lower door trim thingys on gsi??? am i missing it?

[tbirdbooboo]

hi guys , just had loads of welding done to my G reg gsi 24v and last night me and a mate were putting the sill covers back on, now i haven't had the car that long and im not clued up on them that much but my mate reckons that along the side of the car on the botton half of the doors, under the black/grey rubbing strip, there should be a large colour coded panel on each door - i have this on the front wings- its sticks out about 1cm or so but the rest of the car does not have it.  ----  am i missing it if so where can i get it from.

many thanks

[biffbangpow]

hi guys , just had loads of welding done to my G reg gsi 24v and last night me and a mate were putting the sill covers back on, now i haven't had the car that long and im not clued up on them that much but my mate reckons that along the side of the car on the botton half of the doors, under the black/grey rubbing strip, there should be a large colour coded panel on each door - i have this on the front wings- its sticks out about 1cm or so but the rest of the car does not have it.  ----  am i missing it if so where can i get it from.

many thanks

no, mate no plastic bits on the bottom of the door , just a panel on the front wing !
how did you fit the plastic sill covers , proper vx clips and rivets ?

have you fitted new sills , ifso where did you get them ?

[Pedro]

hi guys , just had loads of welding done to my G reg gsi 24v and last night me and a mate were putting the sill covers back on, now i haven't had the car that long and im not clued up on them that much but my mate reckons that along the side of the car on the botton half of the doors, under the black/grey rubbing strip, there should be a large colour coded panel on each door - i have this on the front wings- its sticks out about 1cm or so but the rest of the car does not have it.  ----  am i missing it if so where can i get it from.

many thanks

Only on the Lotus Carlton/Omega.

[tbirdbooboo]

ha ha i see , well i want some now so will have to keep my eye out lol.
As for the sills etc, my brother got them through his garage , both outer sills were i think 37 quid. we didnt use clips to put it all back as i didnt actually know you could still get them , dam - i guess you can then.  instead we kind of well um - glued them on  - ' cringe'  - sorry :-(
we used windscreen glue on the bits where the clips were supposed to be  - looks fine and they shouldnt be too hard to remove if needed as we did it neatly.

so , im looking for a set of lotus carlton lower door bodykit bits then, hmmm lol wish me luck lol

[Murph]

If you get those you'll end up fitting the whole Lotus body git or it will just look.... odd!

BIG can o worms to open!

[tbirdbooboo]

hmmmm ok, well im not going to do that as i like the gsi look. will still keep my eyes out for the door bits though out of curiosity.
cheers

[doz]

The rear door lower trims on the LC also incorporate the rear wheel arch. Well Half of it. You couldn't fit them without ending up cutting the rear arch right out and fitting the complete LC arch. Then the rear bumper wouldn't line up so you'd need a LC rear bumper.......... You can see where this is going can't you? 

[tbirdbooboo]

ok mate. im not going to g for it then i dont think, but will be keeping my eyes out for something to make her look a bit better - cant find much on the carltons as far as aftermarket bumpers etc etc