[coloradocab]

So, a bird decided to commit suicide directly into my passenger side fog light.



Anyone have a nice one (fog light, not bird) available as a replacement?

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[Paul W]

You might want to check the Pelican Parts Classifieds, a guy just posted that he took in a coupe that he is parting out.

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[coloradocab]

Great tip - thanks, Paul.

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[DaveN]

If you can get them both! The drivers side is almost impossible to find used as it's the one that always gets the bad news. I found plenty of passenger sides when I was looking for my drivers side. I ended up finding one drivers side which had lots of road rash. I learned how to grind and re-polish the lens as a result and now it looks better than my, almost perfect, passenger one.

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[Rob in Oz]

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If you can get them both! The drivers side is almost impossible to find used as it's the one that always gets the bad news. I found plenty of passenger sides when I was looking for my drivers side. I ended up finding one drivers side which had lots of road rash. I learned how to grind and re-polish the lens as a result and now it looks better than my, almost perfect, passenger one.

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Hey Dave



Interested in the technique you used to grind and re-polish the lens - I have one new and one old that don't match... Any tips?



Rob

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[DaveN]

I ended up using a 4" belt (bench mount) sander with 60 grit (I think) for the rough cut. Tried to find a finer belt but couldn't. I used a lot of water as a lubricant. After the all the deep pits were gone I went to the hardware store and bought a sanding attachment (hook and loop) for my 3/8 drill and put on 220 (I think again but I can check) grit pads, put in the vise and locked it on. Lubed and ground for quite a while until even. If you wipe the lens with a rag it will dry and go white so you can see your work. Once I felt it was even I went to the chemist, well, not really, a friend of mine that owns a glass company and I bought some cerium oxide. I proceeded to use my buffing machine and a muslin buff to polish the glass with Tripoli (a course Jewellers cutting compound) at first and then cerium oxide paste; takes a long time as the glass is so hard.

Probably took 3 hours if you remove all the experimentation and shopping. I think I bought 2 fog lamps for 150.00 and invested 30.00 in materials. I now have one spare passenger and a perfect driver's side for lamp. Better than 450.00 each new!

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[Rob in Oz]

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I ended up using a 4" belt (bench mount) sander with 60 grit (I think) for the rough cut. Tried to find a finer belt but couldn't. I used a lot of water as a lubricant. After the all the deep pits were gone I went to the hardware store and bought a sanding attachment (hook and loop) for my 3/8 drill and put on 220 (I think again but I can check) grit pads, put in the vise and locked it on. Lubed and ground for quite a while until even. If you wipe the lens with a rag it will dry and go white so you can see your work. Once I felt it was even I went to the chemist, well, not really, a friend of mine that owns a glass company and I bought some cerium oxide. I proceeded to use my buffing machine and a muslin buff to polish the glass with Tripoli (a course Jewellers cutting compound) at first and then cerium oxide paste; takes a long time as the glass is so hard.

Probably took 3 hours if you remove all the experimentation and shopping. I think I bought 2 fog lamps for 150.00 and invested 30.00 in materials. I now have one spare passenger and a perfect driver's side for lamp. Better than 450.00 each new!

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Dave - Thanks for that



Rob

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[kwikt]

Great tip. That is also on my todo list.

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[robinlarry]

One on Ebay.

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