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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: south west/wales meet?????
« on: 19 January 2012, 22:42:45 »just follow the thread that way you can see when there is new postsIm flexible on dates but they suit me fine
As long as i get my suspension sorted, leather interior inc full carbon trim fitted etc & alloys refurbed all good wih me...
PPL PLEASE REMIND ME!!!! can follow u down
will try rem to do that
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Meetings, gatherings, parties etc / Re: south west/wales meet?????
« on: 19 January 2012, 22:36:25 »Im flexible on dates but they suit me fine
As long as i get my suspension sorted, leather interior inc full carbon trim fitted etc & alloys refurbed all good wih me...
PPL PLEASE REMIND ME!!!! can follow u down
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Omega General Help / Re: Police MV6 LSD thumping??
« on: 19 January 2012, 22:25:39 »You got any backlash or lift in the diff input shaft?
All feels quite tight but i check it tho... odd that it only does it when its hot in 1st 2nd & reverse?? but main issue atmo is suspension
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Omega General Help / Police MV6 LSD thumping??
« on: 19 January 2012, 22:08:58 »
when my car is cold all fine,
(well except for headlight & suspension issues but there in other posts please view if you can help...)
After about 30mins of hard use or light 60mph cruse up motorway over 20/30miles the car after i stop then feels like i have 2 flat rear tyres feels like a thudd from 1st & 2nd gear from the back of the car?? some times doesnt happen like my last trip from worcester to leeds no probz but even after a 7mile drive threw lanes to malvern was enuf that when i stopped at junction started doing it again just really odd... any ideas?? it has covered 220.000 police miles 17.000 private & ive had it for last 3000miles giving it a right kicking but it was doing it day i picked it up.....
ive got 2ltrs of LSD spec oil for it any idea how much it needs....
could it be low on oil or any other issues??
because when i do drift her around sometimes both wheels drift nicely but next roundabout then 1 wheel will light up??? but when it does that its not thudding either...??
(well except for headlight & suspension issues but there in other posts please view if you can help...)
After about 30mins of hard use or light 60mph cruse up motorway over 20/30miles the car after i stop then feels like i have 2 flat rear tyres feels like a thudd from 1st & 2nd gear from the back of the car?? some times doesnt happen like my last trip from worcester to leeds no probz but even after a 7mile drive threw lanes to malvern was enuf that when i stopped at junction started doing it again just really odd... any ideas?? it has covered 220.000 police miles 17.000 private & ive had it for last 3000miles giving it a right kicking but it was doing it day i picked it up.....
ive got 2ltrs of LSD spec oil for it any idea how much it needs....
could it be low on oil or any other issues??
because when i do drift her around sometimes both wheels drift nicely but next roundabout then 1 wheel will light up??? but when it does that its not thudding either...??
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Omega General Help / Re: MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP!
« on: 19 January 2012, 21:52:33 »i bought my car it was fitted with monroe shocks on rear,its mv6 3.2,will sea if i can spot part no.
Cheers ive got a set of monroe air levelling shocks boxed ready to send back because they kept bottoming out, but speaking to monroe already there kits will only fit a car at standard right height...?? as i think my car must be way lower than a standard MV6 as on a flat road if i boot it it drops to bumpstops! & any slight bumps in road knock like hell as shocks bottom out,
is your car empty?/ish could you measure from center of alloy to arch for me front/rear.... i have an idea of how low it really is compaired to a standard car... Cheers M8
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP! 5 questions?
« on: 19 January 2012, 21:39:18 »Hello Zip, welcome.
Cheers any help greatly recieved
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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP! 5 questions?
« on: 19 January 2012, 21:31:52 »Hello And Welcome To OOF Matey!
Have done Cheers, Any local meets in west midz?? & ive got a few saloon V6 parts etc for sale?
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Omega General Help / Re: headlight adjuster repair/ removing lense?? & blacking out chrome...
« on: 19 January 2012, 21:27:41 »Yep - heat gun or hairdryer to soften the black goo and slowly pull it off. There is a sticky in the for sale/ wanted section for contacting the bloke who sells the aluminium adjusters. They are little works of art.Its a shame to hide them away inside a headlight.
Cant help with blackening lenses, sorry.
ahh thats wat that thing is i found it, ive got pair sets of xenon 2 pre/ 1 facelift but typical the lense on the broken one has a good clear lense, but if i can 1500gm wetdry & polish lenses up on others i strip them & repaint them insted... if it works i may buy sum other units & sell sum blacked out...
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Omega General Help / Re: headlight adjuster repair/ removing lense?? & blacking out chrome...
« on: 19 January 2012, 21:21:40 »With the bits that are staying chrome just be carefull i scuffed it by barely touching it. In regards to removing the lense i just nicked the missus hair dryer and heated and slowley pulled
Ahh i see someone said to me about chucking them in the oven ages ago when there chrome breaked up on there fabia rs to get lense off but they carbon tinted theres, but i recon i try the old hair dryer trick & a can of etch primer & satin black do the job
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Omega General Help / headlight adjuster repair/ removing lense?? & blacking out chrome...
« on: 19 January 2012, 21:10:24 »
Hi ive got a broken headlight adjuster on a xenon headlight how do you get the lense off without damaging it??
is anybody still selling the repair ally adjusters??
Also while headlights apart i was going to smoke/black out the chrome inside lense except the area around main beam which on my car is all so now fitted with xenon hid kit
Dim for about 5 seconds but once charged up bright as hell!!!
anybody had any issues painting chrome areas??
is anybody still selling the repair ally adjusters??
Also while headlights apart i was going to smoke/black out the chrome inside lense except the area around main beam which on my car is all so now fitted with xenon hid kit
Dim for about 5 seconds but once charged up bright as hell!!! anybody had any issues painting chrome areas??
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Newbie Welcome Area / MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP! 5 questions?
« on: 19 January 2012, 20:50:04 »
HI ive got a 99v ex police mv6 estate 3.0, as the ride hight on police spec springs were huge i.e 4"+ from 225 60 15 tyres to wheel arch i found a set of imrscher red springs & front struts for £20 in a scrappy ive fitted them onto car but in doing so 1 of the rear self level shocks sheered the top pin off with an almighty bang spraying fluid everywhere! i bought off ebay a pair of monroe air assist rear shocks with pipe & guage, i removed fuse from S,L kit & after fitting them & doing what kit instructions said on test drive Very bouncy & loud knocking from rear even with guage at max in green section? i called irmscher & they said there kits are 25/30mm max drop over standard & the mv6 model is already 15mm lower as standard..? but i noticed a huge drop of 40mm on front & 60mm on rear from police spec springs but the car sits perfectly level 
But as shockers were still knocking i called monroe who said that the shocks are only designed to fit cars with standard ride height & do not fit a standard mv6 & they dont list a shock for an mv6 either... ive tryed everywhere to source standard s,l shocks but priced at £180 each +vat! i calnt find anybody who do a standard mv6 shocker that can accomadate a drop of any height...? speaking to PVD, Vauxhall, LMF Vauxhall, Courtney sport etc they say only Bilstein do a B6/B8 shocker or a B12 complete kit for it now with 4xB8s & eibache 30mm springs £618.00 or FK coilovers £575.00 .... Dont know what to do... i use the car for 4 things... 1 daily driver, 2 drift racing & track days, 3 work car which means hauling upto 250kg in the boot, 4 towing a 3500kg car trailer so the S.L kit perfect & coil overs i can raise rear via spanners or use s,l to stiffen it up stop it goin too low but its trying to find a setup for all uses that dont cost a fortune... i want to try keep the drop ive got if poss just need to stiffen rear up as im running frontera front dampers modifyed to fit atmo so i can use car with small airbags wiv shraider valves but they are 20years old & 1split in bham goin over a speedbump & left rear on a rounderbout lastnight & now its bouncy again & knocking!! the airbags worked perfect if they were a bit bigger coz i cud maybe mod them into s.l system & when i have weight in rear pump them up but i still need 2 rear shocks to work lowered or raised or would standard s.l do it if i angle the sensor on rear wishbone not to raise it too high? because i got a 2nd hand one fitted them both on but as it was pumping up they lifted the car over 5" from tyre to arch then the 2nd had one blew & when deflating its self back down after the old one then blew aswel so i couldnt test the theory... i hope this kinda makes sence?? could i have a contact number if replying or if easyer mine is 07534 967604 as this is my 1st message & unsure how it all works...? hope you or anybody else can help..? Oh BTW car is now sat on 17" alloys with 225,45,17 fronts & 245 40 17 rears, from the 225 60 15 original steels that police had fitted.
Has anybody got any ideas what setup would be best?
Does anyone have any S.L rear shocks?
Has anybody fitted coilovers to an estate?
Has anybody modified airbags off the S.L system & how do u regulate the hight?
& what dampers can i use for lowered rear springs apart from bilstein b8s?
Does anybody have anything that could help part kits shocks/springs/airbags/coilovers?
But as shockers were still knocking i called monroe who said that the shocks are only designed to fit cars with standard ride height & do not fit a standard mv6 & they dont list a shock for an mv6 either... ive tryed everywhere to source standard s,l shocks but priced at £180 each +vat! i calnt find anybody who do a standard mv6 shocker that can accomadate a drop of any height...? speaking to PVD, Vauxhall, LMF Vauxhall, Courtney sport etc they say only Bilstein do a B6/B8 shocker or a B12 complete kit for it now with 4xB8s & eibache 30mm springs £618.00 or FK coilovers £575.00 .... Dont know what to do... i use the car for 4 things... 1 daily driver, 2 drift racing & track days, 3 work car which means hauling upto 250kg in the boot, 4 towing a 3500kg car trailer so the S.L kit perfect & coil overs i can raise rear via spanners or use s,l to stiffen it up stop it goin too low but its trying to find a setup for all uses that dont cost a fortune... i want to try keep the drop ive got if poss just need to stiffen rear up as im running frontera front dampers modifyed to fit atmo so i can use car with small airbags wiv shraider valves but they are 20years old & 1split in bham goin over a speedbump & left rear on a rounderbout lastnight & now its bouncy again & knocking!! the airbags worked perfect if they were a bit bigger coz i cud maybe mod them into s.l system & when i have weight in rear pump them up but i still need 2 rear shocks to work lowered or raised or would standard s.l do it if i angle the sensor on rear wishbone not to raise it too high? because i got a 2nd hand one fitted them both on but as it was pumping up they lifted the car over 5" from tyre to arch then the 2nd had one blew & when deflating its self back down after the old one then blew aswel so i couldnt test the theory... i hope this kinda makes sence?? could i have a contact number if replying or if easyer mine is 07534 967604 as this is my 1st message & unsure how it all works...? hope you or anybody else can help..? Oh BTW car is now sat on 17" alloys with 225,45,17 fronts & 245 40 17 rears, from the 225 60 15 original steels that police had fitted. Has anybody got any ideas what setup would be best?
Does anyone have any S.L rear shocks?
Has anybody fitted coilovers to an estate?
Has anybody modified airbags off the S.L system & how do u regulate the hight?
& what dampers can i use for lowered rear springs apart from bilstein b8s?
Does anybody have anything that could help part kits shocks/springs/airbags/coilovers?
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Omega General Help / Re: MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP!
« on: 19 January 2012, 20:28:52 »Don't know if this helps but a boy in northern Ireland does coilovers for omegas at £325 brand new they are a good brand but can't mind name. He is ni-coilovers.com or co.uk. Hope this helps
Cheers found them on facebook awaiting reply.... but still need 2 source the airbag issue in stiffening the rear with s,l pump...
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Omega General Help / MV6 Estate S,L suspension issues ex,police HELP ASAP!
« on: 19 January 2012, 19:41:55 »
HI ive got a 99v ex police mv6 estate 3.0, as the ride hight on police spec springs were huge i.e 4"+ from 225 60 15 tyres to wheel arch i found a set of imrscher red springs & front struts for £20 in a scrappy ive fitted them onto car but in doing so 1 of the rear self level shocks sheered the top pin off with an almighty bang spraying fluid everywhere! i bought off ebay a pair of monroe air assist rear shocks with pipe & guage, i removed fuse from S,L kit & after fitting them & doing what kit instructions said on test drive Very bouncy & loud knocking from rear even with guage at max in green section? i called irmscher & they said there kits are 25/30mm max drop over standard & the mv6 model is already 15mm lower as standard..? but i noticed a huge drop of 40mm on front & 60mm on rear from police spec springs but the car sits perfectly level But as shockers were still knocking i called monroe who said that the shocks are only designed to fit cars with standard ride height & do not fit a standard mv6 & they dont list a shock for an mv6 either... ive tryed everywhere to source standard s,l shocks but priced at £180 each +vat! i calnt find anybody who do a standard mv6 shocker that can accomadate a drop of any height...? speaking to PVD, Vauxhall, LMF Vauxhall, Courtney sport etc they say only Bilstein do a B6/B8 shocker or a B12 complete kit for it now with 4xB8s & eibache 30mm springs £618.00 or FK coilovers £575.00 .... Dont know what to do... i use the car for 4 things... 1 daily driver, 2 drift racing & track days, 3 work car which means hauling upto 250kg in the boot, 4 towing a 3500kg car trailer so the S.L kit perfect & coil overs i can raise rear via spanners or use s,l to stiffen it up stop it goin too low but its trying to find a setup for all uses that dont cost a fortune... i want to try keep the drop ive got if poss just need to stiffen rear up as im running frontera front dampers modifyed to fit atmo so i can use car with small airbags wiv shraider valves but they are 20years old & 1split in bham goin over a speedbump & left rear on a rounderbout lastnight & now its bouncy again & knocking!! the airbags worked perfect if they were a bit bigger coz i cud maybe mod them into s.l system & when i have weight in rear pump them up but i still need 2 rear shocks to work lowered or raised or would standard s.l do it if i angle the sensor on rear wishbone not to raise it too high? because i got a 2nd hand one fitted them both on but as it was pumping up they lifted the car over 5" from tyre to arch then the 2nd had one blew & when deflating its self back down after the old one then blew aswel so i couldnt test the theory... i hope this kinda makes sence?? could i have a contact number if replying or if easyer mine is 07534 967604 as this is my 1st message & unsure how it all works...? hope you or anybody else can help..? Oh BTW car is now sat on 17" alloys with 225,45,17 fronts & 245 40 17 rears, from the 225 60 15 original steels that police had fitted.
But as shockers were still knocking i called monroe who said that the shocks are only designed to fit cars with standard ride height & do not fit a standard mv6 & they dont list a shock for an mv6 either... ive tryed everywhere to source standard s,l shocks but priced at £180 each +vat! i calnt find anybody who do a standard mv6 shocker that can accomadate a drop of any height...? speaking to PVD, Vauxhall, LMF Vauxhall, Courtney sport etc they say only Bilstein do a B6/B8 shocker or a B12 complete kit for it now with 4xB8s & eibache 30mm springs £618.00 or FK coilovers £575.00 .... Dont know what to do... i use the car for 4 things... 1 daily driver, 2 drift racing & track days, 3 work car which means hauling upto 250kg in the boot, 4 towing a 3500kg car trailer so the S.L kit perfect & coil overs i can raise rear via spanners or use s,l to stiffen it up stop it goin too low but its trying to find a setup for all uses that dont cost a fortune... i want to try keep the drop ive got if poss just need to stiffen rear up as im running frontera front dampers modifyed to fit atmo so i can use car with small airbags wiv shraider valves but they are 20years old & 1split in bham goin over a speedbump & left rear on a rounderbout lastnight & now its bouncy again & knocking!! the airbags worked perfect if they were a bit bigger coz i cud maybe mod them into s.l system & when i have weight in rear pump them up but i still need 2 rear shocks to work lowered or raised or would standard s.l do it if i angle the sensor on rear wishbone not to raise it too high? because i got a 2nd hand one fitted them both on but as it was pumping up they lifted the car over 5" from tyre to arch then the 2nd had one blew & when deflating its self back down after the old one then blew aswel so i couldnt test the theory... i hope this kinda makes sence?? could i have a contact number if replying or if easyer mine is 07534 967604 as this is my 1st message & unsure how it all works...? hope you or anybody else can help..? Oh BTW car is now sat on 17" alloys with 225,45,17 fronts & 245 40 17 rears, from the 225 60 15 original steels that police had fitted.