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Wait. You’re supposed to put it in a trailer? No one told me.

Yeah. I didn’t want to remove my floor either. I was able to take one screw out and raise it just enough to get the light thru. I didn’t want to rip the carpet out as well so I just put a strip of double sided Velcro (prickly side sticks to the carpet and the soft side faces out. It is hardly noticeable. Can’t seem to find a picture of this. I did have a strange led failure. 2 of the middle lights died a few weeks apart on each strip. Cater led sent me another one and I sourced one from Amazon for like $9. Must have been a band batch. The current ones have worked well

Someday I want to hear more about this…..

I defer to the smarter people here about what can fit. I did need to retrain my thinking when i got this car. Driving big heavy bmw before this I was always trying to get as much tire width as possible. With such a light car the slightest change has a dramatic effect. And the suspension, tires , sidewall height all have an effect on handling. I just deferred to the more experienced folks here( @Croc and others ). the 13” staggered has been great and I don’t have any regrets. Not sure how the extra power from the 620 factors in. my wet weather handling is acceptable. I don’t fear driving in the rain (although my zzs are pretty much slicks at this point - so extra care is needed). But when new with tread they were fine in the wet. I’m not running at 10/10 on the road, especially in the wet. For me having something work in the wet and great in the dry is the best. On track I’ll go full tilt in the dry and dial it back for the wet. The majority of my time I am aiming for dry driving weather so that’s what I try and optimize with the tires.

I like my 13” Apollo staggered set up 6” front 8” rear. My zzs are about used up. Will likely go with r888 until nova gets the zzs back in production. I loved the zzs. They were great for the road and track. I have had a few runs in the rain with them and they performed well (still a little dicey with such a light car). But not sure you can really address this without serious compromise the dry handling. I would def recommend the 8” rear. It looks right from the back. (The 13” does look a little lost on the rears from the side - but for the handling benefits worth it).

Bizarre. That is your single shift light. I don’t believe it should illuminate at all unless you hit your max rpm. here is the only thing somewhat related which unfortunately doesn’t have a clear resolution. But seems like a wiring fault. it’s a 420 but with a 620 dash. https://www.caterhamlotus7.club/forums/topic/278537-change-light-permenantly-illuminated/ I think Bruce would be your best bet.

I believe the 420 has a single shift light in that location. Mine has the sequential shift lights so it’s not there. I have a single light in the center of the dash that is the immobilized. It is blinking until the immobilizer triggers it to disengaged and then turns off or goes solid (I can recall). could this single red light in the dash be immobilizer related ? If it only fires when this light is in a steady state then maybe that’s what it is. Not sure what the different configs are between 420 and 620.

Storm king highway by West Point https://maps.app.goo.gl/SqBxwDSXEnE5fFHK8?g_st=ipc

I know the blat chat folks were talking about these piaa. I seem to recall @Croc chatting about this topic as well. https://www.piaa.com/store/c/4115-Horns.aspx

I have ppf on my carbon (faux carbon?) stone guards 2023 420r. And some on the exposed outer edge up to half way around the fender. I’m a little bit crazy and kind of wish it went all the way around. The paint shows some wear past the ppf line. Maybe I’m too precious. I also have the front half of the front fenders . And full side panels (which get pretty hammered in hard lock turns ). I like the body colors to show.

I think @cobra8214 had a cage put in by gmt. And think he has a connection with them. I also think he is still waiting to get it back. Geoff is also on the what’s app group.

May want to check in with @Vovchandr I think he was in the hunt for a long while. Had a lead on 3d printing them but think that stalled.

I’ve used turbo scan app for many years. Super easy and free https://apps.apple.com/us/app/turboscan-document-scanner/id1017559099

Not sure about Texas. But in New York. I needed the mco but needed to get the state inspection for vin assignment. The mco doesn’t count as a vin. The car only comes with a chassis number. New York assigned a VIN. Again not sure about each state dmv differences. But it seems like that’s the conflict. Caterham doesn’t assign VINs.

It seemed to be tracking correctly. I was shocked that my right rear wheel was about 10-15 deg warmer and 1-2 psi higher. I assume because of the exhaust. once I get a feel for how it heats up and psi rise on street and track I can see myself not using or needing it. But currently I am getting more insights so I’ll keep it. $30 buck and more blinky things for now. Why not. they have solar powered and hardwire versions. I already relocated the cig outlet to that place. So I went with that setup. Easy to pull it later

More baubles and bolt ons. In my continue quest to understand more about the car. I came across this decidedly cheap tire pressure and temp monitor. For $29 I thought I would check it out. First test of it seems like it works. Still not sure. May use it for a while till I understand how the temp comes up and tire pressure is effected. https://a.co/d/hxHCG2o

I actually wondered this myself. I end up returning the gesture but since we are sitting on the ground it ends up being two fingers up (peace sign). I get that this is opposite of the intended signal (keep two wheels down on the ground). But creative license like so many things with these cars. As I am not a motorcycle rider. I have enjoyed the unexpected kinship with the two wheel crowd.

I am very jealous. I just keep carrying that 1 plus gallon of fuel around without anyway to use it. pinning this for an upgrade down the line.

I ordered a master cut off “key” from caterham on 9/15. Just arrived today. Not a big ticket item for sure. But standard shipping charges. No other delays or costs.