Scale Coil Overs

[Benjy]

Greetings all

Has anyone any experience with these?

https://scalesuspension.com/product/lotus-europa-70-75-innovative/

I tried writing a couple of times but they never replied which is rarely a good sign.

They look pretty serious but are certainly not cheap at about $1300 a set.

A very happy new year (almost)

Benjy

[Kendo]

Aside from the price, the range of years for the S2 model doesn’t give me confidence in their attention to detail.

[BDA]

Happy New Year to you too, Benjy!!

I have no experience or even knowledge of those shocks. The front shocks have an unusual design. After taking a look at my TC, I'm not sure they'd even fit and as you say, they ain't cheap! They do look nice though!

I suspect that you'd have better luck contacting one of their dealers rather than Scale, itself.

If you are putting them on a street car, I wouldn't bother. I like the Protech shocks I got from SJSportsCars (https://www.sjsportscars.com/). Spax are also popular. Both are a lot cheaper.

If you need something fancy, our own Serge is using shocks from here (https://raceshocks.uk/). Here is his video discussing his shocks for his S1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUBq9mz61_E). The RaceShocks website does not list shocks for either the S1/S2 or TC/TCS so you might need to call or write them.

[Benjy]

I was just wondering really... and they do look good. I really like the way they can be adjusted for height without adjusting spring rates.

But I want a compliant ride so wonder if there's enough damping adjustment in them.

My S2 has a set of old blue Spax which don't leak and since I filled them with new oil seem absolutely fine.

Maybe someone on the forum knows about these Scale coilovers. It seems like a lot of work to make a set specifically for the Europa if they do not manage to sell any!

[GavinT]

Benjy,
One thing you might want to check is that the listing is for "LOTUS EUROPA S2 70-75".
Remember that Type 46 and 54's have the narrow springs and these items may only fit Type 65's . . and Lotus ceased production of the S2 long before 1975 as Kendo points out.

Lastly, while the tardy communications is certainly a concern, I'd be put off by the lack of spring rate options while they're happily offering 15 different spring colours!
This, to me, speaks to the 'bling' aspect as taking precedence.