Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: vauxfan2k on 04 November 2010, 22:35:15
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Plenty people have done the conversion to make their pre/mini facelift look like a facelift model, with the use of the bumpers, lights, bonnet, mirrors etc etc
but has anyone ever got a late facelift and changed it to look like a minifacelift? (externally)
the pre/mini has its die hard fans, myself being one of them, I just cant warm to the facelift unless its a super clean one with irmy bits
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No havn't made any changes, but my p/f/l TD door cards are so much more cosy and comfy compared to the cold bare plasticky look of the f/l v6.
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What Kneepad says, I think I could eventually warm to the exterior of a facelift, apart from the light appearance of the tail lights, but the interior would really take some getting your head around. ::) ::) :y
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Agreed.
There is a guy who put fl bumpers/side trip on his pre-fl, should still be on the 1st page of gallery....I know this is not at all what you mean, but what was interesting is he kept the earlier type bonnet/grille, so it did look a bit sexier than the big open-gob of the 00-on cars.
I do appreciate what you mean, though. I think the omega design was just excellently executed from the off. The facelift looked more modern, which I suppose is the whole point of a facelift, but the purity of the design was lost....especially the fattest, most protruding black plastic bumpers going! Very practical, and much less likely to show the parking grazes that the body-coloured affairs do so well! :y
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There's an ex-plod estate (well, I say ex-plod - it's a 51-plate, and white, so safe to assume ex-plod) knocking about round here which has a pre-fl front-end, but from the front wings back is all facelift.
Seen it quite a few times, but never had to opportunity to chat to the driver to get the low-down. But the way it's been done, it looks like it's prob had a minor nudge at the front, and the only panels they've been able to get from the breakers in the same colour where from a pre-fl :-/
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ive got a facelift 2001 model i like the interior better and the rear end but not really keen on the front i would much prefer the previous shape front end i cant get my head around the big numb grille on the facelift it doesnt look like it belongs there , it personally looks like they couldnt be bothered when it came to the bonnet/grille design of the facelift
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ive warmed to the f/l now as we have 2 of them.
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There's an ex-plod estate (well, I say ex-plod - it's a 51-plate, and white, so safe to assume ex-plod) knocking about round here which has a pre-fl front-end, but from the front wings back is all facelift.
Seen it quite a few times, but never had to opportunity to chat to the driver to get the low-down. But the way it's been done, it looks like it's prob had a minor nudge at the front, and the only panels they've been able to get from the breakers in the same colour where from a pre-fl :-/
that one can be found on a driveway in higher ince :y
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This is my cross breed, looks ok but currently frizzed electrics sadly
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1251212137
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This is my cross breed, looks ok but currently frizzed electrics sadly
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1251212137
Very nice. Got clear repeaters yet? :)