Front Panel

The front of my S4 has a great deal of crazing all over the nose panel, along with some poor surface repairs on the wing tops - the correct profiles appear to have been lost.
I have a much better second hand front that I intend to fit. My question is - is it a genuine Lotus panel - or a copy? Behind the nose panel on the car there is a bonded in steel hoop - obviously to put some strength into the panel. All of the bobbins are also the usual oval shaped ones. The second hand panel is minus the steel hoop and the bobbins are hexagonal in shape. I don’t have a problem with it if it turns out to be a copy panel - I’m just curious.

Cheers

Mike

Mike,

The steel hoop sounds like something which has been added by a previous owner.

The hexagonal bobbins are a bit of a giveaway that the section you have is non-genuine … as you say though it really doesn’t matter. If it really bothers you, it would be easy enough to replace the bobbins with the correct shape