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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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***Foglight help***

Alright so today I decided to take off my foglights and clean them out due to alot of moisture and dirt that has somehow gotten in there, As I took em off I noticed that theres algae growing in them both at the bottom where the lens seals to the foglight housing(probably from the bottom half of my truck being suberged at the ranch after heavy rains), anyway I sprayed water in there to try and clean em out, well I spraying most of the chrome off the inside, there kinda like harley fogs now , anyway my question is does anyone know how to take the lens off? And would just a regular chrome spraypaint work to redo the inside of it? Or am I sc***ed and have to go buy new ones?

Edit: Also anyone know how much they cost new? FoMoCo, not aftermarket.......
 

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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 05:38 PM
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I would just get new ones. Go and look for them at some boneyards or on Ebay.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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yeah i have condensation in mine too....
 
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Old Sep 3, 2007 | 09:38 PM
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I just picked up fog lights from www.getfordparts.com. I'm adding factory fogs to my truck. They were under $40 ea. only problem is, I don't know if I have all the pieces. since you just took yours off, can you answer a couple ?'s for me?

I have the bracket that attaches to the bumper with 3 bolts. But what holds the foglight to the bracket? It has the 3 adjustment screws with the black plastic nuts that fit into the bracket, but it's not a tight fit and the fog light is loose. are there supposed to be nuts on the adjustment screws on the backside of the bracket? Any chance you could take a pic?
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BMS
I just picked up fog lights from www.getfordparts.com. I'm adding factory fogs to my truck. They were under $40 ea. only problem is, I don't know if I have all the pieces. since you just took yours off, can you answer a couple ?'s for me?

I have the bracket that attaches to the bumper with 3 bolts. But what holds the foglight to the bracket? It has the 3 adjustment screws with the black plastic nuts that fit into the bracket, but it's not a tight fit and the fog light is loose. are there supposed to be nuts on the adjustment screws on the backside of the bracket? Any chance you could take a pic?
Thats it, bracket thats takes 3 bolts(to the bumper), then the fog light itself that is held to the bracket with 3 adjustment screws, you got it might wanna take it apart and try putting it back together again.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 01:47 AM
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You shouldn't have ANY moisture, dirt or the like in your fog light's housings. It's a bad seal... most probably from the factory as my dealership's SM said they had issues with several '05 models.

I had the same issue with my DS fog and it was replaced - no questions asked - under warranty.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Grubrunner
You shouldn't have ANY moisture, dirt or the like in your fog light's housings. It's a bad seal... most probably from the factory as my dealership's SM said they had issues with several '05 models.

I had the same issue with my DS fog and it was replaced - no questions asked - under warranty.
I went and they told me that it wasn't covered under the FACTORY warranty, im on the after 36 thousand mile warranty, but its alright, called a buddy yesterday from the local dealership, got two new ones coming my way cost me $100 for both(Factory too!)

Thanks for the help everyone
 
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