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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: headlight upgrade
« on: 30 June 2011, 18:54:24 »
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Surely if you have an elite, you have self levelling which is what is required to have HID's...so should be ok...

Also replacing your projectors with HID's is surely not replacing them with a kit...its a genuine Vaux item...

I have a pair of genuine HID's here if you are interested...aluminium adjusters in them so no chance of them breaking :y PM me if interested :)

Surely you are getting confused with Elite rear self leveling shocks (nothing to do with the lights), and the front self leveling SENSORS which are specifically for the HID lights!?

A car which does not have HID's should not have the front rapid adjustment sensors for the Lights.....but an elite WOULD have rear self levelling suspension?

or have i read your post wrong and that wasn't what you meant at all?

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: headlight upgrade
« on: 26 June 2011, 16:05:19 »
Easy to do,
Just did it on mine.

you're missing one plug see, for the ballast pack.

So just 2 wires from the ballast, soldered to the corresponding two wires from the original plug

Best to leave the old plug in place and solder the ballast in a bit further down the wires so you can still plug the old ones in should you need to at some point

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Well, I'm sure they are legal to fit as they are Vauxhall ones...taken from the same car, which were available as a factory fit option.....soooo from what i have read, that is ok.
However, the legallity issues arise in the adjustability and leveling of them.

I dont really fancy fitting washers.....lot of hassle...If i can get hold of all the parts to do so, i may consider it....but it's more likely that i'll just keep a decent cloth in the car to make sure i give em a wipe every now and then. I make a habit of keeping all my headlights clean anyway.

just comes down to MOT's then i suppose.
Well, they were cheap.......and i have a very reactive left click finger on the mouse lol.

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Hi,

On a spur of the moment thing, I bought these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250817214491&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

I was thinking of fitting them to my '97 estate which currently has halogen normal lights.....

Am i right in saying there is work involved in this, and is it better that i look for some standard projector types lights (as that would be fine for me really....just after the clear lenses look)

thanks

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I do think LED lighting is pants, unless it was meant to be there from the R&D stage. Add to that the various construction & use laws involving motor vehicles and all of a sudden it's much easier just to forget them IMO.

Well daytime running lights, mostly if not all in LED form, are appearing on nearly all new cars right now due to some union initiative.
Audi seemed to be the first to really integrate them, but recently I've seen so many more with them installed at the factory, and in most cases not looking too shabby.

The mistake most people make is just sticking them on willy nilly

CateraMV6 has done the right thing by integrating them as far as possible into the existing lighting setup. They look way more pro that way and suit the car.
Then again, he's had the lights apart to do that crazy BIXENON swap thing that i would never have considered lol.

Some people will go that extra miles and some just wont.
Personally, I wont, because my car is worth much less than his and its not worth my energy for a car that I for all intents and purposes wont have for a massive amount of time.

He on the other hand has a mint example of a high spec car, and i can see why he's put so much effort into it. It looks good.....
(apart from the black headlight Eyelids...stand out too much right now, if he's going to paint them then fair enough)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Second Stage Cooling Fan
« on: 26 April 2011, 17:00:32 »
Having removed my Viscous,
My temps which used to stay at 92 on the button all the time with the viscous,
Now start around 92 on the move on the flat....rising to around 95 on a long hill under load and rising to 98 on a standstill after a run, at which point you can hear the high power electric fan cut in, makes the engine dip slightly due to the load whilst standing.

Comes back down to 95 then untill i move off again.

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cheers for that  :y

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I have trawled trough as many past posts as my head can handle and not found what i'm looking for so i'll ask a fresh Q.

I'm replacing the headunit for an aftermarket one.
Only single DIN, no steering controls to worry about, and I'm not fussed on it showing any radio info on the MID.

Soooo, with that in mind, what harness adaptor do i need to buy?
My stereo has ISO block connections...., will they just plug into the lower part of the 3 blocks? (the 2 smaller ones)
look kinda similar.

thanks

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Replacable with CAR400, CCR600 or CDR500 as a simple plug and play operation.

Ideal, thanks for the heads up

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Hi,
I have a blaupunkt car 300 stereo in the car is just bought and i was wondering if its easy to unlock, and failing that what can i replace ti with easily?
cdr500 or something?
Either that or i'll just chuck an aftermarket one in with a nice AUX input for the ipod.

thanks

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: changing MID in preFL estate?
« on: 25 February 2011, 10:56:54 »
Yeah,
I just thought it might be that the MID took all its info from the sensros already in place for the ECU.
But if it runs off seperate sensors then no i wont bother.

It's gonna go haywire when i chip it anyway apparently. so no big issue really.

thanks

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: changing MID in preFL estate?
« on: 24 February 2011, 15:05:25 »
ah ok,
Thought it might have taken readings from the ECU.
cheers

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / changing MID in preFL estate?
« on: 24 February 2011, 15:00:59 »
Hi,
Jus picked up my Pre face lift estate 2.5td (select), and i see it has the basic top half MID with well.....no information but the time and date and outside temp.

Is it possible to fit one that will tell me MPG etc without too much hassle. Are all the connectors and sensors there to read it all?

Also, on a similar note, would it be worth doing that if i was:
a) going to chip the td. Heard it makes the MID go haywire
b) fitting aftermarket CD player, with ipod controls etc.

thanks

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Omega General Help / Re: LPG conversion how much ? worth it ?
« on: 29 July 2011, 00:17:55 »
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Hi all... Just musing about whether it would be worth thinking of getting my old girl (and i dont the wife) converted to Lpg.
Its not something i could do myself so, any ideas how much it would cost me ?
Adam
Much more worthy if you sale your actual car and buy an other one already had converted...

I would say this is a very good idea....

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Omega General Help / Re: egr valve?
« on: 29 July 2011, 00:25:06 »
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Hello There,

I've got an ignition problem going on for almost a year now. Been in several garages and the fault code says ignition failure but no one can tell me what is exactly wrong with the car. They are just guessing as usual.

About the symptoms: when the weather gets a bit warm, the car simply doesn't want to start. It seems like one or more spark plugs doesn't work properly or the engine doesn't get enough petrol. If I keep the throttle down, I can start the engine but for few seconds it sounds terrible, shakes and knocks, etc. Oh yes, and the engine management light is always on. Sometimes it disappears for few days but comes back again. During the winter this ignition failure hardly happens. Once I leave the engine running for few minutes, everything gets fine, it pulls, drives excellent, 41 mpg.

Attempts for repair: Spark plugs been changed, wires been changed after Newbury Vauxhall garage has identified oil in the spark plug holes ( it never happened since, so I'm a bit concerned about this ), fuel filter been changed, yesterday I've took off the EGR valve and cleaned it properly, it was full of oil mud but today morning as I've started the car I've experienced the problem again, however it got a bit better.

Now I'm going to change the fuel filter again but I'm really running out of ideas and need your suggestions. As I've said, the car works excellent, drives smooth and the consumption is brilliant to the size of the car. It is only the ignition when warm outside and only for few minutes. It makes no sense for me. I've forgot the last error code but it was only a general ignition problem.

I would really appreciate some ideas as I have to drive the car to Europe soon and a bit worried what if things goes wrong during my 3000 miles trip.


Thank you in advance!
Have a great day!
akos

It would be best if you started a new thread for your own problem....
Two questions in one thread gets confusing for people posting.

and also, welcome to the forum

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