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Title: dirty
Post by: HGV mechanic on 30 March 2008, 13:45:45
is it just me or is everyone elses estate's get plastered with dirty every time it rains?? :-?

with this bad weather lately every thime i go out  i find myself washing the bloody thing !!!

invest in some mud flaps maybe?? :-?
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: waspy on 30 March 2008, 13:57:20
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is it just me or is everyone elses estate's get plastered with dirty every time it rains?? :-?

with this bad weather lately every thime i go out  i find myself washing the bloody thing !!!

invest in some mud flaps maybe?? :-?

 :y :y Good idea matey, i fitted some Vaux's Omega ones not too long ago & they're good at stopping the splashes. Mine where around the £38.00 mark without getting my receipt.
I know what you mean matey about dirty cars, mines black  :o :o :o :o
I've washed it this morn & it has some dust that's blown onto it already  :(
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: Albatross on 30 March 2008, 13:58:22
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is it just me or is everyone elses estate's get plastered with dirty every time it rains?? :-?

with this bad weather lately every thime i go out  i find myself washing the bloody thing !!!

invest in some mud flaps maybe?? :-?

 :y :y Good idea matey, i fitted some Vaux's Omega ones not too long ago & they're good at stopping the splashes. Mine where around the £38.00 mark without getting my receipt.
I know what you mean matey about dirty cars, mines black  :o :o :o :o
I've washed it this morn & it has some dust that's blown onto it already  :(

It's never ending when the roads are wet. Bl00dy nightmare. >:(
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: file28 on 30 March 2008, 13:59:07
always the same with a square back something to do with the airflow and the the shite swirls around behind you
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: Marie on 30 March 2008, 13:59:57
Mine is the same..
I clean it and within a day its dirty again :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: file28 on 30 March 2008, 14:00:29
should have read the way the shite swirls behind you
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: file28 on 30 March 2008, 14:01:09
ah some kind of filter for the word sh*te
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: HGV mechanic on 30 March 2008, 14:52:23
not just me then thats a relief, :o , mud guards it is,
and a good coat of wax cheers :)
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: waspy on 30 March 2008, 15:20:00
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not just me then thats a relief, :o , mud guards it is,
and a good coat of wax cheers :)


When you fit them, you have to drill some holes, blob some grease
or waxoyle on the screws & in the holes before you fit them.
Use some washers too, they help to stop you losing them  :y
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: Jukeboxnut on 30 March 2008, 21:00:14
Omega estates are particularly bad for getting the back end dirty as soon as then roads are wet, both of mine have suffered.

Years ago I had a Cavalier estate which had a spoiler above the rear window and that had virtually no spray in the wet.

Perhaps the Elite and Sport estates with a spoiler are better.
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: rad cap on 30 March 2008, 21:19:47
looks like ur fittting mud flaps then, seal the holes u drill.
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: HGV mechanic on 30 March 2008, 21:21:59
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Omega estates are particularly bad for getting the back end dirty as soon as then roads are wet, both of mine have suffered.

Years ago I had a Cavalier estate which had a spoiler above the rear window and that had virtually no spray in the wet.

Perhaps the Elite and Sport estates with a spoiler are better.

it is an elite   :'( :'(
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: HGV mechanic on 30 March 2008, 21:22:46
thanks for the advise people :y
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: Albatross on 30 March 2008, 21:23:37
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Omega estates are particularly bad for getting the back end dirty as soon as then roads are wet, both of mine have suffered.

Years ago I had a Cavalier estate which had a spoiler above the rear window and that had virtually no spray in the wet.

Perhaps the Elite and Sport estates with a spoiler are better.

it is an elite   :'( :'(

But does it have the little roof spoiler on the back like the MV6?
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: HGV mechanic on 30 March 2008, 21:31:18
yeah, just above rear window :(

Title: Re: dirty
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 30 March 2008, 21:48:11
My 2.2 certainly doesnt get as dirty now i have vx mudflaps........but the speed ramps keeps pulling the front ones loose  >:(
Title: Re: dirty
Post by: HGV mechanic on 30 March 2008, 21:53:42
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My 2.2 certainly doesnt get as dirty now i have vx mudflaps........but the speed ramps keeps pulling the front ones loose  >:(

ohh we have loads of the bloody things round here,
most point less thig ever invented >:(