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Omega General Help / Re: Micksgarage and cheap wishbones
« on: 15 April 2024, 10:35:44 »
Hence I always suggest people with GM ones refurb them, rather than replace with crap. Its a bit extra work, but cheaper and will last longer.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 14 April 2024, 20:52:34 »
The idiot in the outside lane all the way from Towcester to Brakkers. But I chose to intimidate him rather than undertake.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 14 April 2024, 20:50:41 »It's a Jaaaag, there's nothing potential about itI think it could be a schoolboy error on my part, so I may have to apologise for all the words I said about that Callum town.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 14 April 2024, 20:45:24 »
Changed the oil in hers, purposely only to halfway up the dipstick to test a theory about a potential fault....
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Omega General Help / Re: Micksgarage and cheap wishbones
« on: 14 April 2024, 20:43:16 »
Yeah, worth keeping the GM wishbones for that very reason.
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General Car Chat / Re: Bavarian brawn
« on: 12 April 2024, 14:31:49 »I think the 5 Series in all generations (except perhaps the E60/61 at the time) has the most tame styling of all the vehicle ranges they make.Yeah, but in 10yrs when the prices are better....
If I had the cash i'd happily go from my F10 to a G30 or G60 but I don't so that's the end of that!
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Omega General Help / Re: Micksgarage and cheap wishbones
« on: 12 April 2024, 14:30:17 »The GM balljoints last far longer. On all my Omegas, I only ever had 1 (genuine GM) get any play. "I" (well, Gixer, as he has a pressI'm the same with balljoints, only replace if necessary. The originals usually last the life of the car TBH. The pattern ones are shite. The ones ATP use are shite from the beginningThe 'life' of the car being 100k ish...
) used to press in a new genuine GM rearward bush (fronts always poly'd) and pop it back on (or in my case, we always had a spare set already done, so could just replace the wishbone and the removed ones could be refurbed at leisure, and put into spares stock.Yes the ATEC arms from ATP are cheap and cheerful, but with the poly bush mod they are a cost effective solution. Especially when you consider that the genuine arms each cost more than a scrap Omega. Even refurbishing the factory arms with genuine VX/GM parts costs far more than the ATP wishbones.I think Chris and I were paying £14 per side, for the rearward bush. Suspect thats far more cost effective that a new pattern wishbone that doesn't really last
Speaking personally, I have fitted ATP arms to my own cars and have always found them to out perform their price point.They do seem to have a short life compared to what I used to use (completely ignoring fornt bush, as thats irrelevant, obviously)
For anyone already on pattern wishbones, the economics change though, as genuine wishbones are probably outrageously priced.
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General Car Chat / Re: Bavarian brawn
« on: 11 April 2024, 13:22:54 »
On the face of it, I would fancy one, enough I could almost accept that good awful interior 
Sadly, my back probably wouldn't cope (it struggles with a standard 5 series). Not that I could ever afford one
Sadly, my back probably wouldn't cope (it struggles with a standard 5 series). Not that I could ever afford one
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Omega General Help / Re: Micksgarage and cheap wishbones
« on: 11 April 2024, 11:59:48 »
I'm the same with balljoints, only replace if necessary. The originals usually last the life of the car TBH. The pattern ones are shite. The ones ATP use are shite from the beginning
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General Discussion Area / Re: Starlink.
« on: 08 April 2024, 18:12:37 »The latency will only really be an issue for voice/video calls plus gaming, for streaming and web browsing in general its not noticeable.At least 1 mobile company are definitely using the older 900MHz and 1800MHz frequencies for 5G (NSA), which can manage good coverage (but obviously lack the bandwidth of the higher frequencies).
You have to remember that 5g frequencies do not propagate as far as the lower 4g and 3g bands, so 5g coverage is generally always worse. It doesn't get better in as much as most 5g installs are NSA (Non-Stand-Alone) so are effectively 5g radios on a 4g base station.
As per Opti, if you have a cellular modem then consider an external antenna (keep the coax length as small as possible) as that will improve reception significantly and again, a directional antenna will be even better.
NSA (which all UK operators publicly use currently) obviously doesn't impact coverage, only bandwidth (and other features that aren't relevant to this discussion) is impacted compared to SA. I do sometimes get to play with SA when I CBA, and the speeds and latency are impressive (usually around 1Gbps down), obviously still not near fixed line capabilities, but I suspect once these cells fill up, and the cells start to breathe, speeds and coverage will suffer.
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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.
« on: 07 April 2024, 13:32:45 »
My lawnmower backfired on the first attempt to start it this year. That had been sat since the Autumn. Now its perfect, although I did have to refill my empty Jerry can - 5l lasts me about 3 years
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 April 2024, 13:29:46 »
Replaced the ones on her car now as well, for same reasons around my shite memory
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Cam sensor needed
« on: 07 April 2024, 13:28:57 »
Given the near indestructability of the V6 Cam sensor, you'll get away with one from a breaker.
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: \
« on: 07 April 2024, 13:27:53 »
The colour of the battery holder makes no difference, the 2 different manufacturers tend to all use black, but I have seen some semi transparent ones. IIRC, there are 4 different kinds of 3 button ones, all incompatible with each other yet look identical - thats why you need to go by the part number from EPC with VIN filtering enabled.