cheap ebay fogs?

[surebimmer]

Just bought a set for a friends e36 m3. $44 shipped for the set. I'll let you guys know

[SickE30]

I ordered a set of these a few weeks ago. They look great out of the box, I haven't installed mine yet because I need a new valence first.

I had one issue with them though, on the ebay listing it says its for a complete set left and right. When I received mine, I realized that they sent two left fog lights, I emailed them and the next day they sent out a right fog to correct the issue. The company didn't charge me shipping for the right fog and hasn't asked me to send one of the left fogs back to them. So far I am satisfied with them.

By left do you mean driver or passenger side? If it is the passenger side would you be interested in parting with it?

[noE30]

By left do you mean driver or passenger side? If it is the passenger side would you be interested in parting with it?

Sorry the extra fog I have is the driver side.

[daniel]

i bought a pair of mint fogs off a guy for $20... if you search hard enough, probably locally, you should be able to get a similar deal.

[Landrunner]

Has anyone had any experience with these particular eBay fogs?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E30-3-Series-85-93-318i-320i-325i-Factory-OEM-Style-Yellow-Glass-Fog-Lights-/400255778147?hash=item5d311a7d63&item=400255778147&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_3512wt_1348

[noE30]

Has anyone had any experience with these particular eBay fogs?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E30-3-Se...ht_3512wt_1348

Not personally but my fogs look just like those minus the yellow lens, they have worked perfectly so far. Also that e30 shown in the picture is a r3v members I believe.

[Landrunner]

So your fogs are the same brand? How is the fitment?

[acolella76]

It looks like these have gone up A LOT in price since this thread was first posted. Used to be able to buy them for $50 shipped and now they go for $75+, which is used OEM territory.

[kamotors]

I've had these since 2008 and and today I removed my brake ducts and both foglight lenses fell off. also all the rubber seals are really crunchy and falling apart. For $50 they lasted a good 3 years.

[JrCamacho]

aren't they like ~$80 from the dealer?

i'm still on OEM fogs, pitted, but not cracked

[kamotors]

aren't they like ~$80 from the dealer?

i'm still on OEM fogs, pitted, but not cracked

they are $195 each from pelican parts.

[Landrunner]

It looks like these have gone up A LOT in price since this thread was first posted. Used to be able to buy them for $50 shipped and now they go for $75+, which is used OEM territory.

There are still similar fogs on eBay for $50 (with an additional $20 for shipping) but these looked more promising. Can anyone confirm if these are the same as the ones above?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-E30-Fog-Lights-Lamps-EURO-Yellow-DTM-Style-85-93-/110780356978?hash=item19cb061972&item=110780356978&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_1626wt_131

[BMWManiac]

I've bought two sets of these now, one for each E30 I've owned. I will say that they fit just fine with some basic modifications

1) To the above poster, I know what you are talking about when you say they sent you to driver side fogs, but they aren't. The problem with these ebay cheapos is that they send you a pair of fog light and the plugs orient opposite on the back of the fog lights, but the plugs from the car actually orient the same way...hard to explain, but obvious if you buy them.

2) Even the driver side plug is slightly too big for the female socket on the back of the fog. Couple seconds with a dremel to the female plug and it fits just fine....take a dremel to the passenger side to get it to fit and they will be just fine.

[noE30]

I've bought two sets of these now, one for each E30 I've owned. I will say that they fit just fine with some basic modifications

1) To the above poster, I know what you are talking about when you say they sent you to driver side fogs, but they aren't. The problem with these ebay cheapos is that they send you a pair of fog light and the plugs orient opposite on the back of the fog lights, but the plugs from the car actually orient the same way...hard to explain, but obvious if you buy them.

2) Even the driver side plug is slightly too big for the female socket on the back of the fog. Couple seconds with a dremel to the female plug and it fits just fine....take a dremel to the passenger side to get it to fit and they will be just fine.

My connections were fine on both lights. And yes they actually sent me two driver side fogs, the lenses were exactly the same. Not just the connections switched around.

[scottinAZ]

Did a review of these here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=226979

My feelings are unchanged, cheap, crap, Ebay.....