Can you aim factory fog lights?
04-16-2005, 03:36 PM
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Can you aim factory fog lights?
Last night I noticed my driver's-side fog light shines "lower" (~ 15 feet closer) than the passenger-side one does. The passenger-side one looks to be aimed correctly, so I am wanting to match the driver's-side one up with it so they both shine "evenly". I took a look at it this morning, but I didn't see anywhere that could be a screw adjustment for aiming the fogs.
Is there a way to aim them, or no? I'm guessing there has to be a way to aim them or they wouldn't have become uneven in the first place. There has to be something to loosen, tighten, or adjust in there.
Thank you!
-Harry
Is there a way to aim them, or no? I'm guessing there has to be a way to aim them or they wouldn't have become uneven in the first place. There has to be something to loosen, tighten, or adjust in there.
Thank you!
-Harry
04-17-2005, 10:02 AM
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Marc, do you have a part number for #46? My car is missing that little inner trim piece on both lamps. (Until I saw another 964 about a week ago, I thought there was no trim piece there!).
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04-17-2005, 11:10 AM
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Frank - there you go...someone else beat me to it but that just goes to show how helpful people are are around here. 
Welcome and nice looking car! Where is St. Albert (I lived in Calgary for a few years)?
Marc
Welcome and nice looking car! Where is St. Albert (I lived in Calgary for a few years)?
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04-17-2005, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Monique
St Albert is a bedroom community NW of Garlic Gulch (edmonton) I lived there for seven frozen years. 
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04-17-2005, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by frankvan
Marc, do you have a part number for #46? My car is missing that little inner trim piece on both lamps. (Until I saw another 964 about a week ago, I thought there was no trim piece there!).
Frank
St. Albert, Alberta
Frank
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is this the reason why you have attached 2 childrenn to your front bumper ?
04-18-2005, 01:43 AM
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Harry,
I was able to re-aim my driver's side, but found that the passenger side was stripped internally and the light is stuck at maximum elevation (upward). Had to purchase a new fog light. Hope your's adjusts withouit any problems.
I was able to re-aim my driver's side, but found that the passenger side was stripped internally and the light is stuck at maximum elevation (upward). Had to purchase a new fog light. Hope your's adjusts withouit any problems.
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Holy Ancient Post Bump!
I recently had one of my two fog lights burn out, and when I removed it to replace the bulb, I noticed that the threaded plastic part that serves to allow aiming adjustment was broken. Not sure how that came to pass, but suffice to say that I was a little annoyed since the new fog light assemblies are around $200.
But even worse, when I dissembled the other side to replace its bulb, it TOO had a broken adjuster.
I do not think that there has been any front end damage to the car (I am not the original owner), so the only thing I cam come up with is that someone was unaware that one of the three screws was actually the adjuster, and just wailed on it thinking it was not tight enough.
In any event, bummer that what is surely a very inexpensive piece of plastic is probably going to result in the need to replace both complete foglight assemblies.
I recently had one of my two fog lights burn out, and when I removed it to replace the bulb, I noticed that the threaded plastic part that serves to allow aiming adjustment was broken. Not sure how that came to pass, but suffice to say that I was a little annoyed since the new fog light assemblies are around $200.
But even worse, when I dissembled the other side to replace its bulb, it TOO had a broken adjuster.
I do not think that there has been any front end damage to the car (I am not the original owner), so the only thing I cam come up with is that someone was unaware that one of the three screws was actually the adjuster, and just wailed on it thinking it was not tight enough.
In any event, bummer that what is surely a very inexpensive piece of plastic is probably going to result in the need to replace both complete foglight assemblies.