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An old favourite is back - THE RHD FOOTREST!!
Everyone (except INEOS) say that it's a shitty design. The drivers footwell is quite small & cramped but, for most it's not a major issuue, for a few it's bloody uncomfortable. It's sort of OK for me but it is an inconvenience - for 3 reasons:
1. IT'S TOO HIGH: Everyone's left leg will be raised 25mm - 35mm off the front edge of the seat whilst their right leg rests comfortably on it because the top of the footrest is HIGHER than the accelerator.
2. The top of the footrest is blocked off by the bulkhead and thus nobody's left leg can be stretch out fully.
3. IT'S TOO WIDE: There is only a small gap between the right edge of the footrest and the brake pedal - so no one can squeeze their left foot between the them & rest their left leg there.
WHY IS THE RHD FOOTELL AREA DESIGNED LIKE THIS?
The consenus seems to be because of the downward path of the exhaust manifold pipe creating a bigger than usual intrusion and a lot of extra insulating foam needs to surround this area becasue of the heat.
REALLY?? I call BS on this.
I removed the drivers plastic flooring that includes the big footrest to look at the so-called intrusion. I also went under the car to look at the position of the exhaust manifold. I measured everything.
In a nutshell - the footrest (as part of the plastic flooring) is significantly WIDER than the actual metal intrusion footrest.
The plastic moulded footrest is 160mm wide (red arrow line).
The metal intrusion footrest underneath is only 100mm wide (green line).
Thus, the footrest is 60mm wider than it could be, (yellow shaded area) achieved by inserting a 60mm wedge of foam on the right side (see photo) of the plastic flooring.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY!!
The plastic footrest is also TOO HIGH due to a 30/35mm wedge of foam above the metal footrest. (see photo).
IT'S NOT NECESSARY!!
I drove for 45 minutes without the drivers floor, the engine temp got to 96C; I felt the metal footrest and it was NOT EVEN WARM.
WHY - because there is a substantial 70mm gap between the insulated exhaust pipe and the bottom of the metal footrest (floor), that is also insulated.
I say for those that hate the footrest or are irritated or made uncomfortable by it - CUT THE FOOTREST AWAT FROM THE FOOR PIECE & TRIM OFF THE FOAM WEDGES ON THE SIDE AND TOP AND GLUE IT BACK DOWN ON THE METAL.
Everyone (except INEOS) say that it's a shitty design. The drivers footwell is quite small & cramped but, for most it's not a major issuue, for a few it's bloody uncomfortable. It's sort of OK for me but it is an inconvenience - for 3 reasons:
1. IT'S TOO HIGH: Everyone's left leg will be raised 25mm - 35mm off the front edge of the seat whilst their right leg rests comfortably on it because the top of the footrest is HIGHER than the accelerator.
2. The top of the footrest is blocked off by the bulkhead and thus nobody's left leg can be stretch out fully.
3. IT'S TOO WIDE: There is only a small gap between the right edge of the footrest and the brake pedal - so no one can squeeze their left foot between the them & rest their left leg there.
WHY IS THE RHD FOOTELL AREA DESIGNED LIKE THIS?
The consenus seems to be because of the downward path of the exhaust manifold pipe creating a bigger than usual intrusion and a lot of extra insulating foam needs to surround this area becasue of the heat.
REALLY?? I call BS on this.
I removed the drivers plastic flooring that includes the big footrest to look at the so-called intrusion. I also went under the car to look at the position of the exhaust manifold. I measured everything.
In a nutshell - the footrest (as part of the plastic flooring) is significantly WIDER than the actual metal intrusion footrest.
The plastic moulded footrest is 160mm wide (red arrow line).
The metal intrusion footrest underneath is only 100mm wide (green line).
Thus, the footrest is 60mm wider than it could be, (yellow shaded area) achieved by inserting a 60mm wedge of foam on the right side (see photo) of the plastic flooring.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY!!
The plastic footrest is also TOO HIGH due to a 30/35mm wedge of foam above the metal footrest. (see photo).
IT'S NOT NECESSARY!!
I drove for 45 minutes without the drivers floor, the engine temp got to 96C; I felt the metal footrest and it was NOT EVEN WARM.
WHY - because there is a substantial 70mm gap between the insulated exhaust pipe and the bottom of the metal footrest (floor), that is also insulated.
I say for those that hate the footrest or are irritated or made uncomfortable by it - CUT THE FOOTREST AWAT FROM THE FOOR PIECE & TRIM OFF THE FOAM WEDGES ON THE SIDE AND TOP AND GLUE IT BACK DOWN ON THE METAL.