Fog lights & fog light covers

[Tampa330i]

I've had the car for about a month and a half now, and I just noticed something odd about my fog lights last night. My driver side light looks perfect, flat clear glass with a black ring around it. The passenger side... is not flat, but I believe it's called fluted. Not only that, but it's missing the plastic housing entirely, it's just kind of sitting there. I don't know how I didn't see this before. I was looking at just replacing the passenger one with a new assembly, then I remembered seeing some interesting looking configurations down in the space where the fog lights sit. I came across something called a Hamann style foglight cover. It's a replacement for the plastic around the foglight that goes across the entire space down there. I think it looks pretty awesome, but it seems hard to find - I can't find them on any of the regular sites. Here's what they look like on a flying m3:
http://www1.freewebs.com/gedast/Geros%20masinos/BMW-Hamann.jpg

Actually, I can't find them for anything but the m3 bumper. Does anyone know if these would fit our bumper, or if there is a version for our bumper somewhere? I'll post some pics of my fog lights in a few.

[Tampa330i]

Driver's side:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/d47cdd9657df884070f5318f6582fde48e3cc100cb6997a4b0 8f6d946b0a7fcb6g.jpg

Passenger's side:
http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/143236963f4443a1f4fddecbf842dde62a530a9e3794912f4a 5681ac563cafa56g.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/d469c2ba92b1169f88487af1935d06b79fd6b813214496d06b 3071666244cec86g.jpg

wtf, right?

[Tampa330i]

These were all I could find: BMW E46 3 SERIES 99-06 M-TECH CARBON FOG LAMP COVERS (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&pub=5574947307&toolid=10001&campid=5336776893&customid=&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Febaymotors%2Fws%2 FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D230582532199)

[mimalmo]

I can't 100% confirm but, from what I've seen, the "fluted" glass was OEM on the ZHP and the clear is OEM on the M3.

[danewilson77]

Get the proper part. Efffff Ebay.

You need pc 12

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=EV53&mospid=47725&btnr=51_3694&hg=51&fg=15
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/50.png

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/51117890097/ES74864/

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/Fogcover.jpg

[mimalmo]

That's the wrong part Dane

[mimalmo]

Correct ones look like this:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/supervasil/M5%20for%20sale/IMG_5897_1024x768.jpg

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I have OEM ZHP fogs in a box here. I'll check to see what the difference is. I believe the PO swapped out the fogs for aftermarket glass.

[danewilson77]

That's the wrong part Dane

Actually....I had the entire wrong bumper.....thanks Eli.....

now...this is the M Tech II.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=EV53&mospid=47725&btnr=51_4519&hg=51&fg=15
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Imola%20Bimmer/136.png

And this should be the part.....

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/fogiii.jpg

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/51117893068/ES74881/

[Tampa330i]

5 bucks? Awesome. And I just ordered from ecs, too... damn. On the list for the next round.

[Smilez]

I CAN never get mine to stay on :rofl:

[Daddyoh]

I'm sure mine are OEM, and they are 'fluted'. I'd like to replace them sometime cause they have really taken a road-rash beatin'. But so has the entire front-end.
I think the clears give the front a cleaner, crisper look, like the headlights.

[Tampa330i]

I agree, the flat clear lens looks a lot better.

[adb1028]

Just noticed my Fogs are different too. Fluted on the passenger side and Clear on the drivers :facepalm
Is it possible to just order a new clear lens rather than a whole new assembly? I couldn't find a P/N

[danewilson77]

I doubt it. I think I may have an extra....hang on