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General Discussion Area / External render on houses

« on: 09 January 2021, 10:48:34 »

Anybody had a good external render applied to their house? Specifically the pigment/coloured type that you don’t have to paint?

Our current extension has traditional cement render that is overpainted. I think a combination of warm extension plus the render being on a cold north facing wall is resulting in the render failing badly (paint coming off and cement shearing off in thick slices).

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General Discussion Area / Re: Practice Amp (Guitar) Recomendatos.

« on: 21 July 2020, 20:15:41 »

I have this. Tis nice.

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/161102303431008--blackstar-id-core-20-v2-black

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General Car Chat / Re: Battery advice

« on: 04 July 2020, 12:21:44 »

Get one of the lidl or Aldi smart chargers and top it up every 2 weeks

that. Fit the hardwire kit if it comes with one(I know Ctek equivalents do), and all you'll need do is open the bonnet and plug/unplug the charger as necessary.


All of the manufacturers of toys(Ferrari, Porsche, Aston etc) supply these type of chargers, with their own branding, for cars that aren't used very much.

I second the advice for a ctek charger mxs 5.0. Not cheap at circa £70 but has a few advantages over cheap versions from aldi and Lidl (I’ve had both):

1) You can buy a quick-connect/release plug that is permanently attached to your car battery. Not only does this speed things up, it also allows you to close the bonnet and lock the doors of your car. The extra lead is called a ‘comfort connector’ and is only about £7 on Amazon. I also recommend the 2m extension lead for circa £12.

2) every aldi and lidl charger I have used have produced sparks when connecting them to the car battery. I’ve never had that from the ctek chargers I’ve used.

Top Tip: if you are very forgetful like me, and are concerned about driving off with the battery charger connected, get into the habit of leaving a note or the empty battery charger box on your drivers seat: this will remind you to remove the charger before setting off!

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Omega General Help / Re: Bootlid rear light covers

« on: 14 April 2020, 22:46:26 »

And face-lift ones are different and don't fit.

Thanks for this!

And to all for the banter, especially in the current climate. Two young scamps here (one only 10months) so it’s an “interesting” time at the minute.

Still, all the cars have been cleaned and polished!

cheers
Davey

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Omega General Help / Re: Bootlid rear light covers

« on: 14 April 2020, 16:44:34 »

I should have explained! I have been in contact with a breaker who can supply me with one only but who has kindly sent me a photo. So I now know what the ‘mark 1/pre-facelift’ cover looks like. However, I dont know what the ‘facelift/mark two’ cover looks like and whether or not I could get away with buying a full, later set off another breaker.

Thus the reason for asking for a photo.......

Gee you are a suspicious lot But diligent!! Hahaha

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Omega General Help / Re: Bootlid rear light covers

« on: 14 April 2020, 11:22:38 »

Yes I did think that, I know what mine should look like. Can anyone post a picture of a later/facelift car? That would be very useful 😁

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Omega General Help / Re: Bootlid rear light covers

« on: 13 April 2020, 21:42:13 »

Thanks both for confirming my suspicions! Off to ebay it is then! 😎

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Omega General Help / Bootlid rear light covers

« on: 13 April 2020, 20:20:58 »

Chaps.
I have a 1997 car. Inside the boot (On the bootlid) there is the rear side of the light clusters (ie where you would get access to change the rear bulbs. However there are no covers (ie you can see the bulb housings etc). See picture below. Is this normal or should there be plastic covers?
Cheers
Davey

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Omega General Help / Re: Battery losing charge

« on: 04 December 2019, 23:08:25 »

alternator is the obvious place to start

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Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hello: looking for an omega estate

« on: 06 December 2018, 13:19:50 »

Thanks all😀

Any petrol engine
Any age
Any spec

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hello: looking for an omega estate

« on: 02 December 2018, 16:34:19 »

Hello chaps and chapesses

I’m going to do the annoying newbie and thing and say “I’m looking for an omega, preferably an estate”.

There we go.

Have been looking for a while and annoyingly just missed out on a couple up my way (aka the proper north). But not giving up, especially as the wife has a baby on the way and I need the practicality of an estate. So omega or rover 75 estates are on the shopping list.

Hopefully post as a regular over the coming months.

Cheers
Davey