Problem Removing Front Left Fog Light.

[Taftik]

Hi everybody.

I recently noticed that my front left fog light has gone out and well i wanted to change it. Naturally I dug out my user manual and it said i had to remove the two screws and it will come out....What happend was that i removed the screws and it didn't move.. I didn't want to break anything so i decided to get some help here. Is there any trick to doing this?

[Rob]

forget what the maual says - they are lying to you!

remove the wheel arch plastic liner bolts and peel back the liner and it will give you instant access to the for light but dont be surprised if the bulb is corroded in place

[Raz_IS200]

You can do that or you can just take off the bumper, which for some wierd reason I find easier!

[maddywork]

i've just taken both mine out today as they both werent working even though....when you turn them on.... the light on the dashboard comes on....

i peeled back the wheel arch liner ..you dont have to peel it back fully ...i just took out just two of the plastic plugs holding it....and also unscrewed two of the 10mm bolts underneath the bumper.....this should allow you to peel back the liner so you can see the back of the fog light housing unit....

then if you look at the fog light from the front of the car - on the side of the fog light, there should be two 10mm bolts that are holding the fog light housing...i undid these.....

obviously making sure you have unplugged the wire that clips into the back of the fog light housing.

then with one hand inside hold the back of the fog light housing....and the other hand on the front of the fog light..just give it a little wiggle and it should just slide outwards......

i took both mine out like this...and they came out nice and easy....after taking them out i found both the units were really badly corroded to the point that the metal bit inside the housing was just cracked and broken and and the bulb was broken away from it.

Can someone shed some light one this please as im really confused as to where to go from here.....can i do anything with these units or do i need to buy new ones..and if i need to buy new ones can anyone recommend a place to get them from.

cheers