesla @ $65.00 a pop, been almost 2 weeks and they've just been dragging their feet trying to get them. So I ditched that route and started looking at ordering them from Lotus. Best price I could find for the authentic Lotus ball joints were $50.00 per ball...

Happy it worked!

I've had the comms port error mesg happen as well, car went crazy. On my 1.5 I was in a parking garage, pulled the charge point charger out without hitting stop on the VDS, and then things went all wacky in the car. I turned it on, rolled my window down and then faults, comm port errors...

I don't have any quality issues with mine, I enjoy my ride and have dialed it in better than any car I've owned. And I have no had any major nor any repair costs! You're talking to a Roadster owner who's put 60k on his car and owned it for over 4 years. Best car I've ever had. Do you have...

Read this thread and just be very very careful. Yes its tight down there. But just think about what I had to go through when I replaced my steering rack! So plenty of room :) How and where to pull plug / power to the VMS?

Somehow all your memory is being used, out of memory killer is kicking in to keep the system up: Out of memory: Kill process or sacrifice child – Plumbr I'd try pulling the VMS plug and plugging it back in, triggering a cold reboot. Something seems stuck eating up all the memory creating...

Just search for cooldown or thermal management in the Roadster thread, there's plenty of information there. But putting your car on a 220v charger that's 16amps or more will kick it on if the pack is hot.