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[dene wakefield lad]

nice,like the colour

[Albatross]

Had a pair of these plates made yesterday.

The pictures a little bit blurry, but can you make out the lettering under the main plate number?

Are they legal? nice look though.

The plates are legal on a pre-"51" plate car (mine's a "Y" plate) provided they were made before August 2001; which of course mine were

The 1st owner in March 2001 must have had this weird premonition that the domain name www.omegaowners.com would become a life-line one day.

Any plate on a car registered later than the 1st of August 2001 (51 plate onwards) must have the name of the plate maker included at the bottom and within a given size, but not any particular font or colour.

The same goes for any plate made after that date for an older car, but this is the bit which is difficult to enforce realistically.

[prestigesec]

Lovely lookin car mate

[Albatross]

Stage 1a. A subtle change from the previous pictures. Can you spot the difference? (apart from the number plate)

[mars]

Like the grill and absolutely love the valance. Seriously thinking about a similar one for mine. My CDX is silver but like the colour of your car better. 8-)

[colbenuk]

Posted by: Albatross Posted on: Yesterday at 16:48  

Stage 1a. A subtle change from the previous pictures. Can you spot the difference? (apart from the number plate)

Wheel spacers?

[Albatross]

Posted by: Albatross Posted on: Yesterday at 16:48  

Stage 1a. A subtle change from the previous pictures. Can you spot the difference? (apart from the number plate)

Wheel spacers?

OK or OTT ??

[colbenuk]

nice. 8-)
make the wheels fill the arches much better.

[Albatross]

I just got these and I love them; Vectra C / Signum VXR 19" Snowflakes.

[AllyM]

Looks nice  8-) 8-) 8-) , what,s the ride quality like with the 19" tyres ?

[Albatross]

Looks nice  8-) 8-) 8-) , what,s the ride quality like with the 19" tyres ?

I must admit I was worried about that too. The guy who sold them to me (thanks to your tip BTW ) offered me silly money for my 17" Elite wheels for a mate of his with a Corsa, but I had to ask him to hold off for a month until I had reassured myself that the new tyres weren't too harsh.

I'm really impressed, they actually feel better, not too harsh at all; I'd say they were firmer and less squishy or floaty, but definitely not what I would call harsh by any stretch. They even passed the test with SWMBO which is a big test. I don't think I'll go back.

There is still a part of me that wonders whether keeping the old wheels and using them with proper winter tyres for 6 months of the year may not be a bad idea, but I remember back when I had a Carlton CDX 2.6 that I changed the tiny 15" wheels for 17s and had the same thought, but never actually felt the need in the end.

[FRE07962128]

After my minor mishap on the 1st day I bought her   the car has had the front bumper repaired and resprayed; whilst it was having that done the Steinmetz front valance was added to compliment the Steinmetz grille.

Side skirts, rear apron and rear wheel spacers are on next month's agenda.





And 1 hour later after a quick clean






And as she was a month ago when I bought her...

I love it!  Keep going as I can't wait to see the final version!

Lizzie Zoom  

[SHARPEY]

Your car rocks on every level ! Fantastic looking bit of kit and those Snow Flakes make it stand out.

How much were the wheels if you don't mind me asking and what wheel spacers are on it ? I must admit the Steinmetz grille looks the business. I have been looking for a replacement for mine and I think I will go for that instead of the Irmscher.

Sharpey.

[V6drift]

very nice looking car and tastefully modified too  

[Albatross]

How much were the wheels if you don't mind me asking and what wheel spacers are on it ?

Sharpey.

Thanks for the comments

The wheels cost me £700 with very good tyres (well 3, 1 had a bad puncture and was FUBAR)

The wheels have an offset of ET45 so would be 7mm further in than the standard Elite wheels at ET38. The spacers I have on at the moment are Eibach pro and are +25mm on each rear corner and +10mm on each front corner, but beware the +10mm are not hub-centric and I wouldn't recommend them; not that I've had any problems, but I don't trust them the same (they needed 40mm bolts instead which I'm not so confident in). I'm waiting for a pair of hub centric +16mm each corner for the front which should be with me by the end of the week. The net effect will be +18mm at the rear and +9mm at the front corners.

Its all booked into wheels-in-motion for a proper set-up in the next week or so.

The Steinmetz side skirts are down the paint shop and go on by the weekend too.

I was considering lowering it, but I've decided against it for the moment; there's nothing wrong with the suspension (self-levelling) and I like the fact that the car is still subtle enough to look "factory".