Fixing my foglights

[robertof84]

Well, i noticed my left (passanger side) foglight did not lite up so I wanted to take the bulb out in order to change them.
I took a look under the bumper and I noticed that it was completely seal (unlike my previous cars) so I thought, ok, maybe just taking this lip or deflector off will make me reach the bulb, but my surprise was that this deflector was screwed not only to the bumper but to the splashguardo too. ok, took that off and it gave me a little room to stick my hand in and proceed to take the bulb off. At this point everithing OK except for those little wire thingies that hold the bulb which gave me a hard time, but finally they came off.
Heres the deal... Putting everything back together was a real pain in the ass since matching the 3 pieces of plastic in order to screw them together was hard. Now, is there any easier way to do this? can't I pop the fog light out? i've seen some pics of peaple who have done that, but how?
anyone has any ideas? i don't really want to go through that again. besides, my fog light is a bit loose so I want to tighten it up a bit.

[jhstealth]

Yes it pops right out What you want to do is look at your lower grill between the fog lights and toward the top right there should be a hole you stick a screwdriver in there feel around for the little lever and pop it. If not what i usually do because i hate looking for that is stick my arm down behind the headlight until i feel the foglight and to the right top of the passenger side foglight there will be a little lever you will pull out. If i find the do it yourself ill post it

http://logun.org/images/e36info/h7/push.jpg
Theres a pic of the job

[Platinumpi4u]

Wow...

So what are the best fogs that will fit, to go with HIDs?
Im going to replace the fogs 1st, then hids....

[jhstealth]

Yea most likely that will give you better visibility

[robertof84]

thanks, I'll try that but outside, where I can really see that.

about the fog light for HID, there are some nice clear ones for sale

[robertof84]

impossible!!! I spent like 15 min. trying to pop them out a nothing happend. I kinda felt pretty stupid after 5 min. Is it me or what? what exactly should I look for?

[Mirko]

the clip is probably broken. They brake so easy!
The clips on mine were broken and the PO used twist ties to hold it in place. It was a real pain in the ass to get out.
Also, they sometimes need a bit more force in the right spot which you think you are hitting but its right behind that little blocking tab.

[Winter]

impossible!!! I spent like 15 min. trying to pop them out a nothing happend. I kinda felt pretty stupid after 5 min. Is it me or what? what exactly should I look for?
Took me about an hour to figure it out and ten seconds to actually get it out once I did. Those poke through the grill hole with a screwdriver techniques suck. I came in through the open hood so I could see what I was doing, reached down and unlatched the catch with my index finger.