Options And Upgrades, Cruise Control, Etc...

[Ekh]

How cool would your elio look wrapped in this black chrome film?

 

[NSTG8R]

How cool would your elio look wrapped in this black chrome film?View attachment 2526

I wonder if that's something you could do yourself. Or if it would require professional installation. VERY cool though! I'll have to check out the site.

 

[NSTG8R]

How cool would your elio look wrapped in this black chrome film?View attachment 2526

WOW! That stuff also made the 'goodies list'! Alsa Finishing added to favorites/bookmarked! Thanks for the heads up on that site Ekh!

 

[Lil4X]

I do 75 - 80 mph on the way to work everyday, and cops are the only ones passing me (without lights flashing). Oddly, it's around the same time of the morning that Krispy Kreme sets out a fresh batch....coincidence?

aka "bait"

 

[Lil4X]

Shopping for parts last week at O'Reilly, I came across a set of chrome trim rings - pretty decent quality too. That might be a good solution for those bare black wheels that are only partially visible under those wheel fairings. I don't know if the shallow offset of the Elio's wheels would accommodate these rings that appear similar to those on a mid-70's Monte Carlo.o_O

 

[Ekh]

I wonder if that's something you could do yourself. Or if it would require professional installation. VERY cool though! I'll have to check out the site.

They say you can, but I would not to want to mess with it. You need to be pretty finicky to get joins to line up right, etc. I also wonder how durable the stuff is -- though they do say you can get it coated with some goop that they claim is "the hardest coating ever made for a car" for an extra price, or course -- and this stuff ain't cheap.

 

[NSTG8R]

They say you can, but I would to want to mess with it. You need to be pretty finicky to get joins to line up right, etc. I also wonder how durable the stuff is -- though they do say you can get it coated with some goop that they claim is "the hardest coating ever made for a car" for an extra price, or course -- and this stuff ain't cheap.

I think a saw the Premium car wrap film was like $7.99 sq. ft. with a 5 year warranty [double check me on that], and I believe they said the "average car" was around 300 sq. ft. . Assuming the Elio is 1/2 the sq. ft. of the "average car", it'd run around $1200 for the material. I haven't really priced a complete paint job lately, but I'm guessing it'd be around $2000 and up, less if you've got a buddy that's got the skills and place to do it. Also saw a video demonstrating a wrap called SofTouch. Looks impossible to scratch. Gotta get me some to experiment with. Thanks for posting the screen shot of their site!

 

[aknaten]

SUPER Cruise control. That would be a nice option to add to the Elio list.
Will the Elio clock have a snooze button?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-07/gm-to-introduce-hands-free-driving-in-cadillac-model.html

 

[NSTG8R]

I'd be a nervous wreck! I'm the worst passenger you'll ever meet. If I'm not in control, I can't relax. There would be an upside if you had a couple of 'adult beverages' with your buddies after work. Hop in the back seat and say, "Home James!" o_O [closest I could find to a drunk looking emoticon]

 

[Ekh]

I think a saw the Premium car wrap film was like $7.99 sq. ft. with a 5 year warranty [double check me on that], and I believe they said the "average car" was around 300 sq. ft. . Assuming the Elio is 1/2 the sq. ft. of the "average car", it'd run around $1200 for the material. I haven't really priced a complete paint job lately, but I'm guessing it'd be around $2000 and up, less if you've got a buddy that's got the skills and place to do it. Also saw a video demonstrating a wrap called SofTouch. Looks impossible to scratch. Gotta get me some to experiment with. Thanks for posting the screen shot of their site!

Keep me posted if you actually try the stuff.