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[KJ52TVE]

I remember seeing the "Omega" sold as a Cadillac in the USA in the mid/late 1990's

It escapes me what it's model name was? I thought maybe "cimmarron"

Anybody out there got one or knows anything more?
I recall a full width high level brake light across the full width of the bootlid (trunk  ) which looked pretty nice!

Cheers

[aaronjb]

Cadillac Catera


http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/pictures/10-cars-that-deserved-to-fail-cadillac-catera#slide-6

[05omegav6]

Cadillac Catera

Bugger... bested by 12 seconds, but mine is blue

[omega3000]

Cadillac Catera

Bugger... bested by 12 seconds, but mine is blue

Didn't realize there was a Chevrolet Omega also 

[humbucker]

Cadillac Catera. Regarded as one of the greatest fails of any US car maker! 

[omega3000]

Chevrolet Omega    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Omega

[elvin315]

Didn't realize there was a Chevrolet Omega also 

The Chevrolet Omega is a Holden Commodore in disguise. It's wider than both the Vaux Omega and the Catera so give up hope of swapping bonnet or boot. They won't fit. As for the Catera boot lid with its LED stop light......it's a bit more complicated than it seems. Depending on your MY Omega, the tail lights on it and the Catera lids might not match.

If its a pre or mini lift then the 97-99 Catera lids will fit. The lens colors seem a little off but they do align. Problem is they might not function the same. Your laws being different some rewiring might be needed. The Catera turnsignals are the smoked portion on the wings (fenders), its brakelights are the red.Not sure if the smoked center portion lights up (I have a facelift model) but the back-up lights (rear foglights?) can be seen as darker rectangles within the lidwide smoked lens. The lens colors match so other than the question about their functionality and legality the lids should swap nicely. The example below doesn't have the LED strip so I don't know what to make of that.

Its been done I just can't say if it would pass your MOT.


If it's a facelift model then the 2000-2001 Catera boot lid will need a little bodywork to accept the Omega tail lights but in this case the lens colors don't match and probably don't function the same regarding the turn signals and back-up lights. Our turn signals are the clear portions on the wing units (w/amber LEDs). The back-ups, the clear portions on the lid (w/clear incandescent bulbs). You'd know better the legallity of all that.

As you'll notice the corners are rounded on the Omega lights where the Catera's are sharper and of course the lens colors.

[elvin315]

Cadillac Catera. Regarded as one of the greatest fails of any US car maker! 

Couldn't let tha particular "Sleeping Dog" lay now could you? And the little emoticons are a bit much, don't you think?

[omega3000]

Are the LED boot lights still available second hand over there 

The wide boot lights i mean like on this one 

[elvin315]

To reiterate: That lid doesn't have the LED strip. The red plastic on the lid is decorative and glows red when the lights are on but it isn't the high mount center brakelight as required in the US.

[omega3000]

The red plastic on the lid is decorative and glows red when the lights are on but it isn't the high mount center brakelight as required in the US.

Are they available ?

[05omegav6]

Are the LED boot lights still available second hand over there 

The wide boot lights i mean like on this one 

You need the bootlid as well... as Elvin pointed out, the panel is bolted to the bootlid, so the metalwork is different...
As for the shape of the facelift outer lights, the non North America light units are a fuller shape, but the shape of the light location on the quarter panel is identical as the bodyshells are identical across the globe

To fit the facelift Catera lights, you need the bootlid, both outer clusters and all the rear light wiring. Legally they should be fine, as they use amber lights for the indicators... unusual for American cars. The led third brake light is about the same length as the one on my EClass, so no issues there either

Chevrolet Omega    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Omega

For clarity, South America does things differently... the South American Omega A is the same as the European one, ie the Mk 2 Carlton/Opel Omega A. The rest, as wiki'dangle berries' says in plain english, are rebadged Holden Commodores, and have sfa to do with the Opel/Vauxhall Omega B that we know and love. Our Omega B was also sold in Japan, New Zealand, and the Middle east as the Chevrolet Omega just to confuse the simple folk

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Cadillac Catera

Bugger... bested by 12 seconds, but mine is blue

I'll bet  Aaron was a real 'swot' at school.

[05omegav6]

The red plastic on the lid is decorative and glows red when the lights are on but it isn't the high mount center brakelight as required in the US.

Are they available ?

The boot lid is required as that panel is bolted on... also the lock is different, so probably some further work involved retrofitting the facelift mechanism to it, with its associated wiring

For Elvin... our '93-'98/9 cars have the facility to lock/unlock the boot lid with the key from the outside independently of the remote locking. It would seem yours do not

[05omegav6]

Cadillac Catera

Bugger... bested by 12 seconds, but mine is blue

I'll bet  Aaron was a real 'swot' at school.

I know I wasn't