Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: sonikhead on 25 May 2009, 18:59:42
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evening all hows ya wkend gone???
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Evening to you too. Weekends been liesurely, but got done what i wanted- Exhaust, shopping, carboot x2 & mowed the lawns :)
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happy days then m8 pity its back to work 2morrow ay it
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Spent the weekend cleaning everyones car :)
Just finished exams on Saturday, so now to spend 3 months p1ssing about ::) ::)
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Painted the rear bumper this weekend.Front next week. :y
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Fitted a new (it came from a VX dealer who removed it from a brand new Omega as the buyer was having an Irmscher kit fitted) rear bumper, had to drill the holes for the park sensors first though.
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just out of interest chaps does the rear spoiler which i see on most elite omegas fit the normal saloon sorry if thats a soft questian
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Yes!
Though there are subtle differences between the Pre facelift and Facelift ones.
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Fitted a new (it came from a VX dealer who removed it from a brand new Omega as the buyer was having an Irmscher kit fitted) rear bumper, had to drill the holes for the park sensors first though.
Dont tell me,you had trouble with the small torx screws aswell.Actually snapped one of the mounts on mine,so had to make another one. :'( :y
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The two Torx screws on the lower edge of the bumper at the wheel arch were rusted onto the wheel arch liner clips.
Now need to locate two new liners as the plastic tabs have snapped.
Other than that it all came off reasonably easy, trying to balance the bumper while unplugging the loom from the park sensors was interesting though!
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Do you mean the mounts by the arch lip have snapped.? :'(
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happy days then m8 pity its back to work 2morrow ay it
Not for me -- got a "day pass" from the missus to go work on my buggy :) :)
Plan is to dip the calipers (and some of the suspension components) in oxalic acid to degrease and derust, then paint with Hydrate 80 and then a coat of hammerite. Might then have time to rebuild the calipers -- but probably not :(
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The ones underneath, the screw goes through the bottom of the bumper then through a metal clip that's clipped on to the arch liner (which is what is damaged). I think they may have been broke before as the car had mudflaps fitted.
It's only a small arch liner so hopefully will be able to get some off Ebay cheapish.
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They seem to have came out pretty easy on mine,surprisingly enough as you would expect them to be totally seized,because they are constantly exposed to water when its raining. :-?
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Will be coated with CopperEase when I replace them! Infact anything that can rust underneath my car seems to be coated with smoothrite or copperease!!!!
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Brilliant idea mate,exactly what i do. :y
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Not been a bad weekend bought a new TV with some vouchers I got from work (plus a bit of cash to top up)
took my mum home from hospital,
spent Sunday slaving over a BBQ for my dad's birthday and having a cuddle with my new niece (not at the same time) and vegged for today after doing some shopping.
shame it is back to work tomorrow
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Not for me bud,on the rock and roll,not that im an idle git or anything,just cant find a job,suppose thats what they all say ;D ;D.Nevermind,i think ill have a play with the mig again :y
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Well i've been 'forced' to take most of the week off (have to go in on Friday unfortunately) so i'll either be riding or messing about with the car :)
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Good idea mate,a good mess with the car,cant beat it. ;D :y
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happy days then m8 pity its back to work 2morrow ay it
Yup back tomorrow, but i like my job so no worries there :) :)