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Hi Henry, The upgrade has been amazing and the braking power is at completely new level. The 308 discs and YellowStuff gives you an immediate upgrade and better performance/feel. The full rebuild did take some effort (mostly the rear conversion was time consuming). Changing to the 4 pot...

Have a look on page 2, there are photos of the installed mirror there. I used google translator to navigate on the Japanese site, but just send them an email, they are very helpfull!

Teslabjørn did a review on my Roadster, sadly I didn't get the chance to brief him on the Roadster history and give him the main stats, nevertheless a fun video sporting all my upgrades:

Hi, No, haven't gotten any errors. However I have opted not to install TPMS on the wheels, so that might be a part of the reason not getting any error messages.

I've been asked to share the complete parts list for the brake upgrade. All parts were supplied by eliseparts.com and the refurb and paintjob done by brakecaliperrefurbs.co.uk.

CAN EU adapter and Tesla Wall Charger working like a charm (32amps)!

Updates on this thread has been moved to the "project Brabus Roadster" thread: Project 2011 Brabus Roadster

Upgrading the rear brake system turned out to be a bit more difficult than we first anticipated. The bracket from eliseparts.com Elise Parts - Braking Systems - Brake Calipers - Rear Radial Caliper Mounts aren't as bolt as we hoped they would be. We had to do several modifications to the bracket...

The calipers are finally mounted and the car was on the road again yesterday for the first time in 8 weeks. The assembly of the new calipers took us almost 3 days, mostly due to small adjustments we needed to do to the rear caliper bracket but also just figuring out to do it correctly and...

@MCroadster, i bought this kit from Eliseparts (only changed to YellowStuff pads): Elise Parts - Braking Systems - Brake Calipers - EP Track/Racing Big Brake Kit

My calipers are finally fully refurbished and are being shipped from the UK today. Got my old calipers painted in Electric Orange () and have also purchased a set of 4 piston calipers which will replace the stock 2 piston up front. I'm moving my 2 piston to the rear and leaving the original rear...

@petergrub do also have a carbon rear wing on stock?

When disassembling the handbrake we discovered that the handbrake cable needs replacing. Does anyone know if the Lotus Elise S2 cables are the same as the Roadster's?

The car is finally jacked up and ready to undergo the full brake, dampener and caliper refurb. The uprights and wish bones had quite a lot of surface rust, but the overall state is pretty good. While having the brake discs and calipers disassembled we changed the wheel bearing on the front...

Second job today was installing the new side view mirrors and changing the window seals. Doing both at the same time makes perfect sense as the door trim needs to come of for the mirrors to be disassembled and it will be pretty hard changing the seals with the door trim on. I picked up the...

We've started the full brake and shocks overhaul job, and mounting the renovated Roadster Sport coil-overs was a quick and easy job. My SC advised me to set the shocks hard in the rear and as soft as possible in the front, but still haven't been able to supply the brackets for the oil reservoir...

The struts were OK, but just hadn't been used for a while. So a lot of CRC on the locks and usage did the trick for me luckily!

I actually contacted a Bilstein service center and they overhauled the original coil-overs. An easy job dismantling them like X.l.r.8 said, and the cost of refurbishing the original ones was way cheaper than ordering new ones that could take the extensive weight of the battery. There are...

Got this picture of the 4 pot calipers from Eliseparts today, they are £850 with adapters and you'll need new hoses at £43, he can even supply them with Tesla logo. I'm going to paint them Ford RS orange anyhow and would like to use the original AP Racing logos:

Thanks Icon, guess that means that I have to contact my local SC. It seems like it won't charge when the battery is cold and that the battery heater might need replacing.

The outside temperature fell below zero degrees Celcius today, and when I returned home with a cold battery it wouldn't start charging. I got the following alert: I can't find alert 1106 and doesn't seem line it's on any on the previous OVMS listings?

Oh joy, my Transforged glossy carbon mirrors are done and I'll be picking them up next. Can't wait to see how much they'll change the look of the car.

Thanks for the info @arijaycomet, do you have a link to where you found the spacers? I definitively need those on mine as well (got a 18"/19" setup):

It's located just left of the heat/cool knob (the little grille). When changing to the Alpine iLX-702 I installed a new one next to the dash and the sound is 100% better.

I've already order the kit to mount the OEM front 2-pots in the rear (and keep the original rear caliper for the handbrake) with 308mm brake discs and 4mm spacers. I got hold of an extra set of OEM calipers to use on the rear wheels. Eliseparts would not recommend the same front and rear...

Loved tinkering with the OVMS 2 and getting it installed. I ordered the Pickit 3.5 and upgraded the firmware to 2.5.5 before installing everything. The most difficult part was actually finding the software for the Pickit 3.5, but finally found it on PICkit™ 3 Programming App and Scripting Tool -...

Has anyone tried fitting 4 pot calipers on their Roadster? Eliseparts doesn't recommend using 2-pot on all 4 wheels like I planned.

First of all thanks @MLAUTO! I also had an old upright laying around, so I got all of it sent of to Eliseparts. They are working on a full 4 pot kit that should be ready beginning of December. The kit will be adapter mounts and 4 pot brake calipers, 2 piece discs, hoses and brake pads. I will...

I finally got my new Alpine iLX-702 installed. It was more or less plug-n-play (only the reverse signal had to be changed) and the car actually has a hands-free solution that works. I also installed a DAB antenna as Norway has stopped broadcasting on AM/FM. A superb little upgrade and the car...

I've been in touch with Eliseparts.com again regarding the AP PRO 5000 4-pot calipers (Elise Parts - Braking Systems - Brake Calipers - AP PRO 5000 4 Pot Brake Calipers) and inquired if they would fit the Roadster. Geary at EliseParts has asked me: Is your front upright EXACTLY the same as the...

We're about to start installing everything but the shipping company lost my calipers, so we've been on hold for a couple of weeks. @titaniumdave I'd love to use your rotors and discs, but my budget had to be a bit conservative before we know everything that needs upgrading and fixing. The winter...

@hcsharp We couldn't locate the cable for the subwoofer and the technician tried every available wire. Where does the signal to the subwoofer come from? The rear speakers?

Fitted the Alpine iLX-702 the other day, and it took the guys at the shop about 3 hours (and $350) to get everything up and running. But the bass seems to have been reduced considerably. I have the upgraded audio pack, but don't know exactly which speaker(s) that are supposed to play the lower...

First snow arrived today, so time to mount the fully refurbished stock wheels and the NEREUS NS805+ 97V / INVOVIC EL805+ 195/50/16 in the front and NEREUS NS805+ 94V 225/45/17 in the rear. Nu rubbing, silent and feels great on the car:

Yes, I already ordered the TransForged ones, will arrive in November :-)

The rear view mirror from Zoom Engineering arrived today, and the swap was extremely easy. It turns out that the owner of Zoom actually owns a Roadster himself, and he has made a specific roadster mount (the G11 アームG11(車種別設定) : NEO ズームエンジニアリング :, お買い物ならNEO ズームエンジニアリング オンラインショップ). It came...

I'm condisering purchasing the Alpine iLX 702D (7” Digital Media Station, featuring Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility - Alpine - iLX-702D), but I'm wondering if the DIN1 setup will work in the Roadster because of the depth of the player? The iLX-700 has the 2DIN setup but has less...

TransForged sent me this rendering today just to show me how the mirrors are going to look when the arrive end of November, can't say I regret ordering them:

After the VW Beetle rear view mirror mishap, I finally found someone producing a superb solution for Lotus Elise and the Roadster. Japanese Zoom engineering (www.zoom-eng.com) is making a bracket that fits straight into the window mount and there are several mirror options. They are distributed...

Quick answer from Eberspächer: They are not allowed to sell any Tesla specific parts. The same goes for Lotus parts, so no help there.

I sent an inquiry to Eberspächer today asking if they have this product available and could supply them to my local mechanic.

Thanks everybody for your guidance and advice! Order placed with Eliseparts.com today: 2 sets of Elise Parts - Braking Systems - Brake Discs - VX220/Europa 308mm Ultimax Discs 2 sets of Elise Parts - Braking Systems - Brake Pads - EBC Yellowstuff Brake Pads 2 sets of Elise Parts - Braking...

One of the most out of place design elements on the Roadster are the Lotus Elise side mirrors. They give the it a kit car look and frankly looks cheap. I finally found the setup I want at Transforged, and they've confirmed that they'll fit the Roadster. They have two versions of the mirror...

I'm not sure what it's called but it's the one under bonnet with the two fans over it?

My radiator is literally falling apart and I ordered a new one from my local SC, it came in at USD 700 ex VAT. I've talked to several people having problems with the radiators but couldn't find anything here on the forum. I find the stock radiator to be of rather poor quality and would love to...

Seems like www.EliseParts.com will supply all I need and Brake Caliper Refurbishment homepage will take care of my old stock AP Racing 2 pot calipers. I got hold of a second set of stock front calipers which i will use in the rear with the Elise Parts - Braking Systems - Brake Calipers - Rear...

Oh joy, new actuator installed and finally got the booth opened. A relatively quick fix, but need to do some minor adjustments to get it to pop open by itself. I need to push downward on the lid to get the locks to release properly. Anyone encountered the same issue?

Just ordered a new FOB from my local SC and was quoted USD 135 + VAT + programming fee

Thanks Markwj! In Norway they're shutting down 3G in 2020 to give more room for 4G and 5G on the 900 band, so 2G and 2,5G is actually what they're keeping for these types of units using very little data.

I've always loved the look of the Exige, so maybe a touch of Exige Cup flair would be cool on a Roadster? It's £499,- ex VAT at Hardtops : VX220 - Opel Speedster Cup hardtop