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Title: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 06 March 2010, 17:26:56
Just thaught i'd put up a few pictures of my 1998 mv6 that ive done a bit of work on today!
First set of pictures are at 11am this morning and the rest are at about 2.30 this afternoon!!
Made the badgeless front grille myself from the irmcher serround from my old elite and cut up a corsa bumper grille to fit then bonded it in. Colour coded the bumpers and side skirts and fitted the facelift coloured mouldings and fitted my 19" alloys purchased from fleabay!!
Love the look of it now.....better than i thaught it was going to turn out!
Let me know what you think please people....love the look of it but would like to know if it is to everyone's taste or just me being a proud dad!! lol  :y :y

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Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!!
Post by: david_omega on 06 March 2010, 17:31:25
cant see any pics?
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!!
Post by: astramega on 06 March 2010, 19:47:51
Have tried everything to get my photo's on here and it's not bloody working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will try to calm down and then retrieve the computer from the garden where i threw it and then have another go!!
Have resized all my photo's on photobucket but when i hit the direct link bit i go to the forum and cant get it to show up!!  What am i doing wrong??
Do i have to log out of photobucket after every photo or what??
Please help!!
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 06 March 2010, 20:41:08
Got the buggers on there in the end!!
Not all of what i uploaded but better than nothing!! lol ;D
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: hunky dory on 06 March 2010, 20:48:05
nice lookin car love da wheels what kind of suspension is under it.
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: Jim on 06 March 2010, 20:49:45
Looks good mate 8-)
Its amazing how much more modern the car looks when you colour code the door mouldings etc :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: Del Boy on 06 March 2010, 21:01:58
Looking good  8-)
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: david_omega on 06 March 2010, 21:07:13
looks good!
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 06 March 2010, 21:12:23
I'm more than pleased with the look of her now!!
She's looking about 10 years newer now with the facelift mouldings (as has been said!)
Dont know whan springs she has an her, they are the one's off of my old elite (they were there when i got her!), just the stainless exhaust to fit and she's done for a while, i can get on with stripping the rest of the bits off the old elite before she's buried then!! :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: Foxycav on 06 March 2010, 21:34:44
wow those wheels are mahoosive :) Lovely looking Omega you have there :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: Amigo on 06 March 2010, 23:20:52
Peachy. My black MV6 (same year) has facelift door mouldings but how did you do the fronts & have you done the backs as well? I also have the Elite/CDX grille surround so we share some mods.
  Has your Elite got the pracy screen & bose rear parcel shelf? I'm STILL looking!!! Guy. :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: Dan1005 on 06 March 2010, 23:23:59
Mate I love it..
the door mouldings are exactly what I want to do with mine... so you say facelift ones are fitted??? I thought it was just a painting the current mouldings... Do you know where I could source a set of those? :P

Very Nice car though,, considering cars tend to go as fast as they look, your thing should be bloody quick :)
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 06 March 2010, 23:38:03
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Peachy. My black MV6 (same year) has facelift door mouldings but how did you do the fronts & have you done the backs as well? I also have the Elite/CDX grille surround so we share some mods.
  Has your Elite got the pracy screen & bose rear parcel shelf? I'm STILL looking!!! Guy. :y
All that was done for the front and rear bumpers was to sand the whole things including the mouldings, add a bit of adhesion promoter to the plastic bits that arent primed then paint the whole lot! My old elite does have the privacy screen in it but as per usual it's broken, dont know if its the bose shelf or not.... doesnt say anything on the speaker grills!
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 06 March 2010, 23:42:15
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Mate I love it..
the door mouldings are exactly what I want to do with mine... so you say facelift ones are fitted??? I thought it was just a painting the current mouldings... Do you know where I could source a set of those? :P

Very Nice car though,, considering cars tend to go as fast as they look, your thing should be bloody quick :)
Got all of the facelift mouldings from omega spares on e-bay. He did me a deal where i baught all 4 door mouldings and he threw in the front wing mouldings free of charge...cost me just over £50 for the lot delivered! New ones would have cost me about £160 plus vat for the set!!
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: Dan1005 on 06 March 2010, 23:43:51
going to go have a look for that store now... sounds like a really good deal..
just what I was looking for too...
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: MV6Matt on 08 March 2010, 08:58:45
Like the wheels dude! I thought about them for mine as it goes.

P/F do look so much better with colour coded strips (Mine too!)
If you ever get round to it change the wing mirrors to F/L too - they are so much better!

What is the insert for the grill - home made or adapted from somthing else?

Lovely car, lovely car! : :) :y :) :y

Matthew
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 08 March 2010, 10:07:09
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Like the wheels dude! I thought about them for mine as it goes.

P/F do look so much better with colour coded strips (Mine too!)
If you ever get round to it change the wing mirrors to F/L too - they are so much better!

What is the insert for the grill - home made or adapted from somthing else?

Lovely car, lovely car! : :) :y :) :y

Matthew
Thanks for that mate, i'm well happy with her now!!
Grille insert is one i made from a 54 plate corsa lower bumper grille and then attacked it with an air saw!!
Still looks a bit rough round the edges close up but it only took me half hour to make so i cant grumble!
 :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: CateraMV6 on 08 March 2010, 14:10:34
Your 19s look amazing but offset is a bit high on those, I am guessing between 40-50mm... you should get a pair of H&R Spacers either 15-20mm and install them on all 4 corners...

That will push the wheels further out to the fenders and give a meaner looking stance. 
As long as you dont go too big on the spacers you will avoid any rubbing issues too.
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: sjc on 12 March 2010, 07:27:22
You would never believe it was the same car.

Colour coding the plastics makes such a difference!
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: jonny2112 on 12 March 2010, 20:29:02
Did you have to modify the new side mouldings in any way?
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: astramega on 14 March 2010, 23:04:29
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Did you have to modify the new side mouldings in any way?
All i did with the mouldings was to remove the fixing clips from the back then bond them to the door! Might be cheating.......but it works for me!! lol ;)
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: PhilRich on 15 March 2010, 13:50:10
That's a mean looking machine mate :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: beef on 05 April 2010, 12:05:27
Liking the wheels :y
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: sjc on 07 June 2010, 20:25:02
Car looks amazing now mate... hard to believe the difference.

Do the old mouldings come off quite easy, presume they're stuck on with trim tape?
Title: Re: My MV6. What a difference a day makes!! PHOTO'S!!!
Post by: mr ICE man on 08 June 2010, 17:04:27
Jealus!!looks great!