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[Just]

Hi, I've just acquired an 2002 dti and want to fit some nice 17" wheels and a mean looking grill. So would love to hear your idea's and recommendations.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=115963.0

[albitz]

I will have a set of these available shortly,but at approx. half the price of the ones in the link,if they are the type of thing your looking for ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Vauxhall-Omega-Elite-Euro-MV6-17-Alloy-Wheels-Astra-Van-x4-/111106370851?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item19de74ad23

[Mr.OmegaMan]

The latter type Elite/MV6 alloys.. Cheap so far..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310695871225?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D310695871225%26_rdc%3D1

[dbdb]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FK-Automotive-FKSG34009-Sports-Vauxhall/dp/B002RRU5EA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372376207&sr=8-2&keywords=omega+grill

Or you can always pay silly money if you want.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FK-Automotive-FKSG34009-Sports-Vauxhall/dp/B002RRU5EA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372376207&sr=8-2&keywords=omega+grill


Or you can always pay silly money if you want.

Their crap those plastic FK automotive grills...

[dbdb]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FK-Automotive-FKSG34009-Sports-Vauxhall/dp/B002RRU5EA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372376207&sr=8-2&keywords=omega+grill


Or you can always pay silly money if you want.

Their crap those plastic FK automotive grills...

Well I replaced my standard one with it last year and it looks much better (doesn't look like a Vectra anymore!).  To be honest there's not much to go wrong with a grill, it's not a vital part of the car but anyway mine's still working .  You do need a badge to break it up something like

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Take it off there will be loads of scratches and scuff marks on the paint potentially enough to start rust.. Genuine Irmy grills are padded the same way a VX one is 

[dbdb]

Take it off there will be loads of scratches and scuff marks on the paint potentially enough to start rust.. Genuine Irmy grills are padded the same way a VX one is 

Well mine seemed as good and soft a fit as the original.  Remember the grill isn't a moving part and it is made of plastic. I can't help thinking the bonnet will have long since rusted away from stone chips before the grill has eaten  it.

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Each to their own an all that 

[dbug]

Take it off there will be loads of scratches and scuff marks on the paint potentially enough to start rust.. Genuine Irmy grills are padded the same way a VX one is 

Guy I know bought one of these. His view was that the quality was less than commensurate with the price.  It lasted 2 weeks on his car - said it looked cheap - he took it off and junked it.  Guess moral is you get what you pay for

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Take it off there will be loads of scratches and scuff marks on the paint potentially enough to start rust.. Genuine Irmy grills are padded the same way a VX one is 

Guy I know bought one of these. His view was that the quality was less than commensurate with the price.  It lasted 2 weeks on his car - said it looked cheap - he took it off and junked it.  Guess moral is you get what you pay for

Had a FK Automotive one on the silver 2.2 for a short while and I can confirm it sure does look and feel cheap (then again they are pretty cheap compared to genuine Irmy).. The only way to go imo if you want a non VX grill is a genuine Irmscher one with the chrome and irmscher badge which looks great on a darker colour car  or even a Opel Grill with just the opel logo in the middle not the one with the chrome line on both sides of the badge but I believe that's pretty rare 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Genuine Irmscher Grill



Standard Opel Grill



Nicer Opel Grill (believe its a type of irmscher not sure) looks a little like mercedes

[dbdb]

Yes agreed the second Opel grill looks the best, black with a central badge, always wanted one like that.
I think this is the £23 FK grill in question:
 
More pics: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=114698.0. 
Not my car but OOF opinion seemed to be positive.  I like it.  To my mind, as mentioned, it just needs a small badge in the middle to break up the black. Like the Opel one.

No offence but I think the Irmscher chrome noddy toy car, offset to one side, looks naff chavtastic!:

[dbdb]

Take it off there will be loads of scratches and scuff marks on the paint potentially enough to start rust.. Genuine Irmy grills are padded the same way a VX one is 

Guy I know bought one of these. His view was that the quality was less than commensurate with the price.  It lasted 2 weeks on his car - said it looked cheap - he took it off and junked it.  Guess moral is you get what you pay for

Yeah me too, could tell the difference from the £250 irmshcer grill at 2 miles,  faded in a few days, bits fell off and wrote off his rad, sucked into air intake, valve damage, stalled engine and ran over a granny.  And his bonnet rusted to nothing in 2 weeks.  But you try and tell the young people of today that and....