Prefacelift & Face-lift

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4G63TEVO
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Tue Oct 14, 2025 10:02 pm

Can you have a 1990 F reg pre face-lift. And would it have the larger bearing rear disc trailing arms?

I'm just confused with the years and the face-lift etc. I know the years etc. from google but have seen late prefaclift cars. Could it be just that they have been registered later of will they have the later parts.

Sorry if I'm not being clear.
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Thu Oct 16, 2025 7:02 pm

4G63TEVO wrote:
Tue Oct 14, 2025 10:02 pm
Can you have a 1990 F reg pre face-lift. And would it have the larger bearing rear disc trailing arms?

I'm just confused with the years and the face-lift etc. I know the years etc. from google but have seen late prefaclift cars. Could it be just that they have been registered later of will they have the later parts.

Sorry if I'm not being clear.
Anything is possible if registered late, imported or had a private reg, but I suspect what you have seen is either a cab or m3 as they both used PFL parts past the cutoff date for everything else. My 89 F reg is certainly a facelift.
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Thu Oct 16, 2025 7:28 pm

Ah yes spot on its a soft top. Thanks for the info.
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