04-21-2005, 09:00 AM | #1 |
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Cracked fog light.
The stone (I assume) that hit it, hit is smack in the middle. There is an almost pefectly symmetrical "star" on it.
Anyhow, I figured no big deal, just replace the lens, but I have to get the whole assembly. $106. It all comes in bunches. Dent, busted foglight, speeding ticket. I just noticed today after I parked my car. Didn't even check to see if the foglight works. I'll go do that. |
04-21-2005, 09:22 AM | #2 | |
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04-21-2005, 09:31 AM | #3 |
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Ouch, that sucks.
Is the price difference E36 vs E46? |
04-21-2005, 10:10 AM | #4 |
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Re: Cracked fog light.
I'm going to shop around, but I don't think I'll do much better than $100 a piece. I only need one (driver's side).
I checked and at least the foglight works. Maybe the bulb will burn quickly after use, but so far it works. |
04-21-2005, 10:11 AM | #5 |
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I've broken a 4th damned fog light. Fucking pieces of shit.
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04-21-2005, 10:14 AM | #6 | |
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Any reason to believe the 3M stuff can really prevent cracked foglights? |
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04-21-2005, 10:16 AM | #7 | ||
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I pay something in the $70-80 range.
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04-21-2005, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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I've had a cracked foglight lens for about two years. It finally stopped working sometime over the winter... last time I checked.
I never use the damn things, so I haven't worried about it at all.
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04-21-2005, 10:21 AM | #9 | |
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And when it is foggy, the fog lights don't help if the Xenons are on (due to the glare), so I basically only find them usable in thick fog, at night, on empty roads. In other words, almost never. I do use them at night when I go slowly over badly broken pavement to avoid potholes, but again that doesn't happen often. Nick, can I get the name of the place, or is this a "NickM3-special"? |
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I had my new fogs stone guarded along with the rest of the front end when I had the entire front repainted last year. Zero problems so far. I think it does help. The film on the fogs and the ZKW's is a LOT thicker then what touches the paint. |
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