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love the car. Sad to see you part with it. Wait till after Oct to sell and come down to njmp.

Just came across this option for rear coverage. Haven’t tried it myself so caveat emptor

Mine started acting up last year. Tweaked the gap spacing and it worked as intended. The light does pulse when you rotate the hub and the reluctor wheel passes by sensor. One attempt had it reading well at low speed but above 60-70 it would act erratic. Small tweak to gap fix this. (2023 420r) https://www.caterhamlotus7.club/forums/topic/257730-speedo-sensor-replace/

I am always excited to get into the cat and go for a drive. If it’s a decent amount of miles I am also excited to get out of it. That’s how I know it’s a long enough drive. A trip out to Colorado or across the country is on my bucket list. @CWThomson well done. That’s no small achievement.

At least in ny you need a vin to get insurance. And insurance to register. So the ny dmv inspects and assigns a vin. At that point the make is “custom”. Preliminarily I asked Hagerty if they would insure and caterham and then asked for a quote. $2400/ year which surprised me. Then when I got the vin assigned and they designated “custom” it was $1200. Even with my mco and all the invoices from caterham to prove worth. Hagerty said. It’s custom not caterham $1200. but @Vovchandr agree with you on the model/maker designation, especially on agreed value makes no sense. I’ll take one of the few financial wins in that whole process.

I just renewed my hagerty policy. No change in price from the last two years. In NY it's $1130 (plus $70 for the club membership). For agreed value of $80K - 2023 420R. In new york it's titled and insured as a "custom" as when I originally did it with "Caterham" it was $2400. But all the back up was caterham stuff so I was transparent. They said, if NY titles it as a custom then thats what it is. A very rare occurrence that after jumping thru all the hoops, it saved me a little money

Received my zoom mirror the other day. Haven’t had a chance to mount it yet. But looks great. Thanks for the inspiration.

@Vovchandr you drove there? Hey hey!!! Get the miles on that thing.

https://www.caterhamlotus7.club/forums/topic/261100-headlight-dipped-and-main-beam-problems/ this may give you some ideas on where to look. Although it’s likely a bit different wiring layout. maybe use a tracer to find where the cut out is happening. https://a.co/d/07OC6834

Would something like this work? https://www.amazon.com/BTMETER-Travel-Protect-Handheld-Anemometer/dp/B07JVNYNB3/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=34QWL1KG36VVG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Hku2tRKa0IcyYiLdSpw_rBTmZmcoVh17yuDdzcO5YBIO0iCPodLACS4BuzC2XbBcAOdcKFXeuZ0RgoNoj7IEAi1ZW5mCpmNjkiCbRM1SkFrL-cnJbkYqt2MuDMfVZTuN2JWDBTqoisU9AFext8uSIgiXC45V3rtRuLonbpHZ1DseOSg_vkkQssXCrYQvowezbCGCBp1-X4RFk2KsZG40rP2wknEKwKmEWv1Gg1y5hepoy7PWvb_68p_hDW4h0UdE92aId7AGsBW7LFyFsIoAXje3JAAFRZYugxKDpcFxPGI.h7USq8Cp-pyGHminHej30D6fkaC7LETzdAFoxBBsl04&dib_tag=se&keywords=wireless%2Bair%2Bflow%2Bmeter&qid=1779142854&s=industrial&sprefix=wireless%2Bair%2Bflow%2Bmeter%2Cindustrial%2C120&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

I’m filing that under “seven immunity” like not mounting my front license plate.

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I catch some flack for being a polishing queen. But I keep some waterless wash and wax in the boot. Hit any fuel spill over with a generous dose and wipe it down with micro fiber. I also have mini spray bottles so not to take up much space. https://a.co/d/02yciLTE https://a.co/d/00TTX4JD

Citibank just wanted to point out that I might have a caterham fettling addiction.

I had to cancel my registration. Very sad. Work is really getting in the way of my play time.

If you are worried about wire bulk. I took my first dive into wiring to add some auxiliary power in my 420. It was over kill but I used mil spec wiring. I was shocked at how thin the wires are. (And it is not cheap. But short runs shouldn’t be too bad ). a quick search showed the headlights draw up to 5amps which 22 gauge wire should handle. But if you go up to 20 gauge I think that’s rated up to 8.5amps. The wire is super thin and won’t bulk up with multiple runs. But it is stiffer than regular wire. but please do your research on sizing the wire correctly. not that you likely want to rewire the entire assembly https://www.milspecwiring.com/22AWG-Solid_c_400.html

Ordered. Thanks. @JohnCh and @Outbound

@JohnCh is this the mirror you got? https://zoom-eng.com/en/collections/モナコ-エアロ-ts-コンパクト-リトル-ペンタ-ルームミラー/products/コンパクトルームミラー単体-車種取付用アーム別 was it the small or medium size ? Do you mind sharing the mounting arm you used ? Sorry. Just re read the thread assume it’s the h03 general arm and the small mirror.

Is there a predetermined correction for measuring to the Ali skin? Or just measure both front and rear to Ali and it’s consistent. (I switched over from Avon zzs to Toyo r888r and I think there was a jump in front tire diameter vs the rears ). Although I never check ride height and rake with the avons. I feel like now is a good time to dial it in.

BFH seems to have done its job, The front stay is longer and bends easier. Although I was shocked at the amount of persuasion it needed. I think the front stay is good (may have to revisit if I get the Hoosier 195s). The rear stay (on the front fender) is shorter to the cross brace so harder to bend. I think i created some clearance but might have to improve this some more.

I average just shy of 20mpg with regular cruising at 80 which puts my tach at 4100 rpm. More spirited drops from there a bit.

I have the Bruce fuel mod which works well 420R. The first half of the tank lasts longer than the second half. I usually run it down to fairly solid on E and it will take 7.5-8 gallons (SV so 10.8 gals minus the roughly 1.5 unreachable). One time at the track i got distracted and buried the needle on E. It took almost 10 gals so maybe the 1.5 is overly safe but I dont try for that. Here is NY they have taken the auto locks off the pumps so you have to hold it anyway. With some practice you can judge it but 1/4 of the time i still have spill over.

I have to imagine (even with the less expensive mechanic options). Multiply that by the number of cars across multiple countries requires @Croc to keep the work revenue coming in. last I heard that 2021 unplanned stop vehicle is still there. Not to mentioned how many cars (@crocaliasbringatrailer) has that no one knows about. I look forward to continuing to invite myself down to njmp and eventually tour the garage-mahal when all the cars come home to roost. Hopefully I’m not using a walker at that point.

@Croc good to know there is a “correct path” to fixing it. I ordered a BFH and will try and create some space. If I destroy the stay will order the 15” ones. Again not loving the thought of removing the fenders and re-glueing them. But I didn’t think I could do a lot of things when I started all this so another challenge. want to try and get some level of clearance for the Hoosiers to work before I purchase them. Need all the cheat codes to try and keep up with you and Blake.

And I won’t take offense to the “flat” green comment on the color choice.