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Omega General Help / Re: Sport ? front bumper on a cdxi (will it fit ?)

« on: 29 March 2018, 14:39:34 »

Fogs in the Sport bumpers are different to normal fog lights, you will need 'Sport' versions, not many about.

Bumper should be a straight swap, the Sports came with headlight washers as well, so should have holes for washers etc that your CDX has.

that's good,thanks for the info 
not so good i just ordered a pair of fogs for cdxi 

7862

Omega General Help / Sport ? front bumper on a cdxi (will it fit ?)

« on: 29 March 2018, 14:33:21 »

Does anyone know if the front bumper from a facelift 2.2 sport like the one in the link will fit my 53 plate CDXi 2.6 please ?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/vauxhall/2002-vauxhall-omega-sport-automatic-2.2-engine-great-spec-and-great-history./1145143800
found one local-ish in the colour i need
will i need the foam and crash bar etc ? or are they all the same underneath ?
will the pair of cdxi fogs i just ordered fit ?
will i be better to paint a cdxi (also local) item to keep it original cdxi spec

i'm new to omega B spannering ,sorry , been spannering omega A's (carlton) for 18 years 

thanks in advance 

7863

Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted z157 wing,bumper,door etc (midlands if possible)

« on: 28 March 2018, 19:45:54 »

Little if any detectable difference between 147 / 157 in my experience.

interesting  Thanks for the info 
I may go have a look at the condition of the z147 items then that are local 

7864

Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted z157 wing,bumper,door etc (midlands if possible)

« on: 28 March 2018, 18:35:13 »

Thanks but a bit far to travel for a door ,
I'm waiting on a few local people to get back to me who may have z157
Easter weekend though. it's derivable ,but i'm still using my 93 carlton atm.
someone has all 3 but z147 20 miles away but i'd rather not paint if possible
(other than the masses of underseal,waxoil etc i'll be throwing at it's belly)
 

7865

Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: Wanted z157 wing,bumper,door etc (midlands if possible)

« on: 28 March 2018, 16:56:07 »

I got the small bits ordered 
just need the door,wing and bumper now 

7866

Newbie Welcome Area / Re: Hello

« on: 27 March 2018, 21:19:31 »

Thanks all 
just finding my way round now.

7867

General Car Chat / Re: Corsa, Engine Problems

« on: 27 March 2018, 21:13:35 »

I've  just completed completely rebuilding a corsa 1.2 (Z12xep) main & big ends,rings,head work,valve stem seals,tappets etc, (spent £400+ on parts )
getting the valves out is easy compared to trying to re-fit 
the collets are tiny ,there is no room to get in to put the collets in place,
 then PING ,spend half hour looking for the 2 collet sections that just fired out to who knows where.
i put the head on an mdf board with a cloth to stop the valves pushing down ,
pushed down/compressed the spring with a tube with 2 prongs fashioned with an angle grinder spring end, cloth pad the other (pushed tube with my chest ,stuck the collets to my fingers with grease to get them in place )
was a total nightmare , i have a big valve spring compressor and a small pickavant one, neither worked.
ok, so i have fat sausage fingers , 
took me all day and evening to get 16 valves (which i had lapped previously ) back in .
someone  on ebay sells 2 collets for about £6 when you loose some

i suspect your local engine  place has special tools to put the collets back and can do the job in seconds for peanuts
I would not do the valve re-assembly again without finding out how much it costs to be "someone else's problem"

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Omega General Help / Re: Body panels etc facelift

« on: 27 March 2018, 16:45:03 »

have you tried Derby v spares 0115 837 0585 or Nigel Pearson 07791 594909 he,s down that way has a garden full of migs as a rule.cheap too 

Thanks . tried both , awaiting call back ,along with a few other sellers
no one seems to want to answer their phones today 

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Omega General Help / Re: Body panels etc facelift

« on: 27 March 2018, 15:08:41 »

Type a Wanted Add in test and it will get moved 

Thankyou , just test posted it 

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Wanted z157 wing,bumper,door etc (midlands if possible)

« on: 27 March 2018, 15:07:10 »

I need to replace a few bits (due to the previous owners lack of talent avoiding non moving objects)
late 2003 facelift 2.6 cdxi z157 2au star silver 3 saloon
required:
driver's (offside/right) front wing,
 driver's door,
driver's xenon headlamp,
driver's headlamp lower trim
driver's front fog
 and complete front  bumper with wash jets if possible
  z157 2au star silver 3
any help appreciated in sourcing these 

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Omega General Help / Re: Body panels etc facelift

« on: 27 March 2018, 14:05:31 »

thanks for the replies 
can't do a wanted add as i only just joined up 
omegas52 has none listed but i will phone and ask

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Omega General Help / Body panels etc facelift

« on: 27 March 2018, 13:00:10 »

I need to replace a few bits (due to the previous owners lack of talent avoiding non moving objects)
driver's (offside/right)wing, driver's door,driver's xenon headlamp,driver's front fog and complete bumper in good old z157 2au star silver 3
so have a few questions if someone could help me please ?
I searched the forum and  someone said the estate front door fits the saloon ,please confirm ?
are all the wings the same ? facelift and pre-facelift ?
i'm struggling to find a bumper z157 and with headlamp washers ,can I retrofit my washers from my old bumper ? onto a non washwipe bumper (or just not have washers fitted on the replacement)
i'm trawling ebay local to me in midlands/derbyshire areas
any advice much appreciated 

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Newbie Welcome Area / Hello

« on: 26 March 2018, 20:30:33 »

I'm new to this forum ,
I've recently taken on ownership of a late 2003 facelift omega B CDXi 6 banger
I've been driving vauxhall carltons (opel omega A) for about 18 years,so familiar with the RWD GM platform 
I've run "My Naff Code Reader" to check everything ,now it's  time to start "underbody protection",waxoil,grease,loctite rust remedy etc etc
I have a few questions which I'll ask in hopefully the right sections