Has anyone replaced fog light lenses?

[RDE38]

Mine are badly pitted. Bought a pair of replacement glass lenses from Lithuania. But I’m having trouble getting the old ones off. I baked the first one at 225 for 20 minutes and the lense wouldn’t budge. Put it back in at 260 for another 20 minutes and still couldn’t pry it out. I’m thinking this might be why I couldn’t find anything when searching.

[Btkeenan]

Came across this a while back. Seems ridiculous that they designed it so it’s sealed vs the headlights where the lenses are replaceable

https://www.ecstuning.com/News/BMW_E...999_2000_2001/

[CPHES]

Hammer. Break the old ones, and use a sharp chisel to get the shards off. Be careful. That solution ( just replacing a lense ) only really works when the previous glass is broken.

[RDE38]

That sounds awful. I guess I’ll just live with it or buy another pair of lights all together.

[CPHES]

I think there is a shortage / NLA issue with one side. Used maybe your only route.

[a777fan]

If so, that would be recent news. I just purchased two new ones this past winter…


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[CPHES]

That is good. I am remembering this from 2020

[RDE38]

Looks like the Hella’s are back ordered but genuine bmw are available for around $174 per side. Not sure I can justify that yet to just clean up the glass a bit.

[bavin]

Looks like the Hella’s are back ordered but genuine bmw are available for around $174 per side. Not sure I can justify that yet to just clean up the glass a bit.

just restore em. google it. wet sand em.

[Dushan]

After replacing the second, left, one in a short period of time due to stone cracking it, I applied a transparent sheet of Mac-Tac to it to protect it.

BTW, I have 2 right side ones, brand new. If you are in North America I could ship it to you. PM me if interested.

[Btkeenan]

Xpel also sells a precut kit for the headlights, turn indicators and fog lights for our cars for about $50

[RDE38]

Thanks everyone. This think I’m going to just live with it for now