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Originally Posted by ContactPatch
15 minutes to Crystal Delight w/ light.
1. Disconnect rear 12v battery, just one nut...easy.
2. Open hood, this will disconnect the 48V MH battery...super easy.
3. Pry off rear cap of old knob with supplied trim tool...easy.
4. Remove T10 screw with supplied driver...easy.
5. Lift tab and carefully remove ribbon cable on old shifter...easy.
6. Slide off old knob and replace with Crystal Delight...easy.
7. Replace screw and tighten...easy.
8. Connect ribbon cable with supplied tweezers...easy.
9. Snap-on back cover...there is no seam (yeah) and it feels great...easy.
10. Reconnect battery in boot and close the hood...super easy.
11. Get keys and start car and shift to drive it works perfectly and the "M" logo is lit up...easy.
12. Admire your work, get a beer or soda and check out that shifter...simply a Crystal Delight with light...
The center console rocks, it was missing some razzle dazzle...got it now.
Total time 15 minutes.
Tape the shifter screw on the screw driver, that lil'bastard is hard to get in the hole, once started just pull...easy.
Hope this helps anyone planning this upgrade, I would say a 10 year old could do it with supervision.
Note: No need to disconnect the 48v battery under the hood, opening the hood kicks it out of the circuit.
Bonus: Checkout the 2024 Lotus Emira.
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looks pretty cool! Is there a link?