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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 15 September 2021, 10:00:30 »That would certainly do it
That’s what I thought 🤣
Thanks for the pictures and links Al
Much appreciated 👍😁
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That’s what I thought 🤣
Thanks for the pictures and links Al
Much appreciated 👍😁
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 15 September 2021, 09:57:54 »Congratulations on the MOT pass
Cheers Dave
Saves me flapping about a replacement for another 12 months 🤣
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 14 September 2021, 10:17:55 »
Found the problem
Old HD springs on.
New Sachs shocks fitted.
The full weekend lying on my back
with wire brush, white and copper grease, tin / spray underseal and in for the MOT this morning ..........The verdict is ........ Another 12 months ticket with NO ADVISORIES
Well happy
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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: A bit of wiring loom required
« on: 06 September 2021, 12:45:55 »
Still needed if anybody is breaking one at the moment 
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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Recommended speakers for rear doors
« on: 06 September 2021, 12:43:21 »
Focal speakers would improve the sound massively but would really need a amp fitting
If not then Alpine do a OEM replacement which would give a nice little upgrade for not much money
If not then Alpine do a OEM replacement which would give a nice little upgrade for not much money
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 06 September 2021, 12:20:57 »
Near side rear shock is totally shagged.
Got to the point that if you turn hard right or hit a camber / pot hole, the back end corner loads up and collapses
so standard HD springs / Sachs it is
I'll have a look at the diff mounts when I get it up in the air and go from there
Got to the point that if you turn hard right or hit a camber / pot hole, the back end corner loads up and collapses
so standard HD springs / Sachs it is I'll have a look at the diff mounts when I get it up in the air and go from there
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 04 September 2021, 19:43:19 »
Looking on a small screen
Back home tomorrow
I’ll have a gander then 👌
Back home tomorrow
I’ll have a gander then 👌
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 04 September 2021, 18:18:43 »Solid/poly diff mounts will help the subframe location and tighten the rear end, especially with the HD springs.
If you can't find your springs, the first link is exactly the HD springs I fitted to my last estate (no self levelling). Second link is correct, but for some inexplicable reason, two thirds the price of V6 onesThey're identical, so don't take any shit from the seller
Springs (£69.99) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230221325046
Shocks (£114) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293517494441
I can personally vouch for that combo on a fully loaded estate
Fantastic Al
Thank you 😊
Do I remember reading on here that the rear diff mounts are hard to get or out of stock ?
Really need to get this sorted.
Front end just where it should go brilliantly but the back end with a full lpg tank plus some petrol is unerving as hell when loaded up on anything but smooth roads.
Even has the wife giving a little yelp yesterday as the back end started skipping around
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 04 September 2021, 16:20:37 »Heavy duty and Sachs shocks is the way forward.
Do Sachs make a heavy duty shock or are we talking standard ?
Thinking ahead since the MOT is coming up and the car passed 171K yesterday, what bushes on the back end may need sorting ?
The rear donuts are poly’s.
Thinking if I’ve got to take the back end apart I may as well sort everything
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Omega General Help / Re: Heavy duty shocks
« on: 04 September 2021, 13:00:40 »
I have a pair of standard heavy duty springs at home somewhere.
The cars a Mv6 so none of the plumbing for self levelling is there.
Sat in my caravan at the moment so not had a look underneath yet
The cars a Mv6 so none of the plumbing for self levelling is there.
Sat in my caravan at the moment so not had a look underneath yet
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Omega General Help / Heavy duty shocks
« on: 04 September 2021, 11:57:21 »
Does anybody out there do a rear heavy duty shock absorber for the estate ?
Running B4’s on mine with Eibach springs and since I put a larger lpg tank in last year they are struggling to keep the back end planted when driving quick on rough A roads
Running B4’s on mine with Eibach springs and since I put a larger lpg tank in last year they are struggling to keep the back end planted when driving quick on rough A roads
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General Car Chat / Re: LPG at Morrisons
« on: 17 August 2021, 12:14:34 »Adapters have always been a grey area, same as when we use adapters in Euroland. Thats adapters used on the car as well as adapters used to refill gas cylinders.
But a short-lived problem, as LPG as a car fuel is mostly unviable now
Got to admit its that time of year when I tell myself the car is going to drastically fail its MOT next month and its time to move on but the shed just keeps going .........
Just hedged my bets this year and splashed out 300 quid on 4 tyres.
Fingers crossed I can get a couple more years out of the old girl.
On a plus side, i've found a app / website for lpg stations (autogas.app) which is pretty accurate and has has found me a few stations down in deepest Lincolnshire and Norfolk where I tend to do my touring when I can escape from home.
In the mean time, I keep saving my sheckles for the day I have to say goodbye to the omega
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General Car Chat / Re: LPG at Morrisons
« on: 15 August 2021, 18:57:07 »IMO Morrisons or any other supermarket can decide who they do business with. If they want to stop the use of some foreign adapter things then up to them.
Agree to a point. At the end of the day, there forecourt / there rules
BUT are these actual adapters legal in this country or not ?
If they are not, is this going to have repercussions for us filling up over there ?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Afghanistan
« on: 15 August 2021, 18:53:41 »
We should never have gone in ...........
Why treat the symptoms when you can cure the problem by cutting the head off the cause.
Should have invaded Pakistan
Why treat the symptoms when you can cure the problem by cutting the head off the cause.
Should have invaded Pakistan
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General Car Chat / LPG at Morrisons
« on: 15 August 2021, 18:48:42 »
Just filled up and over heard a conversation with a very pissed off French bloke who wanted to fill up with LPG.
Apparently Morrisons are now playing hard ball and if our continental friends try to use a Euro - UK adapter, they are now to be refused custom and if they persist there plate number is to be taken and banned from ALL Morrisons Garages via the ANPR camera system they all use.
Apparently said adapter is banned under Health and Safety laws because it may leak and Morrisons liability insurance providers have spat there dummy out big time ...........
Is this legit OR is the knobhead (polite version) behind the counter at my local on a goose stepping power trip ??
Apparently Morrisons are now playing hard ball and if our continental friends try to use a Euro - UK adapter, they are now to be refused custom and if they persist there plate number is to be taken and banned from ALL Morrisons Garages via the ANPR camera system they all use.
Apparently said adapter is banned under Health and Safety laws because it may leak and Morrisons liability insurance providers have spat there dummy out big time ...........
Is this legit OR is the knobhead (polite version) behind the counter at my local on a goose stepping power trip ??