Elise Engine Hatch Lid Stay

Elise engine hatch lid stay, I never liked the relatively flimsy original Lotus stay rod, which was bent on my car when I bought it, so I devised this as an improvement.

I used a rose joint as the pivot in place of the gromit, increasing the dia from 6 to 8mm, with a short length of 6mm to fit the existing location at the top end.

I’d bought more material than I needed to try a couple of ideas if one wasn’t effective, and also practice bending the 6mm rod, and wondered if anyone else wanted to add a bit of ‘useful’ bling to their car!

Comes complete with a decent quality rose joint, stainless M6 button head capscrew, washer and nyloc.