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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: rear shelf speaker grilles

« on: 22 February 2026, 19:31:20 »

They also came in a light beige colour or light grey, as well as the dark charcoal colour, depending on the interior trim colour.
The pictures of mine I emailed you yesterday were light grey.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 21 February 2026, 17:19:41 »

Lettuce

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Omega General Help / Re: elite rear shelf speakers

« on: 21 February 2026, 12:06:24 »

email is fine john .as my last message to you .
just to get an idea of how the factory ones look .cheers

Email sent Chris with pics

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General Discussion Area / Re: Word Association.

« on: 20 February 2026, 23:40:46 »

Tip

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Omega General Help / Re: elite rear shelf speakers

« on: 20 February 2026, 23:23:44 »

 

email is fine john .as my last message to you .
just to get an idea of how the factory ones look .cheers

 
Sorry Chris, only just seen your email

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Omega General Help / Re: elite rear shelf speakers

« on: 20 February 2026, 20:32:48 »

hi .could some kind person please post a picture of an elite rear shelf saloon from the top and underneath please .i wish to install some  speakers instead of the rear
door speakers which serve no real purpose !
just to see the factory position
cheers

I can take some photos of mine in the morning Chris, but putting photos on here is something that I've never been able to master (other forums I contribute to are straight forward!), so I will have to email or text them to you

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General Car Chat / Re: New calipers... What colour?

« on: 19 February 2026, 23:38:33 »

Paint 'em red. Always used to make my Ford Escorts go faster in their day in the 80's...

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General Car Chat / Re: Another MOT pass

« on: 12 February 2026, 18:56:37 »

not that its entirely relevant but a few years back i managed to find a pair of brand new genuine air shocks for my carlton 2.2 from 'vauxhall green parts'.these were presumably quite rare then for that car and i think i paid around £30 each for them .i looked a few days later and they still had some but had tripled the price (or more !)
there will be some omega ones stashed away somewhere !!

I've got three sets of nos saloon s/l shocks that I bought off that excellent website 'Car Parts Connection' for little money at the time. Dealers listed their 'out of date' stock; you had to know the part numbers to search for items, but there were great bargains to be had! Unfortunately PSA (I think) shut it down a good few years ago.
Before anyone asks, sorry no, they aren't for sale as I have several Elites.....but when I'm on my death bed, I'll try to remember to put a post on here, but you'll have to form an orderly queue...

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Omega General Help / Re: Starter for V6

« on: 07 February 2026, 17:40:53 »

I've had to have two repaired over the years (on different Omegas) - the fault on both being water ingress in the solenoid on the top. Water drips down from the scuttle on the RH of the vehicle and drops onto the solenoid which don't appear to be sealed very well. I presume its similar with LHD Omegas.
Both cost me around £50 at a reputable auto electrical company that did repairs to starter, motors, alternators etc. - a lot cheaper that buying a reconditioned or new unit outright.

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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples

« on: 22 January 2026, 12:32:19 »

Cheers Jim. That seems like a good alternative.
As the bleed nipples should be slackened every two years for bleeding, would that not destroy the seal between the threads and the alloy caliper body possibly resulting in future galvanic corrosion? If they were being removed the threads could he cleaned and more Hylomar applied, but how do you thik would the sealant stand up to just being slackened to bleed?

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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples

« on: 18 January 2026, 00:34:07 »

After doing more digging, I think I will stick with original Brembo /Audi steel replacement bleed nipples.
Reasoning behind it - galvanic corrosion when two types of metals are in contact with each other (as we all know), and an electrolyte (humidity / rainwater/ sea or salt water etc). Alloy calipers are made from an aluminim alloy I understand, and this corrosion requires an anode and cathode to start the process, if the  two metals are similar this process is reduced.
Unfortunately stainless steel and aluminium alloy are more prone to electron transfer, and titanium even more so; mild steel or zinc plated steel less so. In other words the more similar the metal are between anode and cathode, the less galvanic corrosion occurs.
You would have thought the engineers at Brembo would fit the most appropriate bleed nipples for the metal in their calipers, so with that in mind, I am going to stick with their standard bleed nipples. I'm not saying galvanic corrosion won't occur again, but with a barrier on the threads such as ceramic grease or red rubber grease (being unaffected by brake fluid) should help to reduce the effect.
Took some research but stainless in alloy, and titanium in alloy are not recommended at all unless sleeved with a more compatible metal.
Now have to get the snapped and seized bleed nipples out......

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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples

« on: 17 January 2026, 16:01:12 »

Thanks Nick - they have always had the rubber caps on the nipples. Stainless was my thoughts too of the the two metals from what I've read. Checked the cost of them and they aren't too bad price wise either.

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General Car Chat / Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples

« on: 16 January 2026, 22:38:25 »

Wondered if any of you knowledgables have had any experiences of this issue...
I have a set of ceramic front brake calipers on an Audi (which I believe are made by Brembo). The inner bleed nipple on both calipers have seized primarily I presume as the bleed nipple is steel and the caliper body is alloy causing corrosion between the different metals
The brake system has been bled religiously every two years.
I have a chap who has had success of removing seized / snapped bleed nipples so I'm not overly concerned about getting out - but should I replace them with stainless steel or titanium alternatives?
I have researched this on t'interweb, and I'm leaning towards a high grade of stainless with maybe a smear of ceramic brake grease or red rubber grease on the thread,  but there is some suggestion that titanium and alloy are possibly better suited to the different metals, although there will aways be some reaction over time.
I am a little miffed that dispite them being slackened to bleed every two years they have seized, but if I can reduce the likelihood of this problem in the future, which alternative metal bleed nipple would be best?
Thanks

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 07 January 2026, 00:20:19 »

And before you even suggest it, approaching from the opposite direction on the opposite carriageway, stopping adjacent to the scene and hopping over the armco or concrete central reservation to the scene on foot is also another big no no....

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 07 January 2026, 00:06:27 »

Monday. Smart motorway. The M1 heading south. Serious accident 350 yards up from us.. Four lanes of stationary traffic.

No lane for emergency vehicles. The incident commander and someone from fire brigade came running between the vehicles. Smart motorways my 4rse.

That's not exclusively a smart motorway problem, but no hard shoulder really doesn't help matters.
One day, they'll figure out that you can approach the scene from the other direction at the next junction.

Rather a ridulous statement - the emergency services would NEVER approach the scene of accident by travelling against the direction of the traffic flow, even if 4 lanes were blocked due to collision. It is very rare that 4 lanes are actually totally blocked, and after the initial aftermath prior to the arrival of the emergency services, drivers that feel their presence at the scene to assist or give their details as a witness is no longer necessary, or a stricken vehicle is moved, they will manoeuvre past the scene and continue on their journey, only to be met by emergency vehicles travelling opposite direction? A big no no.
The other point that you haven't considered is any vehicles that may have previously stopped in an emergency refuge between the scene and the next junction for whatever reason who then continue on their journey only to be confronted by emergency service vehicles travelled towards them.
Travelling against the normal flow of traffic would only be considered once a police vehicle has travelled from the scene to the next junction to check for any potential.problems or previously stranded vehicles, and then and only then once they area is sterile, would any emergency or recovery vehicles be permitted access from the opposite direction, but that would only be as a last resort.
Use yer noddle.....