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General Discussion Area / The Omega's in my local Scrappy.... (56k Warning)

« on: 31 July 2006, 17:44:36 »

Scarpyard: Smiths of Bloxham - Milton Road, Banbury, OX15 4HD

This is mainly for x25xe's benifit as he wanted to know whats there, but its usefull for all as there are plenty of Omega's there with lots of bits and plenty of AR25's:

A 2.5 CDX Auto Esate:








M Reg CD 2.5 V6 Auto








2.0 CD Auto





Carton 2.0i Auto GL





2.0 CDX Manual - With Blind









W Reg Facelift 2.0 GLS - Engine is in bits in the boot!







GLS 2.5 V6 Auto





2.0 CDX Manual

1517

General Discussion Area / 2.2 Head Gasket Fail?

« on: 01 August 2006, 13:48:23 »

browsing fleabay, and seen the odd HG fail auctions on 2.2's?

Thought this would be very rare, they say suspected HG fail but what else could it be on a 2.2?

1518

General Discussion Area / Who says 4 pots can't do big miles?

« on: 31 July 2006, 10:38:58 »

saw this on eBay:

Pre-facelift 2.0 Manual with 290k miles!  

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vauxhall-omega-gls-2-0-ltr-no-t-t_W0QQitemZ230012332781QQihZ013QQcategoryZ9858QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

1519

General Discussion Area / Tyres

« on: 30 July 2006, 22:16:56 »

Need some rear tyres for project A, ones on the back at the moment are: 225,55 R15

I could not find any the same at the scrap yard, but there are plenty tyres of bmw 5 series, but they are all: 225,60 R15

Am i right in thinking the 225 is the width of the tyre, the 60 is the wall height, the R15 is the radius.

If so it means the bmw rubber is 5mm higher than my current ones?

Will they be ok to fit on the back of a pre-facelift megga?

Hope so cause I can get each tyre with loads of tread... and a BMW alloy for a tenner each!  [smiley=laugh.gif]

1520

General Discussion Area / A good days work...

« on: 30 July 2006, 19:27:35 »

Got the sunroof working, front fog replaced, back bumper plate replaced, scuttle drain cleared and fixed, boot sorted, interior cleaned, washed and cleaned.

Got the stuff from my local scrappy, good news was there was about 6 Omega's there a W Reg Facelift, and loads of pre-facelift CDX V6 estates and CD saloons. One of the V6 CDX Saloons was 99% intact, still had the rear blind all its buttons and bits, the spare was still in the boot! Although this it was badly cracked. All of them still had the auto box's of which 3 were AR25's





Also gave project A a good clean and its come up well, i used some WonderWheels stuff on the alloys and they came up like new:

1521

General Discussion Area / HPi / Data Checks

« on: 24 July 2006, 20:15:47 »

Possibly getting a project car, anyone had experiance or recommends a HPi or data check service?

Basically want to know if its been declared writted off, any outstanding finance ect.....

Cheaper the better  

1522

General Discussion Area / '96 N Elite... its value?

« on: 25 July 2006, 10:02:15 »

Might be able to get a '95 N Elite for £500, MOT 11 months left, some tax, 126k miles, looks in very good conidtion.

AT has same examples going for a grand, could i make money on it?

1523

General Discussion Area / My ICE Project so far...

« on: 19 July 2006, 17:07:53 »

Well after much thinking and several beers! I decided it was best to keep my Double Din unit. I was going to loose too much money on it replacing with single DIN.

So I decided make that unit fit, and work!

First problem was the cage as too big, almost half a cm!! Grrrr damn Vauxhalls. So I got some Tin cutters and cut the top off the cage, sorry there are not pictures of this, but in the heat and my frustation i thought it was not wise to have an expensive object near me!  

So if you imaine a standard HU cage, i cut the top off so it only had 3 sides. After 2 cut fingers, some TCP and a plaster later it was cut down to size.

And it was still a !"&^$%! b!tch to fit in, in the end i used small blocks of wood about an 1inch sqaure and a mallet to get the damn thing in!! But i was worth it.

The headunit now slides in and clicks and holds were it should, here are some pictures of my progress so far:





After messing around with the settings, i got rid of the crappy animations that went on, horrible horrible animations. Looks better just displaying the track name



I have an Aux lead (RCA to headphone) jacking going to the glovebox



The Sub, this Vibe Active unit is amazing!! So powefull! with the boot closed and Ski hatch shut, it still feels like someone is punching the back of my seat!  



Please excuse the mess in the boot!

I have on order a facia adaptor, thats next on my list to modify so it fills the gap between the HU and the side buttons.

1524

General Discussion Area / Places to flog my headunit free?

« on: 18 July 2006, 12:20:35 »

Anyone know any places I can advertise my headunit for free? Got pictures now of the actual unit.

Got one on AvForums, and "other" place.

I tryed Vectra-C.com but their selling section is about as active as my cat. nothing!

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General Discussion Area / Facelift Owners - Never buy double DIN!

« on: 17 July 2006, 22:19:37 »

Just to add from my I.C.E topica really...

Facelift Omega owners, never buy double din head units, they look apaulling in the dash! and the fcking cage won't fit!!





Anyone want to buy a Kenwood Double DIN USB MP3 Headunit? Its in the forsale section!  

1526

General Discussion Area / what the...

« on: 16 July 2006, 21:32:21 »

Browsing fleabay....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-OMEGA-2-5-V6-AUTO-FULL-MOT-AIR-CON-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ260008404359QQihZ016QQcategoryZ9858QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Look at the picture of the dash!!! what the hell!!?

And 56k miles, but dash says 51, from a prefaclift ex-plod?? yeh right! clocked!

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General Discussion Area / An idea..

« on: 14 July 2006, 10:49:08 »

If only I thought of this when I was earning money and not back at Uni...

Saw this on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audi-100e-2-8-lpg-spares-or-repairs_W0QQitemZ190008362475QQihZ009QQcategoryZ9835QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yup its a shed, but its LPG converted.

Could you buy the car, rip out the main LPG components and shove them on an Omega? I take it the injectors are differnt but the main tank and ECU could be salvaged?