Cracked fog light.

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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.

[zach]

Originally Posted by mbr129

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.

I just replaced both foglights (the whole assemblies) a few weekends ago. $90 for TWO.

[rumatt]

Ouch, that sucks.


Is the price difference E36 vs E46?

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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.

[Nick M3]

I've broken a 4th damned fog light. Fucking pieces of shit.

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Originally Posted by Nick M3

I've broken a 4th damned fog light. Fucking pieces of shit.

And what do you pay for them?

Any reason to believe the 3M stuff can really prevent cracked foglights?

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by mbr129

And what do you pay for them?

Any reason to believe the 3M stuff can really prevent cracked foglights?

Yes. But I usually rip the mounting tabs off, and 3M won't do a thing for that.

I pay something in the $70-80 range.

[Plaz]

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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Originally Posted by Plaz

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.

Frankly, I rarely use them. I find the Xenons are so damn good, the foglights don't do much for me.

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"?

[Theo]

Originally Posted by Nick M3

Yes. But I usually rip the mounting tabs off, and 3M won't do a thing for that.

The sucks mbr. ops:

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.