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Omega General Help / Re: Replacing HID bulb

« on: 02 April 2012, 12:00:53 »

I would state the opposite...

we have had many, doa, early failures, poor illumination, fires etc from the chinese cheapies.

best value osram or philips only imho, at 4300, 5000 or 6000k at a push, no higher.

ok it be trial & error i guess with the £14 bulbs good job i got a 2kg co2 in boot then! 
But am i right tho about the torx bolts been a bugger to get to in situe
i would of fitted osram or phillips but they are rather pricy tho mate! well are for me anyway 

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Omega General Help / Re: Cruise fitting woes...

« on: 02 April 2012, 11:53:48 »

Are you retro fitting this unit??? im guessing you've got the indicator cruse Stalk?? 4pin switches for the clutch & brake pedels??
Because i fitted a unit onto mine & stalk but nobody told me i needed 2 more sensor switches to make it work!!!!

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Omega General Help / Re: Passenger side air recirculation inlet?

« on: 02 April 2012, 11:40:40 »

is this an Aerosol can with a lock down clip on nozzel??? (by locking clip it emptys whole can hands free?)

basicly if it is with some ive used you start up car switch on AC & Recirculate then stand can in front passenger footwell & activate, making sure all doors windows closed & leave for 10mins it will auto be drawn threw the system,

under the glovebox there is a flat trim panel that goes from dash to bulkhead that you can pull out, looking towards the tunnel you will see the outlet to feet blowers i think just above this is the inlet for recirculation..

if you have to hold your finger on the nozzel you could get it ready & tape nozzel down & stand it up quickly in the footwell aiming the spray at the bulkhead worth a go...

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Omega General Help / Re: Facelift headlight removal.

« on: 02 April 2012, 11:26:28 »

Removing the headlight to change a bulb is just making work! By the time you've removed the trim, undone the 3 bolts(lower one needs a long 1/4" extension), fiddled about with the wiring, changed the bulb and put it all back together, you might just as well have fiddled the new bulb into place.

yes but if you push on metal sprung clips to hard you may break the headlight adjuster  especially on the main beam part! (like i did!)
if your worried about damaging adjusters remove the units....
if uve got small hands & double jointed long fingers ull be ok by leaving them in....

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Omega General Help / Re: Replacing HID bulb

« on: 02 April 2012, 11:20:57 »

just looking at a spair HID lamp unit ive got looks like you need a T20 or T25 torx bit because theres 3 bolts holding the cover on but the bottom one looks like a right bitch to get to when in the car well 2 torx bolts you calnt even see,

o/s maybe removing the airbox & n/s removing battery would help,

im just going to doit the easy way in next few days by taking bumper & headlights out because ive got new 6000k xenons to fit in all the units on car, Headlight,main beam,fog lights & fit new replacement lenses & De-chrome to black the headlights

But always replace in pairs! because a new bulb will be brighter!

i bought 2 new 6000k D2S bulbs for £14 pair!!
Dont get ripped off by motorfactors charging between £39-£110 per bulb!!! i think the standard bulbs are 4300k
ive gone for the cool white/blue 6000k bulbs

oh normal rules dont touch the glass part of bulb! as the salt on your fingers can reflect back into the bulb shortening its life...

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Omega General Help / Re: Blanking off EGR??

« on: 28 March 2012, 22:14:54 »

Has anyone blanked of the EGR on there 2.5 V6??

My EGR valve has started to blow, it always did a bit from cold but now its doing it quite badly when hot too so as a temp cure i removed the valve and made up a gasket from zinc but with no holes so it has effectively blanked of the EGR... not sure what to expect as far as performance or fuel consumption goes though, the engine certainly sounds a lot crisper when reved now but as its up on stands waiting for a new wishbone i not driven it yet..

Tomorrow will tell as i have a job the other side of the M5 near Kidderminster and one in Reading & as i live in Essex i have loads of miles to do...

you will only be 10miles from me! 

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Omega General Help / Re: These are Great value & christ dont they work well!!!

« on: 28 March 2012, 22:12:17 »

Report so far,,, 750 miles no probs as yet just so you all know im running the £34.99 groved & drilled discs with Ferodo Premier pads £19.00 Trade, so all in £50, & rear setup discs inc pads & shoes cost another £50 so did the whole lot for £100..

Ferodo also do a new pad above these (fast road/track) but couldnt get them at short notice, but on a friends cateram 7 around mallory park we hammered the hell out it all day on the newer pads no brake fade & kept wheels quite clean too...

i tryed a set of the EBC Redz but christ didnt they take ages to bed in tho... 1000miles+ & warped a set of discs in the process but that was on my old redtop astra gte tho & to be fair i did drive it flat out everywhere! 1500miles to a set of tyres!! sumtimes 1000 if i was lucky so you can tell how hard i drove it,

sometimes drive omega similar but last week i did only 160 miles to a full tank.... £92 gone oops
Anyway i keep you all posted on how they do atleast the brake ped feels stronger not spongy like old set nice to be able to stop for a change!!

Zippy, sadly I have just done the maths for your MPG. If you wish to keep your sanity I would advise you don't.

Good job i calnt rem how to calculate it... well the car display said average 13mpg but guessing thats prob wrong...   

Petrol at £92 divided by say £1.40 per litre = 65.7 litres
Divide 65.7 by 4.55 to show how many gallons consumed = 14.44 gallons
Divide 160 miles by 14.44 gallons = 11.08 mpg

You must have had great fun, well done

Well kinda yes,
went racing the country roads around wales lots of ups & downs 90 bends & hairpin roads used the whole tank in a day had 9miles on range!!
Next day needed 2 partworn tyres on front as when i left had 4mm on return bald on outside edge on n/s oops    & thats running a 245 40 17 rears seem to have little wear to be honest but due to tools in boot didnt want to drift her too much as not to wind the diff up or snap a shaft so just fast road fun, but when i fueled up was £1.38 & fill up on return at a different garage was £1.43!! 5p a ltr differance & garages only 2miles apart!!! but normal station closed! £96 to refill 

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General Car Chat / Re: Front pads and discs...DONE.

« on: 27 March 2012, 15:12:10 »

Copperslip works well on everything, small wipe on anything that moves or un does/tighten except the 2 13mm bolts on caliper-sliders u dont want them undoing when driving!! copper back of pads & piston face even if you got anti squeel shims copper them all up but not too much as you dont want to get any on pad faces..!!
a small chistle on the allen bolt hit it flat across middle making it into a flat drive for a large screwdriver or 13mm drill bit & drill head off! dont need it as wheel holds it all on anyway! 

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General Car Chat / Re: Disc wearing strangely

« on: 27 March 2012, 15:03:17 »

i had a similar prob both discs looked fine & calipers seemed to be working ok,

but had a slightly warped o/s disc which was making the n/s pull on 1st making it brake left,

but when cleaning & replacing all the discs/pads i noticed 2 slight groves in the carrier which was making the pads jam & not sliding which caused the warped disc on o/s

its defo worth removing all of it & cleaning it all up & repaint carrier to stop them rusting etc
regrease sliders & put very small amount of copperslip on the edge of pads where they slide in the carrier 
check pads for cracks & glazing rough file across pads can help take glaze off them..

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Omega General Help / Re: These are Great value & christ dont they work well!!!

« on: 27 March 2012, 14:53:43 »

Report so far,,, 750 miles no probs as yet just so you all know im running the £34.99 groved & drilled discs with Ferodo Premier pads £19.00 Trade, so all in £50, & rear setup discs inc pads & shoes cost another £50 so did the whole lot for £100..

Ferodo also do a new pad above these (fast road/track) but couldnt get them at short notice, but on a friends cateram 7 around mallory park we hammered the hell out it all day on the newer pads no brake fade & kept wheels quite clean too...

i tryed a set of the EBC Redz but christ didnt they take ages to bed in tho... 1000miles+ & warped a set of discs in the process but that was on my old redtop astra gte tho & to be fair i did drive it flat out everywhere! 1500miles to a set of tyres!! sumtimes 1000 if i was lucky so you can tell how hard i drove it,

sometimes drive omega similar but last week i did only 160 miles to a full tank.... £92 gone oops
Anyway i keep you all posted on how they do atleast the brake ped feels stronger not spongy like old set nice to be able to stop for a change!!

Zippy, sadly I have just done the maths for your MPG. If you wish to keep your sanity I would advise you don't.

Good job i calnt rem how to calculate it... well the car display said average 13mpg but guessing thats prob wrong...   

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Omega General Help / Re: These are Great value & christ dont they work well!!!

« on: 27 March 2012, 10:12:52 »

Report so far,,, 750 miles no probs as yet just so you all know im running the £34.99 groved & drilled discs with Ferodo Premier pads £19.00 Trade, so all in £50, & rear setup discs inc pads & shoes cost another £50 so did the whole lot for £100..

Ferodo also do a new pad above these (fast road/track) but couldnt get them at short notice, but on a friends cateram 7 around mallory park we hammered the hell out it all day on the newer pads no brake fade & kept wheels quite clean too...

i tryed a set of the EBC Redz but christ didnt they take ages to bed in tho... 1000miles+ & warped a set of discs in the process but that was on my old redtop astra gte tho & to be fair i did drive it flat out everywhere! 1500miles to a set of tyres!! sumtimes 1000 if i was lucky so you can tell how hard i drove it,

sometimes drive omega similar but last week i did only 160 miles to a full tank.... £92 gone oops

Anyway i keep you all posted on how they do atleast the brake ped feels stronger not spongy like old set nice to be able to stop for a change!!

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Omega General Help / Re: These are Great value & christ dont they work well!!!

« on: 22 March 2012, 00:21:54 »

Well all i can do is keep you all posted on how they do, 

the company i got them from has only just started importing these discs, i would say i drive my mig quite hard to be honest & even racing back tonight against my mates supra across country no brake fade & were getting better, ide even forgotten that im still ment to be bedding them in there so good! lets hope they last!!

1 main reason brake discs warp tho is heavy braking from 50 60 70+ to a stop & sitting with your foot on the brake slowly bending a hot disc out of shape... But im sure most of you knew that already... 

as i say all i can do is keep you all informed.. but they do look good to so if you do drive like miss daisy & have open spoked alloys they look great & are a cheep mod that at mo work well.... But we shall see... 

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Omega General Help / These are Great value & christ dont they work well!!!

« on: 21 March 2012, 02:08:14 »

Hi guys if anybody is replacing there front discs you've got to get a pair of these!! i fitted them today & have just driven 185miles...

now normally with new discs & pads they are shite for ages until bed in!! or you end up cracking the new pads by accident braking too hard before they have run in...

I priced up standard discs from 3 local motor robbing factors & my local rather useless vauxhall dealer... prices between £42 & £120 pair +vat on them prices!!! 1 guess who the £120 quote was from!! & these are for standard!!

Anyway.. the normal 5/10 mile pull to left right/right left & then wow!!! Nearly went threw the soddin screen!!!

After the 185miles they pull up true nice & straight & are getting sharper & sharper & are most defo worth the money!!

£34.99 a pair inc VAT yes thats right!! £34.99 A PAIR INC VAT!!! CROSSDRILLED!! GROOVED!! & VENTED!!

Not only do they look good but they work way better than the standard discs even after only 10/20miles!!

So go get yourselves a bargin!! that is defo worth every penny of the small amount of cash!!!

Performance discs that are cheeper than standard!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110765289107?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

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Omega General Help / Re: Windscreen Replacement

« on: 21 March 2012, 01:53:02 »

I had mine done a month or two ago by Fleet Autoglass (01525 375050). I was put in touch  with them by a guy who is a manager at Pilkington Glass. Lifetime guarantee and deffo use original Pilkingtons and not a far east copy...

They charged me £170 all in and that included the plastic channel that goes around the screen (channel is about £20 ish), but they reused the external trim as mine was good and not that old...

They were really good...

Before that I had it replaced by AutoWindscreens who were worse than bad... Even worse than that...

The last time Autowindscreens changed the screen they didn't fit it properly, but unfortunately by the time I called them they had gone into administration and the company who took them over did so without liability, meaning they didn't honour the warranty...

I had a heat reflective on mine, but I went for the clear mainly because the heat reflective one can cut down mobile phone signal strength, and is only meant to help keep the car cooler... Not something that gets much use in this country  :O)

Ahh i may have a clear glass replaced in mine, my ex cop mv6 screen has 100s of tiny chips all over it it will kill a set of blades in a month!! so i was guna give it the screwdriver & hammer treatment & get a new screen on insurance....
but before i had chance on my way back from southampton a lorry pinged up 2 stones into my screen hitting the black area on o/s top & bottom of glass but on my way home (100miles later) the crack got bigger & bigger now its halfway down drivers side of screen & has stopped...., mot in 8mths but as they are still gritting the roads im going to try & wait till end of april/may before i have a new one because just my luck it get chipped again!!!

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 21 March 2012, 01:32:58 »

fitted a full set of discs, new shoes & pads all round, repainted calipers ready for the 19s to be fitted!!

& did a 170mile road trip to pick up the 19" alloys just got to repaint & fit them tomorrow 

then i ask somone to upload some pix for me