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Old 11-27-2012, 04:45 PM
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cleaning polishing fog lights 96 e320

i've polished the headlights on my e320 and now the foglights look not so spiffy......from a quick look it seems i'll have to take them out from the bumper to clean or polish them - if they are the same type plastic and not glass........
before i go further - can anyone tell me if they're glass or plastique? if glass can i take apart the lamp fixture and clean the lens?

If plastic i suppose i'll remove them and polish as i did the headlights. I was hesitant to take sandpaper to headlights but following through to the polishing stage made me a believer.....
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Glass mate!.. hahaha, you can remove the fogs from the car, oppen it removing the glass's from the plastic part, clean it very good and it would looks beauty again

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thanks fabio....

it was well worth the hour on the first and ten minutes on the second!

I popped open the access panel, took the one vertical screw out and slid the light out the panel hole....three clips holding the glass to the housing were removed and i was able to properly clean the lenses......back together and even worked the wormscrew adjuster back and forth within its range to make sure it keeps working when needed......then of course i realigned the foglights since i had to play with the adjusters.....

thanks again....beautiful fog lights now....
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Congrats man good job!, hahahahahha 1 hour = knowledge, 10 min = experience hahahah

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