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[Tick Tock]

Silver X reg is a facelift... grill in bonnet, no chrome.

Blue V reg is Mid facelift... grill not in bonnet, chrome trims and solid headrests.

Mid facelift was last registered on W plates, earliest facelifts on V plates... both rare

  So in other words - a mini facelift. AFAIK the pre-facelift wasn't originally called that, because at the time there were no subsequent changes to the Omega - not until the mini FL came in.

[Zirfeld]

Opel changed the model years always in late summer. My Saloon is a very early MFL (side airbags) produced on 23th July 1998, model year 1999. I found the marks during restoration. The latest one was printed under the backseat.

Rolf

[terry paget]

Christmas day 2006; while wife cooks the turkey I line up my Vauxhalls. Is R706 a PFL, or is she too a mid facelift?

[Doctor Gollum]

Mid/mini

[TheBoy]

My Saloon is a very early MFL (side airbags) produced on 23th July 1998, model year 1999.

Not quite. Its halfway through the production run of MFL, which started summer 1997, and ended summer 1999.

[terry paget]

R706 has the commendable features of solid black bumpers, whcih did not show minor bumps, and black backed door mirrors (now on OE03). Her rear doors live on too, on V828. They have wind up windows, which still work, whereas V828's original electric windows did not.

[Zirfeld]

Behind the sill covers?

Not looked there, but the rearwheel arches are as new and I have no reason to think the cills are any different.

Have you removed the rear bumper to wheelarch screws and peeled the bumper back yet?
I wouldn't advise it unless you're prepared to get the welder out:





That's the necessary repair to both inner and outer arch. I'll do the other side, which is only slightly better, in the summer.

Hi Nick

I have to do the same work as you did and I will start this weekend. Left side I did two years ago. It was the naked horror.






There had no rust coming over two years. My Caravan is winter driver!

Left side is much better (I hope so) and I will report here.

Rolf

[VXL V6]

Is that Carlton a CDX or a Diplomat? Nice cars BTW

[Zirfeld]

Sorry, I am a little in trouble with my uploader....here are some pic I took two years ago.



Rust removed



Inner arche



Outside



Inside



Done! No Plastic!

[amba]

Loved my old Carlton 2.0 CDX....great car and really comfy fabric seats,as passed on the Diplomat as could only find them with leather and in 2.6 

[terry paget]

Is that Carlton a CDX or a Diplomat? Nice cars BTW

I was about to say I had no idea, when I found a notice of intended prosecution concerning speeding  on 13/03/2004 in Welwyn Garden City by Vauxhall Carlton CD I K484KGK; so it was a CD I.

[terry paget]

Loved my old Carlton 2.0 CDX....great car and really comfy fabric seats,as passed on the Diplomat as could only find them with leather and in 2.6

The Carlton was my daughter's car, which she eventually wrote off running into the central reservation of the M5.

Were they all 8 valve engines? Colleague of mine had one and the cam belt broke on the M25 in a traffic jam. He cranked it onto the hard shoulder on the starter, had it recovered to nearest Vx dealer, who popped on a new cam belt and it was good as new. Clearly not an interference engine.