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[sonikhead]

evening all hows ya wkend gone???

[waspy]

Evening to you too. Weekends been liesurely, but got done what i wanted- Exhaust, shopping, carboot x2 & mowed the lawns

[sonikhead]

happy days then m8 pity its back to work 2morrow ay it

[Omega man 2]

Spent the weekend cleaning everyones car

Just finished exams on Saturday, so now to spend 3 months p1ssing about

[unlucky mark mv6]

Painted the rear bumper this weekend.Front next week.

[VXL V6]

Fitted a new (it came from a VX dealer who removed it from a brand new Omega as the buyer was having an Irmscher kit fitted) rear bumper, had to drill the holes for the park sensors first though.

[sonikhead]

just out of interest chaps does the rear spoiler which i see on most elite omegas fit the normal saloon sorry if thats a soft questian

[VXL V6]

Yes!

Though there are subtle differences between the Pre facelift and Facelift ones.

[unlucky mark mv6]

Fitted a new (it came from a VX dealer who removed it from a brand new Omega as the buyer was having an Irmscher kit fitted) rear bumper, had to drill the holes for the park sensors first though.

Dont tell me,you had trouble with the small torx screws aswell.Actually snapped one of the mounts on mine,so had to make another one.

[VXL V6]

The two Torx screws on the lower edge of the bumper at the wheel arch were rusted onto the wheel arch liner clips.

Now need to locate two new liners as the plastic tabs have snapped.

Other than that it all came off reasonably easy, trying to balance the bumper while unplugging the loom from the park sensors was interesting though!

[unlucky mark mv6]

Do you mean the mounts by the arch lip have snapped.?

[HolyCount]

happy days then m8 pity its back to work 2morrow ay it

Not for me -- got a "day pass" from the missus to go work on my buggy 

Plan is to dip the calipers (and some of the suspension components) in oxalic acid to degrease and derust, then paint with Hydrate 80 and then a coat of hammerite.  Might then have time to rebuild the calipers -- but probably not 

[VXL V6]

The ones underneath, the screw goes through the bottom of the bumper then through a metal clip that's clipped on to the arch liner (which is what is damaged). I think they may have been broke before as the car had mudflaps fitted.

It's only a small arch liner so hopefully will be able to get some off Ebay cheapish.

[unlucky mark mv6]

They seem to have came out pretty easy on mine,surprisingly enough as you would expect them to be totally seized,because they are constantly exposed to water when its raining. :-?

[VXL V6]

Will be coated with CopperEase when I replace them! Infact anything that can rust underneath my car seems to be coated with smoothrite or copperease!!!!