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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Just on 27 June 2013, 19:44:28
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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.
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http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=115963.0
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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
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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
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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 (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.
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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 (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...
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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 (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 (http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Red-Vauxhall-griffin-badge-for-Astra-Corsa-Vectra-Agila-Signum-/00/$(KGrHqF,!g8E1fMgqV5zBNlFSjYws!~~_12.JPG)
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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 ;)
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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.
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Each to their own an all that ::)
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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 :-\
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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 :y 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 :-\
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Genuine Irmscher Grill
(http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3253/2601/20631300002_large.jpg)
Standard Opel Grill
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Opel_Omega_VR.jpg)
Nicer Opel Grill (believe its a type of irmscher not sure) looks a little like mercedes
(http://flameroad.com/pics/Opel/2f/5a/18431_Opel-Omega-Caravan_10.jpg)
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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:
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/jdbefc/a01802fc-72c7-462c-a40f-39b13257b119_zpsdae776cd.jpg)
More pics: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=114698.0 (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!:
(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj315/jemis123/Photo0004.jpg)
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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....
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Oh dear - my post was giving the opinion of someone who had purchased the product. No it had not "faded in a few days, bits fell off and wrote off his rad, sucked into air intake, valve damage, etc. . . " - he took it off because he felt it looked poor quality. Other people have experiences and opinions too :-\
No need for sarcasm, its not clever :)
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... Here here :y
Oh dear - my post was giving the opinion of someone who had purchased the product. No it had not "faded in a few days, bits fell off and wrote off his rad, sucked into air intake, valve damage, etc. . . " - he took it off because he felt it looked poor quality. Other people have experiences and opinions too :-\
No need for sarcasm, its not clever :)