change your rusty faded broken fogs DIY!

Okay, I finally received my new fogs, and proceeded to install them. I 'document' the process so you guys know how easy it is, and hopefully avoid the mistakes I made

Tada!
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[attachment=2]DIY - change fogs - 8 - hole on tab and screw in.JPG

Let's put our repaired frame in place.

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[tonysticks]

Wow! thanks Javier for the great writeup. I really enjoyed it.

About the Yellow lamin, I think it may look nice, but I'm not sure about the gray bumper. If it was the same color as the rest of the car, it would definitely look great. Take a look at this:
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/joenationwide/m3_homiezcompressed2.jpg[/img]

[Javier]

Well, since you just set up this nice forum, now I had no excuse

Hm... hellrot bumper/sideskirts... I did think about it. It will look great, I am sure about it.

I keep them stock just because all the other e36s I see 'round here have them color-matched with the rest of the car. So mine 'stands out' hehe... and for a sedan it is not ugly the way it is. Gives the car a 'thinner' look... I like my cars thin, like the venerable e30 (that is another car I really like).

And all this leads to bitching about the new e9Xs... Where are you going BMW, where? Stop the madness!

But getting back on topic: nice picture! makes me want to try yellow lamin-x. Let's place an order and start waiting for them to arrive

[tonysticks]

You can always try the yellow lamin first, then you can decide whether you want to color-match your bumper or not. I guess this would be a better way and you can see it in real which helps you decide better, right?

[Javier]

Yup, I guess I can try those yellow lamins. In that picture they look superb. As an added benefit, they will add a little protection, so it can't be bad.

I can't get those where I live (or if I can, they are very expensive). I need to think about my purchases very carefully, and having taken an option, wait a very long of time for them to get to my door...

I'll let you know like... 15 days from now, when the product arrives

[tonysticks]

Cool.. we'll be waiting

[jarozila]

That was really clever to put in a small screw to hold that bit in place.

I know when I changed my front fog lights the brackets were also brocken. I ended up taking the old ones out and putting in new ones - and wasn't that fun to do. NOT!!!