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At least you have a cup holder! Only thing that lets the car down in my opinion is poor storage and no cup holders on pre facelift.Jim managed to get a set of fold away cupholders from a Cadillac Catera (same as the Omega) on eBay US for his pre-facelift. Look rather nifty, and didn't cost him much either.
So who manufactures those discs, and where do you get them, I have EBC grooved/coated discs at the moment, no problems, big improvement in the breaking; Notice fitted in oppossing direction. :-/Is that a question for me? :-?
I don't think you need to go over the top dude.QuoteNever had any problems with my drilled and grooved and they've been on the car over a year. The advantage of the green pad over the other variants is how long it takes for them to reach optimum, and they achieve it quicker. They are not a true 'track' pad but more middle ground. Even from stone cold the brakes are still far more responsive than the standard setup. They are also quiet during operation, they don't squeel.Yeah, thanks for that info. It sounds like Green pads are the kind of thing I want. The question is if I just do slotted rotors, or try to fit 310-315mm rotors.
With regard to brake fade, i could achieve that very easily with the standard setup. It's the 3.0 Auto i've got, a heavy beast anyway, but being the Elite, even more so, which had all round vented discs as standard, all genuine Vx, but still suffered very badly with fade, especially when braking heavy at speed. Hence my decision to upgrade, and honestly, i've not looked back.
But like they say, the choice is yours, just giving you my experience with 'em.
QuoteNever had any problems with my drilled and grooved and they've been on the car over a year. The advantage of the green pad over the other variants is how long it takes for them to reach optimum, and they achieve it quicker. They are not a true 'track' pad but more middle ground. Even from stone cold the brakes are still far more responsive than the standard setup. They are also quiet during operation, they don't squeel.
With regard to brake fade, i could achieve that very easily with the standard setup. It's the 3.0 Auto i've got, a heavy beast anyway, but being the Elite, even more so, which had all round vented discs as standard, all genuine Vx, but still suffered very badly with fade, especially when braking heavy at speed. Hence my decision to upgrade, and honestly, i've not looked back.
But like they say, the choice is yours, just giving you my experience with 'em.
If you managed to fade the brakes then you must be driving the Omega in the same way I was driving my Astra 20 years ago
Thanks for the feedback, confirmation back that the Focus TC/ABS system is a dealer fix. I like the idea of the CCR Super as it is small enough to cart about in the car without having to worry about the laptop as well, plus there's no code book required as it is the same type of readout as Tech 2. Really tempted to go buy while I've got the cash and if I do I'll feedback on the results as I know I still have a fault code lurking from Saturday morning before I changed the glowplugs.Let us know how you go cos that CCR looks a handy piece of kit, as you say, it's nice and portable.
Steve
Sorry for sounding thick but what is the scuttle and wher do i find it? I've got to try and do this tonight cos my neighbours are going mad!The scuttle is the plastic grill just below the windscreen, where the wipers are mounted.
what tools do i need for this?
sorry for being dumb but i'm not very technical.
I've had the four chirps since the day and hour i got the car and i've never had the alarm sounding. Strange. Perhaps there was a genuine fault with your sounder, as well as the batteries.QuoteQuoteCould also bee the NiCd backup battery in the power sounder - but then you should also sometimes hear four beeps from the bonnet area.Nope, that wouldn't cause the alarm to sound, you would just get the 4 chirps when switching off the ignition.
Err... sorry Kev, but yes it would. It did on mine - I had the four beeps and the occasional unexplained alarm going off. Vx said it was the backup battery, and the power sounder was replaced by Vx under warranty which solved the problem.
Could also bee the NiCd backup battery in the power sounder - but then you should also sometimes hear four beeps from the bonnet area.Nope, that wouldn't cause the alarm to sound, you would just get the 4 chirps when switching off the ignition.
