Need help with fog lights

[SnakesRevenge]

So I'm having a problem with my fogs where one is brighter than the other, I just changed both bulbs hoping it would be an easy fix but the passenger side is dimmer than the driver side by quite a bit and it's annoying, any suggestions would be helpful. Hopefully the picture works if not I'll post one a different way.

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160519/3c07fa74a1abee19dff65e8eff731b29.jpg

[demetk]

Looks like the right side needs to be aimed?

[SnakesRevenge]

Tried it, set where I thought it was even and it still looked dim, I was thinking there's maybe a wiring or connection issue but so far no luck

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[S61Dan]

Swap fog lamps around and see what they look like. A wiring problem here is usually "It works or it doesn't" Is the glass dirty on the inside or is the glass crazed?

[SnakesRevenge]

It's definitely weathered, I was thinking of getting replacements soon cuz stuff like this bothers me but for now I'm just trying to get even amounts of light.

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[demetk]

Tried it, set where I thought it was even and it still looked dim, I was thinking there's maybe a wiring or connection issue but so far no luck

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If you have the round cannon plug that feeds all of the bumper lighting then check it. Mine was very corroded and causing voltage drops.

[SnakesRevenge]

If you have the round cannon plug that feeds all of the bumper lighting then check it. Mine was very corroded and causing voltage drops.
Will do, thanks

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[ross1]

Perhaps degraded silvering on the reflector or a poor connection. Any warm wires?

[SnakesRevenge]

Perhaps degraded silvering on the reflector or a poor connection. Any warm wires?
I was thinking poor connection as well, the housings that the wires were connected to didn't even look the same (no idea why) so that could be an issue. I do have to take the fog lights out for a proper cleaning anyway I just have to find time to do that.

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[zubbie]

I'm gonna guess that one of the lenses was replace some time back and it was a depot lense.

[S61Dan]

If you say that the housings don't look the same, you might have an early e34 non projector fog for one side and a late projector fog on the other.

[SnakesRevenge]

If you say that the housings don't look the same, you might have an early e34 non projector fog for one side and a late projector fog on the other.
Hmm, I never thought of that. Which ones are supposed to be on an '89 or does it not much matter, headlights are ellipsoid if that helps. I want to replace them anyway with some fresh OEM fogs they're weathered all to hell anyway so I could use a new set

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[south42]

The early cars had the projector fogs, it was the middle years that got the cheap fogs.



Andy

[S61Dan]

Hmm, I never thought of that. Which ones are supposed to be on an '89 or does it not much matter, headlights are ellipsoid if that helps. I want to replace them anyway with some fresh OEM fogs they're weathered all to hell anyway so I could use a new set

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It will be pretty easy to tell which you have. You want the projector ones, they work just a little better/ replacements are easier to find.

Non projector:

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/south2626/IMG_8847.jpg (http://s678.photobucket.com/user/south2626/media/IMG_8847.jpg.html)


Projector:
http://autodynamic.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/B/5/B58894-FOG.jpg

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/Beastolizer/IMG_0080.jpg (http://s600.photobucket.com/user/Beastolizer/media/IMG_0080.jpg.html)

[SnakesRevenge]

It will be pretty easy to tell which you have. You want the projector ones, they work just a little better/ replacements are easier to find.

Non projector:

http://i678.photobucket.com/albums/vv142/south2626/IMG_8847.jpg (http://s678.photobucket.com/user/south2626/media/IMG_8847.jpg.html)


Projector:
http://autodynamic.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/B/5/B58894-FOG.jpg

http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt89/Beastolizer/IMG_0080.jpg (http://s600.photobucket.com/user/Beastolizer/media/IMG_0080.jpg.html)
Okay I definitely have projector fogs but is it possible for the bulb to not pointing in the right direction? I get that the whole fog light itself can pointed in a certain direction but the light behind the glass looks like it's pointed in a different direction on the passenger side than on the driver side, even though the entire fog fixture is in the right spot.

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