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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: MaxV6 on 27 September 2011, 22:21:04

Title: Parts query
Post by: MaxV6 on 27 September 2011, 22:21:04

Are all Miggy wishbones the same??   eg, no difference between pre and post facelift???


(found some allegedly original Vx ones for bugger all money.....  just want to be sure they'll fit before i cough up for them)

and am i correct in assuming that it makes most sense simply to get new drop links at the same time??

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: TheBoy on 27 September 2011, 22:21:53

Correct

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: tunnie on 27 September 2011, 22:22:31

might be worth Polly bushes in? before fitting?

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: MaxV6 on 27 September 2011, 23:07:34

thanks guys... does the same apply to rear bushes?


(ditto , found supply of original Vx parts at low prices....    so far the order is 2 wishbones, 2 drop links, a bunch of filters for service, rear bushes, and anti roll bar bushes and , basically everything i can see for the suspension, minus the shocks and springs, and it's still only £120 )

next question...

since it's a 3.2 MV6 estate,  and , as i understand it  lower than a normal miggy , what do i do about shocks and springs????   nowhere i've found, lists the mv6 estate as a separate item...   

all i've found so far is 40mm lowered springs,  but no sign of shortened shocks...

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: Osprey on 27 September 2011, 23:27:10

Quote from: MaxV6 on 27 September 2011, 22:21:04

Are all Miggy wishbones the same??   eg, no difference between pre and post facelift???


(found some allegedly original Vx ones for bugger all money.....  just want to be sure they'll fit before i cough up for them)

and am i correct in assuming that it makes most sense simply to get new drop links at the same time??

Nah... they're boud to be rubbish.  And you wouldn't like them anyway.  I'll take them off your hands for a tenner, though.   ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: MaxV6 on 28 September 2011, 00:51:22

lol....  they may well be rubbish....   but they'll get her through the MOT.... 

http://www.vauxhall-car-parts.co.uk/acatalog/Omega_Front_axle.html

i'm sure someone here will tell me i've just bought a bunch of lemons.....

But the price is right.....   I'm still hunting down the best buy compromise between quality and cost for shocks and springs....   


tonight's shopping spree

 90576788N             VAUXHALL OMEGA PASSENGER SIDE          1       £26.95       £26.95
                      FRONT SUSPENSION ARM                                               

90576789N             VAUXHALL OMEGA DRIVERS SIDE            1       £26.95       £26.95
                      FRONT SUSPENSION ARM                                               

90445137N             VAUXHALL FRONT SUSPENSION              2        £9.50       £19.00
                      ANTE ROLL BAR LINK.                                               

90445625N             VAUXHALL OMEGA FRONT                   2        £1.99        £3.98
                      SUSPENSION ANTE-ROLL BAR.                                         

25313359N             VAUXHALL PETROL FILTER                 1        £3.99        £3.99

93156954N             VAUXHALL OIL FILTER - metric           1        £2.40        £2.40
                      thread                                                             

91149684N             VAUXHALL OMEGA AIR FILTER              1        £6.99        £6.99

93182438N             VAUXHALL OMEGA POLLEN FILTER           1        £4.99        £4.99

TV33N                 VAUXHALL TAILGATE WIPER BLADE          1        £1.99        £1.99

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: MaxV6 on 28 September 2011, 00:58:29

those prices include VAT.....   courier delivery on the lot was only £11.99

seems reasonable....  (counts fingers on hand to be sure i still have them)

now i need to find bushes for the rear.....   the site wasn't clear (and i don't know enough) about the rear axle components they have....  wehther they would fit the estate, or if the estate is different from the saloon  (i suspect it is but don;t know for sure)
so i held off ordering them....   

found a set of bilstein fronts for a good price elsewhere....     but not confident about them being the right ones.....  this thing about the MV6 being different from elite and the lower models is a bit awkward when it comes to the unqualified buying parts....    but i'm on a limited budget, and yet determined to do right by the old gal... 

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: Jimbob on 28 September 2011, 07:10:30

Max....the N after the part number indicates NON Genuine.....sorry

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: MaxV6 on 28 September 2011, 10:21:19

gits.....

they clearly state that they are new vauxhall parts in the description.

as i understand it that's bloody well illegal.   (since the new legislation covering advertising standards for web was introduced)

HAARUMMPH


i guess i'll have to wait for the stuff to arrive to be sure......   i've bought a few bits and bobs off them cheap before, and they've arrived in originla Vx packaging  and stuff...

Title: Re: Parts query
Post by: Jimbob on 28 September 2011, 13:31:28

given the 1st paragraph on the home page reads :
We are a specialist in and have massive stocks of NEW GENUINE VAUXHALL CAR SPARE PARTS for most Vauxhall models of car and van - over 25,000 different items. Currently we have 4000 in our on-line shop and are adding 250 per month -- so do please remember to re-visit us in the near future. Any parts that are not genuine Vauxhall are indicated with an N at the end of the part no. Click here for Vauxhall stock parts not yet listed on our website.

they do a 14 day money back guarantee though :y