Interior Exterior
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I am surprised that no one complained about the stock pedals. Here's a couple of issues I have:
1. They are extremely slippery when wet, almost undrivable. Can be potentially dangerous.
2. They are positioned extremely close to each other and the gas pedal is tiny.
3. Overall, they look and feel cheap.
Did anyone swap the factory pedals in favor of some better quality ones? What are the options?
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Wow. The pedals are one of the pictures that rotates through my screen saver. If I were to change anything (aside from the pedal height issues oft. talked about here), it would be to make the brake closer to the gas. Aside from that I find them to be wonderful.
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I don't have any complaints about the pedals. But I also have very narrow feet, size 10 1/2 A.
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Note that the brake pedal pad is separate from the lever itself. And it has three holes...so you CAN move it closer to the gas pedal. Also note that you can change the height and relative height of the gas and brake pedals quite a bit...inches.
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1. They are extremely slippery when wet, almost undrivable. Can be potentially dangerous.
2. They are positioned extremely close to each other and the gas pedal is tiny.
3. Overall, they look and feel cheap.
I find regular rubber covered pedals to be slippery, not the pedals on the Elise.
They are close, because it's tight down there - not much room for more spacious pedals, but my size EEEE feet fit just fine.
The aluminum extrusions that the pedals are made of are the highest quality pedals I've ever experienced - much better than a bent rod with a flat hunk of steel welded on. As someone said about the door hinges and window cranks, pure car porn...
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1. They are extremely slippery when wet, almost undrivable. Can be potentially dangerous.
2. They are positioned extremely close to each other and the gas pedal is tiny.
3. Overall, they look and feel cheap.
Let's see:
1. Arguable. I haven't had any trouble at least with the Oakely driving shoes that I have.
2. Certainly true. However, I like it that way.
3. You're absolutely out of your mind. I show 'em to my architect and engineer friends and have to clean the drool with a mop.
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Depending on what kind of shoes you are wearing, I can see them being slippery when wet. Has happened to me before, but it hardly rains here. If you are worried about it, perhaps you can find about some kind of covering to help in that regard.
I'm not sure there is a lot of room to space the pedals out. You can make fine adjustments as Stan suggests, which will help, but it's not going to change dramatically. As long as you can operate each pedal individually and aren't making big mistakes, it should be fine. Shoes also help in this regard...no huge basketball shoes.
Stan has some kind of throttle pedal extention that he was playing around with earlier.
Pedals are also seem like good quality to me up close...
- J
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Drive barefoot.
I am a little confused as to why the gas pedal does not have the same knurl as the brake and clutch...
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Drive barefoot.
I am a little confused as to why the gas pedal does not have the same knurl as the brake and clutch...
I'd assume it's because they want you to be able to slip on/off the the gas easily for heel/toe...
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How easy is it to remove the "dead pedal"? I found myself scraping my shoe against it when operating the clutch, and couldn't rest my foot naturally on it w/o bumping against the clutch, so I'd rather just remove the silly thing.
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Cheap? As compared to the pedals in what? The pedals in the Elise are pure sculpture and easily the least "cheap" that I have ever seen or experienced. I'm interested to hear what you consider to be nice (er?) pedals.
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How easy is it to remove the "dead pedal"? I found myself scraping my shoe against it when operating the clutch, and couldn't rest my foot naturally on it w/o bumping against the clutch, so I'd rather just remove the silly thing.
You need some of these
http://www.journeys.com/catalog_deta...&csid=PERF2005
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"Cheap? As compared to the pedals in what? The pedals in the Elise are pure sculpture and easily the least "cheap" that I have ever seen or experienced. I'm interested to hear what you consider to be nice (er?) pedals."
Something like http://www.stuttgart.co.uk/ruf/96pedals/ruf96pedal.html or http://www.motorenergy.com/images/BMW_AC_Pedal_M.jpg would be great. Stock pedals look like they belong on a mini or something, not to mention they are dangerous to drive when your shoes are wet. And it rains a lot in FL, I constantly have problems. And no, I dont normally walk around in "driving shoes"...
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Patricko: I have a pair of Speedcats! Unfortunately, my job requires dress shoes, so I may be wearing those often. I am waiting to buy a pair of GEOXs though.
Keith: So why do you think they look like they belong on a MINI, hmm? Coopers may not cost a lot, but the build quality is good, certainly not "cheap".
Personally, with all the aluminum visible in the interior I think the pedals are a perfect fit, visually.
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Personally, with all the aluminum visible in the interior I think the pedals are a perfect fit, visually.
I think they're an awesome piece of machine work, they look cool like the pedals from a formula car, and in the rain this morning I had no problem operating them with my dress shoes. I thought those Ruf pedals looked good, but the other ones looked like the stuff I used to order out of the JC Whitney catalog!
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... Stock pedals look like they belong on a mini or something,
LOL. The pedals that came in my Mini Cooper S are more bad-ass than the ones in that link you posted. Poor mini - gets no respect.
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There are lots of suitable casual and dress shoes that work well with the Elise, but I agree that not everyone wants to dress with the Elise in consideration.
Anyway Keith, supposidely the '06 cars have a wider gas pedal that you might look into.
- J
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Something like http://www.stuttgart.co.uk/ruf/96pedals/ruf96pedal.html or http://www.motorenergy.com/images/BMW_AC_Pedal_M.jpg would be great.
So you really don't abject to the pedals, you just want shiny (ricey?) pedal covers. Especially the slippery smooth ones so that your foot slides gently across them...
I find the ribs in the pedals work just fine for holding my shoes without slipping. Best pedals I've ever encountered in any car.