Topic: Handbrake and gear gaiters now available for automatics. (Read 3765 times)

Duke01 · « **on:** 01 June 2020, 23:10:46 »

Evening.

As advised, I sent my gaiters off to the tuning shop on ebay, they have now copied the pattern and its for sale.
Quite a good job aswell. Mine is a facelift.

There was a debate on here about only manual being available, even though they are probably very similar.
They do however list it as Vauxhall Omega C.
Thought some of you might be interested.

Andy B · « **Reply #1 on:** 01 June 2020, 23:43:46 »

Quote from: Duke01 on 01 June 2020, 23:10:46

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They do however list it as Vauxhall Omega C.
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And as we all know ..... the Omega C is comparable to a MKV Cortina ....

456lbft · « **Reply #2 on:** 09 June 2020, 21:46:38 »

Quote from: Duke01 on 01 June 2020, 23:10:46

Evening.

As advised, I sent my gaiters off to the tuning shop on ebay, they have now copied the pattern and its for sale.
Quite a good job aswell. Mine is a facelift.

There was a debate on here about only manual being available, even though they are probably very similar.
They do however list it as Vauxhall Omega C.
Thought some of you might be interested.

Please can you tell me, do you have a link to the listing or company website/FB page?

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 June 2020, 17:13:35 »

I saw this and thought it was a joke as I’d literally just posted a minute before on the subject 🤣

However going on to eBay I see the items, distinguishable as they bare for the Omega C lol

Are these any good with easy fitment?

Nick W · « **Reply #4 on:** 11 June 2020, 10:12:06 »

Quote from: Webby the Bear on 10 June 2020, 17:13:35

I saw this and thought it was a joke as I’d literally just posted a minute before on the subject 🤣

However going on to eBay I see the items, distinguishable as they bare for the Omega C lol

Are these any good with easy fitment?

yes. You'll need a few minutes with glue and a sharp blade.

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #5 on:** 11 June 2020, 14:35:38 »

Lovely jubblies. Cheers nick. All ordered 😃

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 June 2020, 23:02:13 »

Evening guys. Ordered the gaiter set and they arrived this morning!!! Did the handbrake gaiter. Took ten minutes. Pry off old staples and gaiter. Glue on new one. Done. Looks fantastic!!!

Still got the gear stick to do but so far so good 😃😃😃

Doctor Gollum · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 June 2020, 23:58:40 »

Get it jobbed

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 June 2020, 10:12:17 »

Cheers DG. It’ll be done this morning 😃😃😃👍👍👍

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 June 2020, 10:15:18 »

...and Anihalator is sending me a new “S” button.

I was going to try and refurbish my old one as a spare (I get really greasy and dirty at work so can totally see this happening again)

What do u reckon... a careful “S” tippexed followed by lacquer? Or maybe an S from a stationeries shop.

Doctor Gollum · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 June 2020, 10:45:23 »

Presumably you know what it does, so clean it, wrap it and refit it.

And wear gloves

Nick W · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 June 2020, 11:19:30 »

Quote from: Webby the Bear on 13 June 2020, 10:15:18

...and Anihalator is sending me a new “S” button.

I was going to try and refurbish my old one as a spare (I get really greasy and dirty at work so can totally see this happening again)

What do u reckon... a careful “S” tippexed followed by lacquer? Or maybe an S from a stationeries shop.

yuk!!

Off white nail varnish. Buy some from Poundland(etc) if you can't borrow some

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 June 2020, 15:19:40 »

Lol cheers nick. Lacquer afterwards?

johnnydog · « **Reply #13 on:** 13 June 2020, 16:20:05 »

Tippex, nail varnish or any form of hand applied painted letters will look pretty c**p in my opinion. I'd get the surface as smooth as possible, find a similar white S in a stick on letter set, and then laquer it with a non solvent based laquer. With a light polish when dry would look infinitely better.
It not as if you are trying to match other letters near to it, so a slightly different font won't matter.
A chap on a galloping horse and all that.....
Just my thoughts of course.

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #14 on:** 13 June 2020, 21:57:53 »

Sound advice JD, cheers 😃😃👍👍

Nick W · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 June 2020, 11:42:25 »

Quote from: Webby the Bear on 13 June 2020, 15:19:40

Lol cheers nick. Lacquer afterwards?

that would help the durability.

But I'm with Johnny, whatever you do will probably look poor. Personally, I would remove all traces of the marking and do without it. How many other people are likely to ever drive the car? It's not as if the button gets pressed often - I've could count the number of times I used sport on my digits.

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 June 2020, 14:34:02 »

Yeah fair comments mate. I’ll try the stationery “S” and see what it’s like. If not I’ll use annihilators one cos that’s still got the letter on just a touch faded.

456lbft · « **Reply #17 on:** 15 June 2020, 08:50:23 »

Quote from: Webby the Bear on 12 June 2020, 23:02:13

Evening guys. Ordered the gaiter set and they arrived this morning!!! Did the handbrake gaiter. Took ten minutes. Pry off old staples and gaiter. Glue on new one. Done. Looks fantastic!!!

Still got the gear stick to do but so far so good 😃😃😃

Please can you tell me what do you search for on ebay to find the correct seller? I can't seem to find them.

YZ250 · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 June 2020, 09:44:32 »

Quote from: 456lbft on 15 June 2020, 08:50:23

Please can you tell me what do you search for on ebay to find the correct seller? I can't seem to find them.

In the OP's first post he says he got it from 'The Tuning Shop' which is in Cornwall I believe. Listed as Omega C though, as stated by the OP, which to my knowledge doesn't exist.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gear-Handbrake-Gaiter-For-Vauxhall-Omega-C-Automatic-Black-Leather/303560616789?hash=item46ad9f6b55:g:Fm4AAOSwsChess69

Hope that helps.

456lbft · « **Reply #19 on:** 15 June 2020, 15:41:42 »

Quote from: YZ250 on 15 June 2020, 09:44:32

Quote from: 456lbft on 15 June 2020, 08:50:23
Please can you tell me what do you search for on ebay to find the correct seller? I can't seem to find them.

In the OP's first post he says he got it from 'The Tuning Shop' which is in Cornwall I believe. Listed as Omega C though, as stated by the OP, which to my knowledge doesn't exist.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gear-Handbrake-Gaiter-For-Vauxhall-Omega-C-Automatic-Black-Leather/303560616789?hash=item46ad9f6b55:g:Fm4AAOSwsChess69

Hope that helps.

Brilliant, thanks for the link. That's something else to save up for then.

Webby the Bear · « **Reply #20 on:** 15 June 2020, 15:57:25 »

I ordered mine and they arrived next morning. Very impressed.

Hand brake went on nice... touch tight.

Gear stick one.... get the needle n thread out 👍👍

Migv6 le Frog Fan · « **Reply #21 on:** 15 June 2020, 19:25:47 »

Might treat my old girl to a pair of these.

VXL V6 · « **Reply #22 on:** 16 June 2020, 22:44:02 »

Tempted to get a set for the project car.

DeanJ79 · « **Reply #23 on:** 28 June 2020, 18:13:28 »

Evening guys. Hope you are all well

I also got the same gaiters off the tuning shop last week (fathers day gift) and haven't yet had the chance to fit them. The gearbox one did look a little bit like more a manual one. Has anyone had success in fitting the gearbox one yet and how do you get around the large gearshift knob? I am guessing a little cutting of the gaiter?

TIA

Dean

Doctor Gollum · « **Reply #24 on:** 28 June 2020, 18:26:04 »

Guessed correctly, unless you fancy completely dismantling the shift mechanism

DeanJ79 · « **Reply #25 on:** 28 June 2020, 19:42:33 »

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 28 June 2020, 18:26:04

Guessed correctly, unless you fancy completely dismantling the shift mechanism

haha i did look into how best to remove the gear knob and quickly realised "I'm not doing that" lol. Needle n thread it is I guess while reversed to ensure best look.

Thanks

Dean

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