Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 13 March 2017, 07:12:19
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Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.
Where can I source these?
Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍
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Go to a meet and nick someone elses. :y ;D
Sorry bear, couldn't help it. Have you tried a wanted ad ? Otherwise, I'm sure someone will post a link to a supplier sometime today.
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Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.
Where can I source these?
Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍
GM will supply them if you are feeling affluent or they do come up on ebay periodically. Got a new drivers side Hella on mine, waiting for a passenger to come up!
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From reading other posts on here I understand Vauxhall dealers may have a few left at about £250 a side, could you get yours referebished ?
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Depo do them...
As do ATP... Look harder :D
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Cheers boyos. Was v pleased with atp droplink/ bone set. So will try there! Cheers guys
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Here's what I think I need. Are these the ones.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-XENON-HEADLAMP-FRONT-D2S-H7-FRONT-LEFT-RIGHT-OPEL-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-B-CARAVAN-/381713465333?hash=item58dfe53ff5
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#headlight only suitable for left hand drive#
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They're adjustable for other traffic... guessing Webby needs lenses, in which case they should be swappable :y
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I see. :y
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Sorry for my blatant stupidity. But. What would be different on lhd and rhd versions :-\
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They're adjustable for other traffic...
Cant speak for Depo or other pattern, but genuine are **NOT** adjustable between LHD and RHD, and an incorrect one should fail an MOT.
Really cant see pattern being any different, hence the LHD warning.
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They're adjustable for other traffic...
Cant speak for Depo or other pattern, but genuine are **NOT** adjustable between LHD and RHD, and an incorrect one should fail an MOT.
Really cant see pattern being any different, hence the LHD warning.
Pesh... Page 121 of the owners manual ::)
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Fight!
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Fight!
Clearly applies to both left and right hand drive cars...
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Fight!
Clearly applies to both left and right hand drive cars...
The adjusting lever doesn't turn a RWD lamp into a LHD or vice versa; it just dips a large proportion of the light out of the sightline of oncoming traffic. Guess who has been belting along French country roads in the dark, wondering just why the lights are suddenly so crap, for the last week? 8)
The differences will be in both the reflector and lens, although I expect they will be subtle.
Personally, I would have to be desperate to butcher a new lamp just for a better lens, when 10minutes work makes a massive improvement to even the worst one.
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So we are saying I can't just buy n fit these?
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So we are saying I can't just buy n fit these?
Of course you can.
They'll look bright and shiny, and will work as well as new ones.
But they'll be LHD new ones, so might not be what you want.
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They're adjustable for other traffic...
Cant speak for Depo or other pattern, but genuine are **NOT** adjustable between LHD and RHD, and an incorrect one should fail an MOT.
Really cant see pattern being any different, hence the LHD warning.
Pesh... Page 121 of the owners manual ::)
Nope, that's 'dangle berries'.
What the lever does is convert from sided to a neutral setting with no side kick-up. The Neutral setting should fail a UK MOT on beam pattern.
That's why they do LHD and RHD headlights - if they could get away with it otherwise, they would ;)
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Strategetically place some black tape over the lens...seen loads like that...be ok.....honest. :)
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Working in a garage probably helps ::)
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Working in a garage probably helps ::)
Esp if your mate is the tester. ;D
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Working in a garage probably helps ::)
Esp if you is the tester. ;D
Now I didn't say that....
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So this is getting confusing.
Is it cos the kick patter will be the opposite side that it should be?
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So this is getting confusing.
Is it cos the kick patter will be the opposite side that it should be?
Yup. The "abroad" setting on the lever just masks out the kick via a shutter in the unit.
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Fundamentally yes... lights dip away from the steering wheel side, ie into the nearside kerb :y
No reason why new lenses from those brand new, shiny lhd lamps cannot be fitted to your units though... still works out a quarter the price of GM ones ;)
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So this is getting confusing.
Is it cos the kick patter will be the opposite side that it should be?
Yup. The "abroad" setting on the lever just masks out the kick via a shutter in the unit.
Got ya :y
Ok, so anywhere that does English ones ;D
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Fundamentally yes... lights dip away from the steering wheel side, ie into the nearside kerb :y
No reason why new lenses from those brand new, shiny lhd lamps cannot be fitted to your units though... still works out a quarter the price of GM ones ;)
This would involve the oven, right?
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Whats wrong with yours?
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And a CD would be halogen, not HID.
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So there's crud on the outside which the 3m kit surprisingly didn't touch. And what appears to be crud on the inside :'(
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So there's crud on the outside which the 3m kit surprisingly didn't touch. And what appears to be crud on the inside :'(
And you can't get a decent set from any breakers?
If it was just crud on outside, I'd suggest a harsher wet and dry, then the 3m kit. You saw what the 3M kit achieved on mine in about 30mins per side...
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1X-HEADLAMP-H7-H1-LEFT-OPEL-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-B-CARAVAN-ESTATE-94-03-2-0-3-2-/381998115948?hash=item58f0dcac6c:g:uKAAAOSw32lYw47Q
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1X-HEADLAMP-H7-H1-RIGHT-OPEL-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-B-CARAVAN-ESTATE-94-03-2-0-3-2/371889504063?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3Dcaae3d4944864945ae815615b0a3b40b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D381998115948
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1X-HEADLAMP-H7-H1-LEFT-OPEL-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-B-CARAVAN-ESTATE-94-03-2-0-3-2-/381998115948?hash=item58f0dcac6c:g:uKAAAOSw32lYw47Q
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1X-HEADLAMP-H7-H1-RIGHT-OPEL-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-B-CARAVAN-ESTATE-94-03-2-0-3-2/371889504063?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3Dcaae3d4944864945ae815615b0a3b40b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D381998115948
#only suitable for lhd vehicles#
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No shit ;D The Bear wants lenses ::)
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No shit ;D The Bear wants lenses ::)
Then the first ones would do...so eff off ;D
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No shit ;D The Bear wants lenses ::)
Then the first ones would do...so eff off ;D
They won't because the lenses are different xenon vs halogen ::)
Haven't you finished those chocolates yet...
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No shit ;D The Bear wants lenses ::)
Then the first ones would do...so eff off ;D
They won't because the lenses are different xenon vs halogen ::)
Haven't you finished those chocolates yet...
Xenons, halogens......right, let you off then. :-*
I'll never finish the chocs cause they just keep coming.
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So there's crud on the outside which the 3m kit surprisingly didn't touch. And what appears to be crud on the inside :'(
And you can't get a decent set from any breakers?
If it was just crud on outside, I'd suggest a harsher wet and dry, then the 3m kit. You saw what the 3M kit achieved on mine in about 30mins per side...
30 minutes per side???? That's enough time to do both, clean up, open a beer and brag about it on here. Assuming that you do it the dark, after getting home from work. 1000 then 1200 grit wet&dry, G3(other coarse rubbing compounds are available) then your favourite polish.
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So there's crud on the outside which the 3m kit surprisingly didn't touch. And what appears to be crud on the inside :'(
And you can't get a decent set from any breakers?
If it was just crud on outside, I'd suggest a harsher wet and dry, then the 3m kit. You saw what the 3M kit achieved on mine in about 30mins per side...
30 minutes per side???? That's enough time to do both, clean up, open a beer and brag about it on here. Assuming that you do it the dark, after getting home from work. 1000 then 1200 grit wet&dry, G3(other coarse rubbing compounds are available) then your favourite polish.
Yup, and manual would have taken so much longer (been there, done that). Admittedly, they weren't in a pretty state before starting...
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So my options for brand new is...
Fit a set of atp and swap them over at mot time. Or
Buy atp and shove mine in the oven to just swap over lenses. Or
Buy genuine. Or
Source a breaker but no guarantee on quality.
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Yup ;)
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Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.
Where can I source these?
Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍
Coming in late on this thread, all I would add is that I, last week, bought two for my Omega brand new from my Vauxhall main dealer via Luton. Parts No's 009193420 , 009193419. At trade they cost me £485.43 all in. Full retail is £542.
According to my parts department friend I had the last drivers side headlamp at Luton, with just 5 n/s ones left. :y
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So my options for brand new is...
Fit a set of atp and swap them over at mot time. Or
Buy atp and shove mine in the oven to just swap over lenses. Or
Buy genuine. Or
Source a breaker but no guarantee on quality.
Thats not really an option as you will blind everyone in-between MOT's!
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Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.
Where can I source these?
Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍
Coming in late on this thread, all I would add is that I, last week, bought two for my Omega brand new from my Vauxhall main dealer via Luton. Parts No's 009193420 , 009193419. At trade they cost me £485.43 all in. Full retail is £542.
According to my parts department friend I had the last drivers side headlamp at Luton, with just 5 n/s ones left. :y
That's more than his car's worth ;D
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Morning guys. So I want a brand new set of head lamps for the omega but am struggling to find anything anywhere (always a concern when eBay can't find what u want lol). All the factors I've called don't have a listing and as said can't find them on eBay.
Where can I source these?
Ps I've tried everything on my existing ones with no joy. So fancy some new ones 👍
Coming in late on this thread, all I would add is that I, last week, bought two for my Omega brand new from my Vauxhall main dealer via Luton. Parts No's 009193420 , 009193419. At trade they cost me £485.43 all in. Full retail is £542.
According to my parts department friend I had the last drivers side headlamp at Luton, with just 5 n/s ones left. :y
That's more than his car's worth ;D
Probably! ;D ;D ;D
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So my options for brand new is...
Fit a set of atp and swap them over at mot time. Or
Buy atp and shove mine in the oven to just swap over lenses. Or
Buy genuine. Or
Source a breaker but no guarantee on quality.
Thats not really an option as you will blind everyone in-between MOT's!
Like every beemer, merc and Audi driver out there then.
In seriousness I wouldn't fit them if that was the case.