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Title: Old Car... New Vauxhall wheels.
Post by: duggs on 04 January 2009, 00:17:20

Thanks once again to Ebay. Brand new set of genuine VX wheels complete with "never touched the road" Bridgestone Tyres..£260 all up.

Apparently they came from a brand new Astra and they went straight on. Offset is very slightly out but looks and feels like I got away with it.


(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Duggs/Omega1.jpg)

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Duggs/Omega4.jpg)


(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Duggs/Omega2.jpg)

Title: Re: Old Car... New Vauxhall wheels.
Post by: ngrainqey on 04 January 2009, 00:19:52

you didnt do bad there then :P

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Post by: v6venom on 04 January 2009, 09:20:09

im liking them mate look like mini snowflakes ... :y

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Post by: Marie on 04 January 2009, 10:01:01

i like!!!! :)

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Post by: duggs on 04 January 2009, 11:46:51

Yes !  They are only 16"...higher would have been better but hey..worth the money for the tyres alone.

ALSO...with the lower profile when the speed sais 90mph, the SatNav confirms the speed to be 81mph....only "slightly" out...??????

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Post by: bighed on 04 January 2009, 14:13:26

Im sheepishly gonna say I think I read somewhere that all some omegas are 4mph out between speedo and MID display so which do you believe. Obviously satnav should be correct.

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Post by: Pippin on 04 January 2009, 20:45:29

They look great....car looks good too.... :y

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Post by: si vaux on 04 January 2009, 21:00:28

They look mint fella.

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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 04 January 2009, 21:24:50

impressive car with a nice color..alloys : I want them :y

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Post by: duggs on 05 January 2009, 00:49:36

Thank you for your kind comments:

Funny little story regarding the car. Found her on AutoTrader, now baring in mind I'm in Ipswich, Autotrader calculated that the Omega was 60 miles away...SO I arranged with the seller AND my 81 year Father to pop down to see it within a couple of hours, my Father saying he'd drive me.

Finally asked where the seller and the car was and he said Hearne Bay.....in Kent. Soddin ain't 60 miles, well not by road via the Dartford tunnel it wasn't..AS the crow flies, straight out to sea over the Thames Estuary it could well be..........SO 5 hours later after a tramatic trip on the train, through London on a Friday night rush hour...I finally picked her up around 9pm.

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Post by: dene wakefield lad on 05 January 2009, 11:47:07

look the biss  :y

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Post by: doog on 08 January 2009, 09:52:02

there is too much air between the tyres and the arches

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Post by: benbrunt on 08 January 2009, 11:47:13

Look nice, I was gonna stick a pair on mine if I didn't get the snowflakes I did. Think they're from an Astra aren't they

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Post by: duggs on 09 January 2009, 21:46:34

Quote " there is too much air between the tyres and the arches "..

It gives that impression from the pics yes...but its the way I parked up the drive..

On the flat she sits just right....perhaps could be a bit better if I lowered her BUT enjoy the comfort to much !

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Post by: doog on 11 January 2009, 16:22:56

Quote

Quote " there is too much air between the tyres and the arches "..

It gives that impression from the pics yes...but its the way I parked up the drive..

On the flat she sits just right....perhaps could be a bit better if I lowered her BUT enjoy the comfort to much !

I hope you didnt take my comments as criticism it wasn't  :)

Doug

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Post by: duggs on 11 January 2009, 23:02:21

I did bud ..but from the pictures..a valid one.  No worries.. :) ;)

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Post by: duggs on 04 November 2009, 00:19:10

Tis November 2009.   I'm looking to sell her now !
Upgrading to a face lift.

Either with these wheels or the originals.

With the snowflakes hoping to get about £800.
With the originals around £500-£600 I hope.

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Post by: Omegadoha, Desert Member on 04 November 2009, 04:12:01

nice car and wheels :y

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Post by: trainastock on 04 November 2009, 10:41:53

good looking motor   colour is great wheels lookgood to  :y

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Post by: Dishevelled Den on 04 November 2009, 22:22:05

It does indeed look well, hope you get a good price D  :y :y