Best & Easiest Cars To Give A Facelift In Nigeria, Check out prices

“Car Facelift” has always been a term that has existed in the automobile industry for years. It involves a minor change, minor update or refreshment of a car by manufacturers. The reason is usually to bring cars like this up to speed with modern designs and technological features.

Still, there’s a thin line between “car facelift” and “car upgrade.” The reason is that car upgrades aim to refurbish an old car entirely to meet the standards of newer models. At the same time, car facelift focuses on enhancing certainly worn-out features of a car to bring it up to speed.

Car facelifts are rampant in Nigeria. Due to the inability to afford newer cars often, many Nigerians stick to facelifts, also commonly referred to as “bodywork” in Nigeria. But is it possible for every car to get a facelift? Some car facelifts are easier than others. Below are some of Nigeria’s best and easiest cars to give a facelift.

Easiest Cars You Can Facelift In Nigeria & Their Prices

1. Lexus IS & Lexus ES

One of the many benefits of owning any of these cars is that you can upgrade them anyhow you want. For the Lexus IS, all you need to do for the Lexus IS is change the bumper and grill, and you already have a changed car staring back at you. 

For the Lexus ES, you can easily upgrade even a 2007 ES to look exactly like a 2016 ES. Indeed, the back will still have the 2007 look, but the front will look like a 2016 Lexus ES. 

To upgrade any of these Lexus cars, you’ll spend between 500 thousand Naira to 1 million Naira.

2. Toyota Land Cruiser/ Prado

Did you know that you can easily upgrade a 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser to a 2021 Land Cruiser? It means you can get an entire 12 years of upgrade when you do this. But, it is also advisable to stick to the exterior upgrade alone.

Once you start looking into the interior upgrades and enhancing the infotainment, you might endanger your Toyota Land Cruiser’s electrical features.

3. 2014 Honda Accord

When you look at the 2016-2017 Honda Accord, you’ll realise that they look way sportier and more beautiful than the 2013-2014 Honda Accord. So, with about 1-2 million Naira, you can facelift your old 2014 Honda Accord to look like a 2016-2017 Honda Accord.

4. W212 Mercedes-Benz E-Class

If you own the Mercedes-Benz W212 up until the 2012 model, the good news is that you can gift this Benz and uplift your 2012 W212 to look like the 2013 model. The exciting thing about the 2013 model is that it looks more beautiful, sportier and fancier than the 2012 model.

So with 1-2 million Naira, you can enhance the headlights, tail lights, fenders and bumpers of your 2012 model to meet the standards of the W212 2013 model.

5. Toyota Highlander

Remember the 2007 Toyota Highlander with more giant lights? Well, in 2010, Toyota tweaked the lights of the Highlander, giving it a slimmer look. Interestingly, you can uplift your older Toyota Highlander from 2007 to look like the 2010 model with 500 thousand Naira to 1 million Naira.

6. W204 Mercedes C-Class

The W204 Mercedes C-Class car is one of the standard cars Nigerians are constantly facelifting. Why? It’s because the car parts are everywhere. Most Nigerian buyers move over to facelifting the car the moment they purchase it. Another reason is that the cost of a facelift is not as expensive as other cars.

With about 200 thousand to 1 million Naira, you can facelift this car to meet the standard of modern-day Mercedes C-Class cars. It all depends on your needs.

7. Lexus LX/GX

Other Lexus cars you can easily facelift in Nigeria are the Lexus LX and GX. You can easily upgrade a 2009 Lexus LX to look exactly like the 2020 Lexus LX with between 3-5 million Naira. But, while upgrading this car, avoid doing upgrades in the interior. It might affect the car.

You can also upgrade your Lexus GX460 to have a newer model with the same amount of money.

8. Chevrolet Camaro

Interestingly, Chevrolet cars are not that commonly driven by Nigerians. But, the good part is that you can upgrade the exterior of your 2010-2015 Camaro to look exactly like a 2016 Camaro with 1-2 million Naira.

9. Toyota Camry Muscle

Did you know you can make your Toyota Camry look like the Lexus ES? Well, that’s very true, and you can do that in Nigeria with 250-600 thousand Naira.

How is this possible? Toyota owns Lexus, and both cars share similarities except in areas like the L-finesse bumper shape the Lexus has. If you own a Toyota Camaro and want it to have the Lexus look, you can get it done with up to half a million Naira or less.

10. Mercedes G-Wagon

To many people, it’s almost unbelievable that they can facelift their Mercedes G-Wagon easily in Nigeria. Well, it took Mercedes 20 years before they could do an exterior facelift on the G-Wagon. That’s why most people can buy 2009 G-Wagon thinking it’s a 2019 G-Wagon because they’ve been facelifted.

However, if you want to facelift your G-Wagon, with 3-5 million Naira, you’ll have to buy the various kits that will suit the facelift process of the car.

Conclusion

Facelifting of cars is very common in Nigeria. While they are excellent and affordable ways to enhance your car, always be careful when buying a new car to avoid buying facelifted cars as new cars.

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