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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm fault

« on: 26 June 2012, 10:28:07 »

Yes, useful to know that the dealer should be able to tell me which sensor (if any) is at fault so if the alarm starts to play up again without the battery having gone flat I will definitely take it back if only to tell them that they "misled" me when they said that the alarm could not be disabled and could they now please disable it and give me back the £230 they took off me!  Touch wood, it has behaved itself for the last 48 hours so I am keeping my fingers crossed....

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm fault

« on: 25 June 2012, 21:06:49 »

It was both the siren and the horn I think but in the heat of the moment I didn't really make a note!!  I know the battery is old but the garage (main dealer) said that it was still fine and holding its charge so I haven't replaced it.  Maybe that once I have checked the bonnet alarm I should replace the battery anyway since the old girl sits on my drive for days/weeks at a time without being taken for a spin.

AlexW,Thanks for your sympathy on the main dealer front.  I do have an independent that I have used for other cars and I think he will be getting my Omega business from now on.  As for getting stuck in myself, nice idea and I might have done it 30 years ago but not today.

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Omega General Help / Re: tramlining

« on: 25 June 2012, 20:44:14 »

Poly bushes are only available to replace the front wishbone bush.

There has to be a bush there, or the ride would be intolerable.

Tyre profile being uppermost priority when it comes to tram lining. Keeping the original profile shape is most important.

 Best way to an appalling handling car...
Elite soft suspension
Enthusiastic driving
Shot bushes
Poor set up
Wide and or Falken tyres. My Elite had both.

It was rather lethal. Fronts would roll off high points, rears would clime out of low points. The car was all over the place. Falkens where barely half worn.

Soft suspension deflects the front camber easier. That is to say, as the suspension compresses the camber angle changes. Therefor tyre wear on the edges of the front tyres will always be an issue. (the rear does the opposite and wears the middle first)

So, it follows, and appears to be the case that
Firmer suspension
Poly bushes
Set up at Wim
Dunlop sport maxx/tt
Will give a much more planted and better handling car.
Irmscher or similar suspension gives WAY less body roll. Therefor camber deflection and tyre wear is kept to a minimum. Better handling, longer lasting tyres, a safer car to drive.

Note. The Dunlops give a very planted feel to the car. But are a bit soft and noisy. Conti Sc3, are a fraction less planted, but last longer, are quieter and last I looked where cheaper than the Dunlops.

On the modified set up I have yet to find the limit of the cars accuracy over any surface in a straight line. There was NO tramlining to be found when the tyre where new. Obviously tramlines could be felt through the suspension as it was high,low,high surface to drive over. The tyres are now getting worn and some slight tramlining is now kreeping in.

On the Elite set up on worn Falkens, it was impossible to drive faster than 40mpf on a bumpy B road. At its absolute best, the Elite suspension I would say was 40% worse than the modified set up at its worst. A different world.

Tighten up the chassis bushes, replace any worn or broken chassis parts.
Set it up to -1.10 camber via Wim settings. Ignore vx settings they are shite.
Fit new tyres. Best you can afford. (Not Falkens)
As a minimum price guide I wouldn't fit anything cheaper than Kumho Ku31 etc.... But needs must and all that.

The Sc3's wear very well and give fantastic grip wet or dry.



But then, not everyone wants a firm set up, or even needs it. If your a steady driver, you shouldn't get so many problems, in theory.

Hth.

Couldn't agree more about the Falkens.  The Pirellis that were fitted from new on my 2600 CDX Estate were fine even when they were coming to the end of their life but the Falken ZE 912s that I fitted all round were dreadful for tramlining from the word go.

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Omega General Help / Alarm fault

« on: 25 June 2012, 19:48:36 »

Hi, I'm new to the forum but I have been reading with interest the posts from all those of you who have had problems with their alarm systems.  My 2003 2600 CDX est has had similar probs and I have had the sounder replaced by the local main dealer (at a cost of £230ish) who assured me that it was not possible to simply disconnect the alarm.  Having read all the stuff on this site I am now somewhat cross and wonder if I've been misled??  Does anyone know if any of the late models were designed so that the alarms could not be disabled?  I am particularly annoyed because yesterday the alarm went off again for no apparent reason..........  My next option would seen to be to test the engine bay alarm and then move on to the rear windows.......although using the running man didn't stop the alarm the first time I had the problem........but then again that coincided with the car battery going flat and I haven't tried the running man test again since then. Any comment from anyone about the truthfulness of my main dealer would be appreciated!
Many thanks