I was hoping to swap the casings over but I cant get them open???How Do You Take The Fog Lights Appart - MK2
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How Do You Take The Fog Lights Appart - MK2
I have a steering fog with broken mouting points and a non broken non steering one. I was hoping to swap the casings over but I cant get them open???
I was hoping to swap the casings over but I cant get them open???Re: How Do You Take The Fog Lights Appart - MK2
I don't think you can 
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without wanting to sound stupid what the hell is a steering fog?
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It's a foglight that steers 
Available on some import mk2's, they move when you turn the steering wheel.
Available on some import mk2's, they move when you turn the steering wheel.
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cool cheers for that learn something new every day lol
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And people charge WAAAAY too much for 2nd hand items
Re: How Do You Take The Fog Lights Appart - MK2
As do Toyota for new units, around £250 each for the steering fellas.
And£150 each for the non-steering ones.
£250 each for the steering fellas.And
£150 each for the non-steering ones.-
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Re: How Do You Take The Fog Lights Appart - MK2
Actually, you can quite easily get the fog lights apart. I've just reconditioned 3 pairs of them (incl 1 steering pair). It requires a lot of time, and a very powerful hairdryer.
From what I can work out, toyota put a layer of hot glue in to the plastic housing, clip the lens in place with the metal clips you should see top and bottom, cook them, and then let them cool, thus setting the glue. All you need to do is heat them up again to get the glue to melt.
There are some other complications- the wiring (a 2 pin plug for non steering lights, the steering ones have an extra plug which is 5 or 6 pin, can't remember) is put in before the plugs are attached, so to remove it in one go you need to spring the pins out of the plugs. There are some other differences as well, for example the steering ones vs non steering ones seem to take different bulbs.
I've just reconditioned 3 pairs of them (incl 1 steering pair). It requires a lot of time, and a very powerful hairdryer.From what I can work out, toyota put a layer of hot glue in to the plastic housing, clip the lens in place with the metal clips you should see top and bottom, cook them, and then let them cool, thus setting the glue.
All you need to do is heat them up again to get the glue to melt.There are some other complications
- the wiring (a 2 pin plug for non steering lights, the steering ones have an extra plug which is 5 or 6 pin, can't remember) is put in before the plugs are attached, so to remove it in one go you need to spring the pins out of the plugs. There are some other differences as well, for example the steering ones vs non steering ones seem to take different bulbs.