Omega Owners Forum

Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: keith2.2 on 16 April 2008, 15:06:39

Title: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: keith2.2 on 16 April 2008, 15:06:39

I knew there were two star silvers so it was going to be a gamble buying "vauxhall star silver" from halfords...and of course, i lost. Wrong colour. Bum.

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: minimeee on 16 April 2008, 15:07:40

is there not different codes for rthem? will in not be on the VIN plate?

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 April 2008, 15:15:05

147 is star silver 2

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: keith2.2 on 16 April 2008, 15:16:17

yeah i think i'm just going to have to take a trip to vaux stealership in a few and make sure it's the right one this time!

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: keith2.2 on 16 April 2008, 15:17:01

I think mine must be SS I then because it's 82L on the VIN

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 April 2008, 15:34:15

Quote

I think mine must be SS I then because it's 82L on the VIN

I thought all the facelifts SS were 147?

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: keith2.2 on 16 April 2008, 16:11:44

mine is the 1998 mini-facelift.

This is where my confusion lies - according to vauxhall, SS I ended in 1997, and SS II (Bertone) came in in 1999. I now have vauxhall genuine paint (sold in a set of paint and lacquer) from VX Dealer so have to see how it looks!!

It wouldn't be so bad if the suage line on the car was lower because then there'd be a nice cut-off line to work to. As it stands, painting to the suage would mean redoing 80% of the rear 3/4 panel and the whole lower section of the door.

Assuming the paint looks ok, the next plan is to do the door trims because I think the black makes the car look quite dated. Only difficulty there is what to do about the silvery trim..

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 April 2008, 16:17:25

Quote

mine is the 1998 mini-facelift.

Thought you had a facelift 2.2 :-[

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: minimeee on 16 April 2008, 16:19:28

2.2 civic is it not

Title: Re: all star silvers are not equal
Post by: keith2.2 on 16 April 2008, 16:33:21

ahh lol yeah I have a mini-facelift MV6 for the daily drive, and a home-brewed 2.2 honda civic..that I'm going to put a link to later  :y