LG John

I'm trying to keep my chin up with this car I really am! I'm struggling though, i just seem to have zero luck with it. In the summer it got the most horrific stone chip I've seen - the stone just caught the side of the car and no more so it put a scar in the side as opposed to a chip. I then got a monster chip in the front and to top it all I'm halfway through washing it and the passenger side fog light has a stone hole too

All this in 8k of driving it yet in 30k with the VTS I had pretty much nothing. Either, I'm just very unlucky with the scooby or the VTS had better, stronger panels

Anyway, despite the bill from the Inland Revenue this morning - you can tell I'm pis5y today huh!! - I better get it fixed cause it actually is a hole and water can get in.

Only the glass if wrecked so:

How much to get fixed at a main dealer?
How much to get fixed somewhere else?
Does anyone have glass for a passengerside foggy for an MY99?

Sigh

The Zohan

Stick an request in 'Wanted' and also get some fog lite covers, around 16.00 a pair

bluto22b

Saxo Boy. Next time get yourself a pair of clear plastic protectors. £24.99 from your local friendly dealer. Saved the day for me on more than one occasion judging by the scars on the clear plastic. ....Blutes

Better luck for the future, keep your chin up mate.

LG John

This is worrying If it costs that much for plastic protectors I suspect its going to be a small fortune for the replacment glass

I did consider the protectors (for the headlights too) but they really do look naff IMO and the look of the car is quite important to me.

The Zohan

sure i paid less than 24.99 but might be wrong, i had the clear ones on the h/lite and fogs, you could not really see them so do not look naff imho

Attu

I bought some of the protectors from my dealer last week and they have come down in price to £13 something.
When i ordered them they said £24.99 3 days later when i picked them up £13

Andy

LG John

Thats an almost unheard of story. Usually you order something for a tenner and wind up paying £50!!

I see the points about the protectors but unfortunatly they are a preventative measure and not much use at the moment. Does anyone know how much the repair is going to cost?

Bob Rawle

I suspect you can't repair and will have to buy a complete unit ... thats what I ended up doing when I lost two in a row, I fitted the protectors, two months later one was split in two by a rock ... fog was unscathed. I think a fog costs around £50 but not certain.

Mouser

Afaik you cannot just repair the glass as it is bonded to the
casing.A new unit will cost in excess of £80 if I remember
correctly a secondhand one from a breaker around £45.Not worth
putting the car into a garage as only three bolts hold the unit
in place and will only take you a few minutes to put it on yourself
with a small socket and extension bar.
Mouser.

Mouser

Double post.

[Edited by Mouser - 11/30/2002 5:23:03 PM]

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Saxo Boy: I may have a pair of fog lights off my MY00 in the loft - mail me if you're interested and I'll go and take a look.

A.

markwild

I've a busted fog light lens too -
If I need to buy a new one, does anyone have a view on the replacement driving lights e.g. Cibie ?

I know that this means I have no fogs, but is the improvement in darkness worth it ?
Cheers

Mark

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Mark,

Driving lights - Cibies, PIAAs and the like - are a vast improvement over the existing main beam headlights. If you do a lot of driving on quiet, unlit roads, then they're indispensable.

The fogs, on the other hand, are completely useless 364 days/year as you probably already know

I had PIAAs fitted to my car after a particularly scary drive along an unlit single carriageway road at night in the pouring rain. I don't use them much, but they make driving under those conditions much easier and safer.

A.

LG John

How much are the various driving lights? My only beef with them is the one I've seen all have non-clear glass which looks silly on the MY99 which has clear headlights

markwild

Thanks Andy - sounds like I should get them,

SB - £233 including VAT
see http://www.tsl-motorsport.co.uk/lights.html#dlighclassic

I've already replaced the bulbs with PIAA ones, at 100 sheets, but it was well worth it - the road is well lit, even on dip - but the range could be improved further with driving lights....

Cheers,
Mark

[Edited by markwild - 11/30/2002 7:24:34 PM]

pslewis.

Saxo Boy, you amaze me. You would rather be vain and smash the foglights on your Turbo than fit guards. £25 seems pretty cheap to me considering you are probably looking at the thick end of £90 for foglight glass. If you place vanity over practicality fair enough, but I would have thought that being a Scot you would have been a little more pennywise as is true for the breed

PeteII

pslewis

I thought the Mods would have blocked your account by now - you sad little urchin??

Pete

markwild

pslewis. (peteII) Perhaps you could enlighten us all with your advice....(as mine have broken similarly)

Do the covers have to come off every time you need to put the lights on, or can the light shine through them without any downside to the effect ?

pslewis.

To the "original pslewis" : Why should they block my account ? I can't help it if we share the same name. Don't forget I am not breaking any rules and I am not pslewis. I am pslewis.. (Thats pslewis. with a full stop at the end full stop)
Sorry, its a coincidence that we share the same name. A bit unfortunate for me really given your track record by all accounts

PeteII
Incidently my middle name is Stewart, whats yours ?

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

You defo can't just buy the glass for a fog, even though the design looks like you should be able to. I had a similar thing happen after I'd had my '98 about 8 months, but sourced a pair of fogs off a '99 for £25, and splashed out on protectors, which IMHO are indespensible, given the proximity of the fogs to the road surface.
I've now upgraded the fogs to Scoobysport, Hella HID driving lights, which are tremendous!
I see what SB means about clear lenses on driving lights, but Hella also do a 1000FF halogen driving light which is available as a Prodrive kit for quite cheap!! Scoobysport covers fit these or their HID kit, are completely clear, and can hardly be seen from anywhere beyond about 2 metres.
The Prodrive kit is more difficult to set up, but has good light output and spread, and ANYTHING is an improvement on standard lights and those useless fogs! I had a very small pair of Raydyot driving lights in the space either side of the number plate, and with 100w bulbs they were pretty good, but I even lost one of those to a stone!!:
Alcazar

LG John

Where do you draw the line though! I could end up with plastic covers all over the place - the lights, the intercooler, the indicators, etc! Then I might as well get a leather cover for the front of the bonnet to prevent against stone chips and before long the car just looks pants!

pslewis.

Saxo Boy. The covers on the foglights cannot be seen. Believe me, but the ones on the headlights look sh1te. Don't bother with those as all the bugs and flies get trapped behind. Because the foglights are so low they need protection. Would you have sex with a ***** who has done the rounds of Clevedon without a condom if she was the last woman on earth ?

Listen to me, get them fog lights protected.

PeteII

SCOSaltire

wish someone could find me clear plastic protectors for my piaa driving lights...
its a pain always taking the white (cracked) covers off each time i want to use them...

LG John

Yeah actually! If she's the last women on earth someone got to try and repopulate the world with her

SCOSaltire

lol SB

LG John

AndyC_772 YHM

SiPie

I have to agree on this one

I've had the headlight ones for about the last 6 months and who gives a **** if they look **** (personally hardly notice them, especially when I'm driving . At least I can afford Christmas presents this year

PS Anyone got a gearbox protector for sale

LG John

I've seen your car with them on remember - looks like a big plastic fairy

SiPie

Yeah, I agree

Just trying to find a way to stick it on top of my Christmas tree

LG John

Keep driving it the way you do and I'm sure you'll be able to flip it up there