Face lift
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M3crab

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1,748 posts

201 months

Saturday 18th July 2009
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Hello all. Can anyone tell me when did the R53 Cooper S get its face lift?

Farky

920 posts

220 months

Saturday 18th July 2009
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Could be wrong, but i think it was late 2004 onwards......

Wilburo

391 posts

213 months

Sunday 19th July 2009
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Yep, '54 plates.

cannedheat

953 posts

291 months

Monday 20th July 2009
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Farky said:
Could be wrong, but i think it was late 2004 onwards......
Yeah, about October '04. It was for the '05 MY.

Wilburo

391 posts

213 months

Tuesday 21st July 2009
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My car is a facelift model, built September 2004.

It's defo '54 plates.

Farky

920 posts

220 months

Tuesday 21st July 2009
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Wilburo said:
My car is a facelift model, built September 2004.

It's defo '54 plates.
Yep, mine too.

esuuv

1,377 posts

221 months

Tuesday 21st July 2009
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just to be completely pedantic, some really late 03 cars will be the facelift too - I had a 54 plate on the 1st of September and there were some before then...............

Easy to tell though as the insides of the headlights are quite different...............

Wilburo

391 posts

213 months

Tuesday 21st July 2009
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esuuv said:
Easy to tell though as the insides of the headlights are quite different...........
Rear lights too - you can see it's facelift by looking at the light at the bottom, in the centre. This was changed from the reversing light to the fog light in the facelift.

///ajd

8,964 posts

222 months

Thursday 23rd July 2009
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Seem to recall it was July 04 build onwards, so there are some 04 facelifts out there.

dipstic

56 posts

216 months

Friday 24th July 2009
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yep July 04 (mine was Hyper blue on a 04)