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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 30 June 2018, 22:08:12
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Hi guys.
Ok, so I want to spruce up my wheel bolt covers. I was going to just buy a new set but I got berated from taxi al last time for being lazy ;D so is there a way to spruce them up?
They've gone really dull. Presumably due to the TFR from the polish cleaners.
Any ideas...
TIA boyos :y
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TFR? :-\
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Traffic film remover. Apparently makes all rubbers and plastics fade
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They're plastic, and refurbishing them effectively isn't easy.
They're also shit, and best installed in the bin.
Do that, and give a quick squirt of silver paint down each wheel hole. Buy an aerosol from Poundland to do this, if you care enough.
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Cheers Nick 👍👍👍
Here's a random question.... what colour were they when they came off the production line? Mine seem like faded grey. But most vauxhalls I see have black....
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My brothers are grey(or appear so) but mine are black.fiddly and a bit time consuming but mine came up fine with t cut.they finish the wheel off nicely and do need to be fitted in my opinion.there are also many original and aftermarket ones on ebay.
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Im pretty sure some were black and some were silver. Get a set of black ones and heat with a heatgun / hairdryer to make them look new and shiny again.
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Cheers Nick 👍👍👍
Here's a random question.... what colour were they when they came off the production line? Mine seem like faded grey. But most vauxhalls I see have black....
Mainly grey . . .but both 03 plate omegas I have had were fitted with black .
Have a look at these nice chrome ones on e bay . . . item no. 152799286791 unusually these are 31mm long & are much nearer the length of the original VX ones . . .unlike the standard shallow 20mm usually sold on the bay of fleas. At £ 7.99 for 20 probably as cheap as buying a can of spray paint to refurb your original ones.
I have brought a set & am really pleased with them, they set the wheels off well :y :y HTH
Of course understand that chrome may not be everyones choice & many will want to stay OE colour 8)
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Im pretty sure some were black and some were silver. Get a set of black ones and heat with a heatgun / hairdryer to make them look new and shiny again.
Never tried that....will give it a go on spare ones. Thankyou.
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Ive tried it on black plastic bumpers etc. and it works well, so presumably it will do the same with bolt covers. :y
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I bought a stackload from the dealer when then wanted shot of them, they had black and silver, but I only picked out the black.
I say black, but I think it was more a very dark grey, somewhere between charcoal grey and black.
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03 plate here and they are blackish. :y
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My 2000 X plate were light grey, probably silver to start with, 03 plate are dark grey. Other vauxhalls from the same year I've had were all black.
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Thanks for all the input guys.
I saw the chrome ones but they're not for me personally. I just want stock original. Sad I know ;D
I think these are the right ones...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20pc-17mm-Wheel-Nut-Cover-Bolt-Cap-For-Vauxhall-Opel-Romove-Tool-Key-Gray/152703145777?fits=Car+Make%3AVauxhall&hash=item238dd11731:g:GUUAAOSw4kVZujte
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Them's do nicely :y
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Looks good to me. :y
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apart from they don't fit on the locking wheel bolt on each wheel
so 80% coverage
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apart from they don't fit on the locking wheel bolt on each wheel
so 80% coverage
Yeah, the locking covers are rocking horse shit. I have some black PLA, maybe I should print some ;D
But does anyone still use lockers on their Omegas?
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Lol my lockers went about 8 years ago :y
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apart from they don't fit on the locking wheel bolt on each wheel
so 80% coverage
Yeah, the locking covers are rocking horse shit. I have some black PLA, maybe I should print some ;D
But does anyone still use lockers on their Omegas?
Goodyear rubber is over 100 quid a corner and my wheels are mint , so I do :-[
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apart from they don't fit on the locking wheel bolt on each wheel
so 80% coverage
Yeah, the locking covers are rocking horse shit. I have some black PLA, maybe I should print some ;D
But does anyone still use lockers on their Omegas?
Goodyear rubber is over 100 quid a corner and my wheels are mint , so I do :-[
Luckily my Rovellos or whatever rubbish I've got on there is about the same price for all four ;D
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I've got some black ones, silver, and a couple of white.
How many you need young bear..
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Lol my lockers went about 8 years ago :y
Had a hell of a job getting one of the lockers off last year so took em all off. Only got Nexens on standard CDX wheels so not worried about wheel security. :-*
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apart from they don't fit on the locking wheel bolt on each wheel
so 80% coverage
Yeah, the locking covers are rocking horse shit. I have some black PLA, maybe I should print some ;D
But does anyone still use lockers on their Omegas?
Goodyear rubber is over 100 quid a corner and my wheels are mint , so I do :-[
PS4 are £150 a pop, and Sportstars are valuable. But GM locking bolts are worse than shite, so not worth the effort.
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apart from they don't fit on the locking wheel bolt on each wheel
so 80% coverage
Yeah, the locking covers are rocking horse shit. I have some black PLA, maybe I should print some ;D
But does anyone still use lockers on their Omegas?
Goodyear rubber is over 100 quid a corner and my wheels are mint , so I do :-[
PS4 are £150 a pop, and Sportstars are valuable. But GM locking bolts are worse than shite, so not worth the effort.
but to replace wheels and tyres would cost time and the fat end of 600 quid so i leave em locked
i could get the GM bolts off without the key too but it slows the knobs down and is a deterant , as are the 2 HD CCTV cameras pointing at it ,the tracker i'm fitting ,etc
self propelled motorized carriages are rare in these parts :P
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Did a refurb on mine a while ago rub down with very fine wet and dry 2000 grit paint with plastic primer and finished with silver wheel paint( cos I had some in the shed) looked good as new.However if you can obtain silver paint suitable for plastic i suspect that would be better :y
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Thanks for all the input guys.
I saw the chrome ones but they're not for me personally. I just want stock original. Sad I know ;D
I think these are the right ones...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20pc-17mm-Wheel-Nut-Cover-Bolt-Cap-For-Vauxhall-Opel-Romove-Tool-Key-Gray/152703145777?fits=Car+Make%3AVauxhall&hash=item238dd11731:g:GUUAAOSw4kVZujte
I fitted these ,albeit the chrome ones .
Put a little grease inside them prior to fitting so that they slide off easily when needed .
And don't lose the removal tool ........ ::)
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Thanks for all the input guys.
I saw the chrome ones but they're not for me personally. I just want stock original. Sad I know ;D
I think these are the right ones...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20pc-17mm-Wheel-Nut-Cover-Bolt-Cap-For-Vauxhall-Opel-Romove-Tool-Key-Gray/152703145777?fits=Car+Make%3AVauxhall&hash=item238dd11731:g:GUUAAOSw4kVZujte
I fitted these ,albeit the chrome ones .
Put a little grease inside them prior to fitting so that they slide off easily when needed .
And don't lose the removal tool ........ ::)
As said earlier on this thread . . 31mm deep chrome ones fitted here too . . .look the "dogs" IMO 8) 8)
much better than the dull looking vx ones ::) ::)