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Lotus Evora. Manual - part 88

Lotus Service Notes

Section VE

The door trim panel is secured to the door shell by the door pull handle fixings, five screws along the bot-

tom shutface, a single screw at the top front corner, and three location pegs along the top edge. Note that the

door speaker grille is fixed to the door panel, but the speaker itself is mounted to the door shell.

To remove/refit door trim panel

1. Prise out the window and mirror switches and unplug the harness connector.

2. Remove the door front top corner closing panel:

- Prise out the two fir tree fasteners.

- Remove the two screws in the flange of the air duct connector.

Remove the single fixing screw securing the panel to the door shell.

3. Prise out the finisher plate from the door pull handle (4 spring clips), and remove the two fixings securing

the handle and trim panel to the door.

4. Remove the five screws in the underside of the door securing the panel. Pull out the bottom of the door

panel and lift the top edge location pegs from their slots in the door shell. Unhook the door release cable

from the handle, and disconnect the door harness from the window/mirror switchgear and mood lighting

strip.

Refit in reverse order to removal.

VE.3 - DOOR TRIM PANEL COMPONENTS

Face level vent/release handle escutcheon

1. The face level vent itself may be pulled out of the escutcheon with the door panel in situ.

2. To remove the escutcheon, the door panel must be removed. Then from behind the panel, remove the

blanking sticker on the air duct moulding to access the two screws securing the front of the escutcheon,

and release another pair of screws in the door release handle bracket.

Door release handle

To remove the door release handle, remove the door trim panel and from behind the panel, release the

four fixing screws.

Trim feature strip & mood lighting

The feature strip is secured by two fixings in the front shut face, two in the rear shut face and three screws

along its length, all accessed from behind the panel. The mood lighting strip is secured to the door trim panel

with double sided tape.

Door pocket

The door pocket comprises inner and outer parts both secured to the door trim panel from behind by 10

screws.

VE.4 - DOOR SILL TRIM PANEL

The door sill trim panel is secured to the chassis side rail by two 'fir tree' buttons located at the rear lower

edge. Prise out the buttons, and lift the rear of the panel to release the 'grip-lok' strips. Unhook the front end

tongues from the lower 'A' post trim panel.

If necessary, remove the harness protection cover from the rear of the sill by prising out the 'fir tree' but-

tons on the lower edge, and pulling the panel from its double sided tape.

Lotus Service Notes

Section VE

VE.5 - LOWER 'A' POST TRIM PANEL

1. Remove the door sill trim panel (see VE.3).

2. Release the three screws securing the bottom edge to the chassis side rail, and the single screw at the

outboard top corner to the scuttle beam.

3. Pull the panel from the 'grip-lok' strips on the footwell side wall.

VE.6 - CENTRE CONSOLE

The centre console, which is constructed from separate right and left hand sides, and a top panel, extends

from the base of the fascia to the rear seats/stowage compartment, and surrounds the gear and parking brake

levers. To remove the console:

1. Remove the parking brake lever sleeve after loosening the retaining grub screw.

2. Prise the Lotus badge from the gear lever knob, release the screw and withdraw the knob.

3. Release the armrest from its hinge by removing the two fixings beneath its rear end.

4. Remove the HVAC panel from the console by careful prising to release the 5 Tower-clip fasteners. Un-

plug the harness connectors, and lift the panel until the gaiter top clip can be released, and the panel fully

withdrawn.

5. Release the two screws at the back of the gear lever aperture securing the park brake lever surround,

unhook the rear end and withdraw the panel and gaiter over the lever.

6. Remove 3 screws within the front aperture securing the console top panel, and pull the rear part of the

panel upwards to withdraw the two Tower clips.

7. Remove the 4 screws securing the top surfaces of the console sides together. Remove the 3 screws

securing each of the side's lower rear flanges to the floor channel. Pull away the front end of each side

panel to release the two spring steel clips.

VE.7 - FASCIA DASH PANEL

The fascia dash panel reaches across the full width of the fascia and includes the instrument cowl/surround.

The panel also mounts the instrument pack, switch panels and mood lighting strip. To remove the panel:

1. Remove the closing panel from each end of the fascia by prising out the two fir tree fasteners, and pulling

the panel from its Griplock strips. At each end, release the two screws securing the dash panel to the

fascia.

2. Remove the instrument cowl top access panel by lifting the forward end free from its Griplock strips, and

unhook the rearward end. Unplug the harness connectors from the instrument panel.

3. From within the coin pocket outboard of the steering column, remove the blanking sticker and release the

switch panel fixing screw. Carefully prise the outboard switch panel out with its two Tower clips. Unplug

the switch harness connector.

4. Carefully prise out the inboard switch panel with its four Tower clips and unplug the switch harness con-

nectors.

5. Release the four screws round the underside of the instrument panel (not the screws securing the instru-

ment panel itself), fixing the dash panel to the fascia.

Lotus Service Notes

Section VE

6. Open the glovebox, and from within, release the 4 hex. head screws securing the fascia panel finisher to

the glovebox wall.

7. Withdraw the dash panel, and unplug the harness connectors to the mood lighting strip and glovebox

light.

VE.8 - FASCIA LOWER PANELS

The fascia lower panels comprise left, right and centre panels, plus the passsenger's glovebox and driver's

colum infill panel, all of these linking the underside of the main fascia to the chassis scuttle beam. These panels

should be removed before removal of the main fascia panel.

1. Driver's side fascia lower panel: Swing down the column infill panel by pulling the top edges to release

the Griplock fastener strips. Remove the single screw securing the panel to the scuttle beam and the two

screws to the underside of the fascia. Withdraw the panel from the location pin.

2. Passenger's side fascia lower panel: Open the glovebox fully by releasing the check cord and damper

cord. Remove the single screw securing the panel to the scuttle beam and the two screws to the underside

of the fascia.

3. Withdraw the column infill panel or glovebox from the location pin.

4. Central fascia lower panel: First remove the centre console (see section VE.5).

Remove the two screws securing the centre fascia lower panel to the scuttle beam, and the two screws

to the underside of the main fascia panel.

VE.9 - MAIN FASCIA PANEL

The main fascia panel extends from the base of the windscreen to the scuttle beam, carries the dash

panel and passenger airbag, and incorporates ducting to the demist vents. To remove the main fascia panel:

1. Remove the fascia dash panel (see VE.6).

2. Remove the fascia lower panels (see VE.7).

3. Unplug the passenger airbag connectors.

4. Remove the two screws securing the fascia to the rear face of the scuttle beam, beneath the passenger's

airbag.

5. At each end, remove the single screw securing the fascia to the support bracket on the scuttle beam.

6. Draw the main fascia panel rearwards to disengage the three front edge spigot pins from their location

holes in the windscreen frame.

VE.10 - STEERING COLUMN SHROUD

The steering column shroud consists of upper and lower mouldings. The upper section is clipped to the

lower, and should be prised off before releasing the tree screws securing the lower section to the steering

column.

Lotus Service Notes

Section VE

VE.11 - WINDSCREEN PILLAR TRIM PANELS

Each windscreen pillar trim panel is retained by a single 'fir tree' button at its lower end, and by 3 captive

'fir trees' along its length.

VE.12 - REAR QUARTER PANELS

First remove the rear seat cushion or shelf, rear seat backrest or bulkhead insulation, and the rear window

surround. Then:

To allow the seat belt to be fed through the slot in the quarter panel, the door sill trim and harness cover

must first be removed (see VE.3). Release the belt anchor rail from the sill and slide off the belt. Release

the belt upper anchorage from the 'B' post.

Pull off the rear section of the door weatherstrip.

Release the two screws from the base of the panel, and the two at the upper rear edge.

Pull the panel from its two spring clips around the window, and feed the seat belt through the panel aper-

ture.

VE.13 - REAR SEAT BACkREST OR BULkHEAD PAD

On 2+2 cars, the rear seat backrest is secured by a screw behind each backrest top insert pad, two screws

at the bottom edge and Velcro patches. To remove the seat:

Remove the rear seat cushion by pulling free from its Velcro fastening.

Remove both backrest top insert pads by pushing upwards to release the spring clips. Release each of

the single screw fixings thus revealed.

Remove the two screws at the bottom edge of the backrest, and pull the panel free from its Velcro fasten-

ing.

On 2+0 cars, the insulating pad on the rear bulkhead is retained by Velco pads.

Rear window surround

Rear quarter

trim panel

assembly

Harness

cover Access

cover

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