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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.
« on: 13 March 2026, 12:37:28 »
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Test Zone / Re: Testing how to post pics
« on: 12 March 2026, 13:11:47 »
Being a bit of a technophobe, I've never been able to fathom out how to do it.. 
It's a pieceof p#ss on two other forums I go on, so I don't know really why it is so complicated (for me) on here
It's a pieceof p#ss on two other forums I go on, so I don't know really why it is so complicated (for me) on here
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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?
« on: 05 March 2026, 18:35:46 »Does look nice & I would dearly love another one but only have a double garage if I could keep it under cover along with our other cars I'd snap it up.
Strange area of corrosion around the rear offside light unit - probably as a result of a poor repair following some damage.
The rear,arches look a bit suspect - whether it's trick of the light but there are some shade variations on both, plus the wheelarch lip returns look a bit crusty.
The number plate suppliers are a automotive paint supplier - doesn't confirm anything but just me being a doubting Thomas......
Needs to seen in the flesh by anyone interested.
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: rear shelf speaker grilles
« on: 22 February 2026, 19:31:20 »
They also came in a light beige colour or light grey, as well as the dark charcoal colour, depending on the interior trim colour.
The pictures of mine I emailed you yesterday were light grey.
The pictures of mine I emailed you yesterday were light grey.
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Omega General Help / Re: elite rear shelf speakers
« on: 21 February 2026, 12:06:24 »email is fine john .as my last message to you .
just to get an idea of how the factory ones look .cheers
Email sent Chris with pics
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Omega General Help / Re: elite rear shelf speakers
« on: 20 February 2026, 23:23:44 »email is fine john .as my last message to you .
just to get an idea of how the factory ones look .cheers
Sorry Chris, only just seen your email
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Omega General Help / Re: elite rear shelf speakers
« on: 20 February 2026, 20:32:48 »hi .could some kind person please post a picture of an elite rear shelf saloon from the top and underneath please .i wish to install some speakers instead of the rearI can take some photos of mine in the morning Chris, but putting photos on here is something that I've never been able to master (other forums I contribute to are straight forward!), so I will have to email or text them to you
door speakers which serve no real purpose !
just to see the factory position
cheers
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General Car Chat / Re: New calipers... What colour?
« on: 19 February 2026, 23:38:33 »
Paint 'em red. Always used to make my Ford Escorts go faster in their day in the 80's... 
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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass
« on: 12 February 2026, 18:56:37 »not that its entirely relevant but a few years back i managed to find a pair of brand new genuine air shocks for my carlton 2.2 from 'vauxhall green parts'.these were presumably quite rare then for that car and i think i paid around £30 each for them .i looked a few days later and they still had some but had tripled the price (or more !)
there will be some omega ones stashed away somewhere !!
I've got three sets of nos saloon s/l shocks that I bought off that excellent website 'Car Parts Connection' for little money at the time. Dealers listed their 'out of date' stock; you had to know the part numbers to search for items, but there were great bargains to be had! Unfortunately PSA (I think) shut it down a good few years ago.
Before anyone asks, sorry no, they aren't for sale as I have several Elites.....but when I'm on my death bed, I'll try to remember to put a post on here, but you'll have to form an orderly queue...
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Omega General Help / Re: Starter for V6
« on: 07 February 2026, 17:40:53 »
I've had to have two repaired over the years (on different Omegas) - the fault on both being water ingress in the solenoid on the top. Water drips down from the scuttle on the RH of the vehicle and drops onto the solenoid which don't appear to be sealed very well. I presume its similar with LHD Omegas.
Both cost me around £50 at a reputable auto electrical company that did repairs to starter, motors, alternators etc. - a lot cheaper that buying a reconditioned or new unit outright.
Both cost me around £50 at a reputable auto electrical company that did repairs to starter, motors, alternators etc. - a lot cheaper that buying a reconditioned or new unit outright.
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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 22 January 2026, 12:32:19 »
Cheers Jim. That seems like a good alternative.
As the bleed nipples should be slackened every two years for bleeding, would that not destroy the seal between the threads and the alloy caliper body possibly resulting in future galvanic corrosion? If they were being removed the threads could he cleaned and more Hylomar applied, but how do you thik would the sealant stand up to just being slackened to bleed?
As the bleed nipples should be slackened every two years for bleeding, would that not destroy the seal between the threads and the alloy caliper body possibly resulting in future galvanic corrosion? If they were being removed the threads could he cleaned and more Hylomar applied, but how do you thik would the sealant stand up to just being slackened to bleed?
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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 18 January 2026, 00:34:07 »
After doing more digging, I think I will stick with original Brembo /Audi steel replacement bleed nipples.
Reasoning behind it - galvanic corrosion when two types of metals are in contact with each other (as we all know), and an electrolyte (humidity / rainwater/ sea or salt water etc). Alloy calipers are made from an aluminim alloy I understand, and this corrosion requires an anode and cathode to start the process, if the two metals are similar this process is reduced.
Unfortunately stainless steel and aluminium alloy are more prone to electron transfer, and titanium even more so; mild steel or zinc plated steel less so. In other words the more similar the metal are between anode and cathode, the less galvanic corrosion occurs.
You would have thought the engineers at Brembo would fit the most appropriate bleed nipples for the metal in their calipers, so with that in mind, I am going to stick with their standard bleed nipples. I'm not saying galvanic corrosion won't occur again, but with a barrier on the threads such as ceramic grease or red rubber grease (being unaffected by brake fluid) should help to reduce the effect.
Took some research but stainless in alloy, and titanium in alloy are not recommended at all unless sleeved with a more compatible metal.
Now have to get the snapped and seized bleed nipples out......
Reasoning behind it - galvanic corrosion when two types of metals are in contact with each other (as we all know), and an electrolyte (humidity / rainwater/ sea or salt water etc). Alloy calipers are made from an aluminim alloy I understand, and this corrosion requires an anode and cathode to start the process, if the two metals are similar this process is reduced.
Unfortunately stainless steel and aluminium alloy are more prone to electron transfer, and titanium even more so; mild steel or zinc plated steel less so. In other words the more similar the metal are between anode and cathode, the less galvanic corrosion occurs.
You would have thought the engineers at Brembo would fit the most appropriate bleed nipples for the metal in their calipers, so with that in mind, I am going to stick with their standard bleed nipples. I'm not saying galvanic corrosion won't occur again, but with a barrier on the threads such as ceramic grease or red rubber grease (being unaffected by brake fluid) should help to reduce the effect.
Took some research but stainless in alloy, and titanium in alloy are not recommended at all unless sleeved with a more compatible metal.
Now have to get the snapped and seized bleed nipples out......
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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 17 January 2026, 16:01:12 »
Thanks Nick - they have always had the rubber caps on the nipples. Stainless was my thoughts too of the the two metals from what I've read. Checked the cost of them and they aren't too bad price wise either.