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facelifting a minifacelift
« on: 10 August 2009, 08:24:12 »
to turn your mini/pre facelift into a facelift, appearance wise, is the requirement bonnet, wings, rear quarters and bootlid? (then accompanying bumpers and trim obviously). will these bolt on directly to the other existing parts and sit comfortably?

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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #1 on: 10 August 2009, 08:36:20 »
rear quarters aren't bolt on iirc.

Might also introduce insurance issues.

The effort and cost involved, just buy a facelift if thats what you want.
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #2 on: 10 August 2009, 08:36:59 »
not sure but the bonnet slam panel maybe different.
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #3 on: 10 August 2009, 08:37:31 »
aye i didnt mean literally bolt on the rear quarters, i was just wondering what the external/panel differences were ;-)  ta
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #4 on: 10 August 2009, 08:42:56 »
side strips, headlights, tail lights, exhaust.

then obviously the interior.
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #5 on: 10 August 2009, 11:09:16 »
why bother?  :-/  :-?
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #6 on: 10 August 2009, 11:16:13 »
I did this and changed only the following:

Bumpers (replaced)
Side strips (replaced)
Skirts (sprayed)
Grille (cut to fit)


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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #7 on: 10 August 2009, 11:16:45 »
just being curious. friend had a prang in his minifacelift and instead of replacing panels like for like we started talking about the feasability of replacing with facelift panels as he said he could get hold of some at a reasonable cost.
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #8 on: 13 August 2009, 09:29:13 »
so will a facelift bonnet, headlights, (and i guess bumper and under light strips) fit without having to change the wings? didnt know if the cut outs for the lights in the wing were a different shape or size?
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Re: facelifting a minifacelift
« Reply #9 on: 13 August 2009, 11:15:23 »
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so will a facelift bonnet, headlights, (and i guess bumper and under light strips) fit without having to change the wings? didnt know if the cut outs for the lights in the wing were a different shape or size?

You can keep the original wings. For the front end (as already stated) you'll need:-

Bonnet
Slam Panel
Headlights
Front Bumper

Then all 4 door strips and a rear bumper to finish it off. It would be too much work to change the rear lights as you'd have to cut a chunk out of the rear quarters and weld in a new section to suit.
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