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lunchbox16
05-09-2009, 02:19 AM
i noticed that my fog light is broken and the housing is all dinged up. i have no idea when it happened.
just wondering if anyone has replaced a fog light and what it cost.
Nutari
05-09-2009, 02:30 AM
i noticed that my fog light is broken and the housing is all dinged up. i have no idea when it happened.
just wondering if anyone has replaced a fog light and what it cost.

I doubt someone hit you. they would have hit the bumper/headlights before damaging your fogs.

You probably hit a rock on the highway or a parking curb.

Either way, email me at nutari@protegegarage.com for a price quote. :)
dectk06
05-09-2009, 10:32 PM
A rock hit a foglamp and broke it one time on my MS3.
It cost me 300 to fix from the dealer. Most of that cost was the part.
lunchbox16
05-10-2009, 01:26 AM
I doubt someone hit you. they would have hit the bumper/headlights before damaging your fogs.

You probably hit a rock on the highway or a parking curb.

Either way, email me at nutari@protegegarage.com for a price quote. :)

i thought that too, but the housing is chipped too. the bumper under the fog light is chipped too. something that big would have done more damage. i think i would have noticed a rock that big.
open_season
05-11-2009, 02:21 PM
i thought that too, but the housing is chipped too. the bumper under the fog light is chipped too. something that big would have done more damage. i think i would have noticed a rock that big.

Yeah, mine is broken as well. I noticed it about 4 months into owning it. It looked like a rock broke the glass. I just don't use it b/c of the cost to replace it...
mzspd3soffl
05-11-2009, 03:45 PM
Yeah, mine is broken as well. I noticed it about 4 months into owning it. It looked like a rock broke the glass. I just don't use it b/c of the cost to replace it...

Yah bro sorry to hear. Dealership rips holes in our pockets (thought) does anyone know if fidelity would cover that kind of repair? knowing it could of been vandilism.
Sport6
05-11-2009, 04:19 PM
i thought that too, but the housing is chipped too. the bumper under the fog light is chipped too. something that big would have done more damage. i think i would have noticed a rock that big.

Road kill?
lunchbox16
05-12-2009, 01:24 AM
Road kill?

haa haa. i'm really good with avoidong it.

i'm calling my insurance company to have them appraise it and see where it goes from there.
Mz3Hatch
05-12-2009, 02:06 AM
haa haa. i'm really good with avoidong it.

i'm calling my insurance company to have them appraise it and see where it goes from there.

Its not always road kill .. Example, all on my passenger side, truck tire tread in the middle of the highway, couldnt avoid, hit at 80 mph, scratched bumper and area around fog light -- cat runs out literally right in front of me, cracked middle of front bumper lip, plastic mesh, shattered plastic clips holding underbody to inner fender well and piece behind bumper -- and most recently god damn raccoon which i desperately tried to avoid ran out and ended up putting a huge dent under my fog light and knocking my bumper off the passenger side! lost all plastic clips from inside fender!

Insurance should cover it, youll just pay the deductible.
Nutari
05-12-2009, 02:06 AM
They run $200 each. (ouch)
Babyface13
05-12-2009, 02:36 AM
We should start a broken foglight club, I have one too!!
Nutari
05-12-2009, 07:26 AM
We should start a broken foglight club, I have one too!!

ouch. GB for stock foglight replacements? :D
GoFast
05-12-2009, 08:12 AM
ouch. GB for stock foglight replacements? :D

im in
lunchbox16
05-12-2009, 09:22 PM
i;m down for that.
Babyface13
05-12-2009, 09:25 PM
count me in. what options do we have?
Nutari
05-12-2009, 09:27 PM
Hm. Start a list of who wants them and which sides. I'll see what I can put together if we get enough ordered.
Nutari
05-12-2009, 09:31 PM
count me in. what options do we have?

options? These are for OEM foglight housing replacements. It seems they are broken very easily. Everyone should check out www.rockblocker.com for fog light covers. I had them on my ms3 and never had a cracked housing.
Babyface13
05-12-2009, 09:52 PM
I need a drivers side one
mzdaspd3
05-12-2009, 09:57 PM
i need a passenger side one!!!!!(breakn)
Nutari
05-12-2009, 09:58 PM
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4564978#post4564978
micronesia
05-22-2009, 05:42 PM
From wikipedia:

"Studies have shown that in North America more people inappropriately use their fog lamps in dry weather than use them properly in poor weather.[14]"

So yeah it isn't a big deal if you are joining the club. Fortunately mine are not damaged (fingers crossed) but I almost never use them.