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Facelift or not?
« on: 13 February 2008, 11:44:10 »
Morning all,

Possibly a very silly question I know, but do bear with me.  :-?

I should be picking up the car at the weekend (finally) and am now wondering how to tell whether or not I have a mini-facelift version?

I've had a look thorugh the FAQs and tried searching the site but can't seem to find something definitive that says "Your Omega is a mini-facelift if it has X or Y on it".

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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #1 on: 13 February 2008, 11:50:41 »
Headlights are the biggest external give away......if they have what look likes magnifying galss type lenses in them behind clear plastic then its mini-facelift......assuming they have not been retrofitted!


Other changes are slightly more suttle.....what year is it.
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #2 on: 13 February 2008, 11:52:07 »
as mentioned headlights will be projectors, but the biggest signs for me are:

Radio controls on the steering wheel!

Also solid head rests rather than open sqaures.
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #3 on: 13 February 2008, 12:04:05 »
Ahh, thank you gents.

It was registered in 1999, so it qualifies on that basis.

And shocking though it is, I cannot say for certain whether it had controls on the steering wheel. I'm 80% sure that it does though.

As for the headrests, well I know that it had them, but didn't spend a great deal of time looking at them.

But it sounds as though it is a mini facelift model then, which I will confirm at the weekend when I pick it up.
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #4 on: 13 February 2008, 12:04:55 »
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Ahh, thank you gents.

It was registered in 1999, so it qualifies on that basis.

And shocking though it is, I cannot say for certain whether it had controls on the steering wheel. I'm 80% sure that it does though.

As for the headrests, well I know that it had them, but didn't spend a great deal of time looking at them.

But it sounds as though it is a mini facelift model then, which I will confirm at the weekend when I pick it up.

It should be, the miniface lift appeared in 97.5 model year.....
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #5 on: 13 February 2008, 12:22:13 »
Did it? I thought it was in 1998. Shows how much I know!!

Which is why I wanted to be certain, in case it was registered late as a 1999 vehicle when it was built in 1998.

I'll make sure I have a good look at the headlights too then and then  refamiliarise myself with the interior.
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #6 on: 13 February 2008, 12:27:20 »
steering wheel controls are the biggest give away.

minifacelift came out half the way though 97 year... but nearly all are registered on a 98.
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #7 on: 13 February 2008, 14:35:01 »
Also if it's a elite mini-facelift it should have  a irmscher front grill.
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #8 on: 13 February 2008, 15:16:01 »
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Also if it's a elite mini-facelift it should have  a irmscher front grill.

bose & hids too
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #9 on: 13 February 2008, 15:23:23 »
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Also if it's a elite mini-facelift it should have  a irmscher front grill.
That they do ;)
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #10 on: 13 February 2008, 17:50:57 »
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Did it? I thought it was in 1998. Shows how much I know!!

Which is why I wanted to be certain, in case it was registered late as a 1999 vehicle when it was built in 1998.

I'll make sure I have a good look at the headlights too then and then  refamiliarise myself with the interior.

My Aug 98 registered cars are both mini facelift so unless yours was sitting unregistered for a year or more, it should be mf
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #11 on: 13 February 2008, 21:00:46 »
Right, well I'm confused.  Looking at the What is facelift/prefacelift? post in the FAQ section (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152617112) I thought I had the prefacelift as I have the electric window switches on the centre console.

However from this thread it looks like I'm wrong as I also have the HID lights and the steering wheel controls.  This is on an April '99 Elite.

Guess I should have read the FAQ thread a bit slower!

Mr Hagon
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Re: Facelift or not?
« Reply #12 on: 13 February 2008, 21:08:06 »
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Right, well I'm confused.  Looking at the What is facelift/prefacelift? post in the FAQ section (http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1152617112) I thought I had the prefacelift as I have the electric window switches on the centre console.

However from this thread it looks like I'm wrong as I also have the HID lights and the steering wheel controls.  This is on an April '99 Elite.

Guess I should have read the FAQ thread a bit slower!

Mr Hagon

Ok don't get confused.

prefacelift are cars 1994-1999/2000

Facelift 2000-2003

There was a mini-facelift in 1998 where the 1994 car was updated spec wise, and minor exterior changed. The electric window switches are on the centre console on pre-facelift cars (to 1999/2000)
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