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  • irish44j

    July 15, 2010 10:20 p.m. irish44j HalfDork

    Old or new, doesn't matter. I need to find a car that has 3" diameter round fog lights. The lights need to be a "flat" fit (not angled or tapered to contour with bumper). Preferably plastic lens, but glass will do too.

    Context: both my 09 wrx fogs are cracked. It's a widespread problem and they look like heat cracks to me, since I have plexi fog light covers over them, so it's not from rock contact, etc.

    Although I'm gonna see if Subaru will warranty them, I somehow doubt it. New fogs are a couple hundred bucks...not worth it, especially if its' going to happen again.

    Sooooo....just need to find some other car that has a similar size lens that I can "retrofit" onto my housings. I'd prefer a plastic lens for obvious reasons. Would be best if the car is somethign I can find at a junkyard, obviously.

    Alternately, perhaps some cheap aftermarket fog lights with lenses that fit the same descripion....

    fire away..

  • Vigo

    July 15, 2010 11:29 p.m. Vigo HalfDork

    only ones im thinking of are bigger, like protege 5 and newer mustang.

  • Keith

    July 15, 2010 11:41 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    I'm thinking you're looking for cheap aftermarket.

  • irish44j

    July 15, 2010 11:58 p.m. irish44j HalfDork

    yep...but I always like to check junkyards first of course :D

  • Apexcarver

    July 16, 2010 12:00 a.m. Apexcarver SuperDork

    IIRC a 94-98 mustang cobra is 3.5" Dont know if that would be close enough for you or not.

    I am not near mine right now, I can try to measure in a week or two if you need.

  • Lesley

    July 16, 2010 2:00 a.m. Lesley SuperDork

    Pretty sure my truck's are three-inch.

  • minimac

    July 16, 2010 7:04 a.m. minimac SuperDork

    Why not make your own lens covers? How hard can it be to shape and cut some thin lexan?

  • Woody

    July 16, 2010 7:14 a.m. Woody SuperDork

    I know that on the earlier WRX, the "round" foglights have a big rectangular backside that makes fitting a replacement a little trickier. You may want to do a little investigative disassembly first.

  • John Brown

    July 16, 2010 7:20 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

    Look at ~1999 Pontiac Grand Am About $50.00 new aftermarket.

    http://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts/AC/4688-04039232.html?utm_source=google&ut...

  • John Brown

    July 16, 2010 7:30 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

    Similar year Trans Ams appear a little larger

    http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/details/QQPontiacQQFirebirdQQReplacementQQFog_Li...

  • Rob_Mopar

    July 16, 2010 7:45 a.m. Rob_Mopar Reader

    I think a late '80's/early 90's Fox body Mustang GT might be around that diameter. Some of the '90's (I think '90's, might be later) Rangers look like they use the same fogs as the Fox GT.

    A Hella Optilux 1300 is a 3.5" housing and 3" lens. Don't know if they are still in production or not.

  • dyintorace

    July 16, 2010 8:39 a.m. dyintorace SuperDork

    Maybe a Sequoia?

  • Keith

    July 16, 2010 10:23 a.m. Keith SuperDork

    I'll bet most modern production cars like the Sequoia will have shaped lenses, even if they look flat. Plus you'll have to deal with plastic housings that have special mounting points. It would be a royal pain to adapt the (non flat) fogs from my M5 on to another car due to the way they're mounted in the bumper, for example.

    I'd start with the "lighting" section at Walmart or NAPA. Probably cost less than junkyard parts anyhow.

  • P71

    July 16, 2010 10:56 a.m. P71 SuperDork

    97-04 Pontiac Grand Prix (GT and GTP) has a round foglight, perfectly flat, and plastic lense on the OEM units. Unfortunately they are exactly 4" in diameter. Of course, they also look tiny compared to the other ones mentioned, so you may want to re-measure yours.

  • P71

    July 16, 2010 10:57 a.m. P71 SuperDork

    Oh, and I derived all that info from the 01 GT in our garage

  • John Brown

    July 16, 2010 11:10 a.m. John Brown SuperDork

    Keith wrote:

    I'll bet most modern production cars like the Sequoia will have shaped lenses, even if they look flat. Plus you'll have to deal with plastic housings that have special mounting points. It would be a royal pain to adapt the (non flat) fogs from my M5 on to another car due to the way they're mounted in the bumper, for example.

    I'd start with the "lighting" section at Walmart or NAPA. Probably cost less than junkyard parts anyhow.

    The funny thing about the Pontiac Grand Am units is the bracket is all akward but the lamp mount to the bracket is pretty easy to make.

 
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