Protection for fog lights?

[looking97233]

Drove home from Port Angeles this morning. When I got home, I noticed that my drivers side fog light is broken. The glass is shattered. A new one is only $75. but I was wondering does anyone know of some kind of protector? Maybe a polycarbonite insert to cover them with. Kind of like all the Camaros with the CTS blackout kits.


Rod.

[Rider90]

Soup can lids. Drill small holes.


;)

[the_pack_rat]

Drove home from Port Angeles this morning. When I got home, I noticed that my drivers side fog light is broken. The glass is shattered. A new one is only $75. but I was wondering does anyone know of some kind of protector? Maybe a polycarbonite insert to cover them with. Kind of like all the Camaros with the CTS blackout kits.

Rod.

I would think that is a rather unique case.

I never really thought the fogs on our MM's were "vulnerable" by any means ... as they are built into the bumper. Sure the bumper is nothing more than plastic ... but it should provide some cushion from minor bumps in that area.

Now ... the 92 Mark VII I just sold not that long ago ... was without a doubt a car that had some of the most vulnerable to damage factory mounted fog lights a car could have ... being how they hung so low & were really more of an "afterthought".(IMHO anyway).

Other than a few minor pin head sized stone specks in the lenses (any part on the nose of a car will get stuff like this unless it's a trailer queen) ... both of those fog lamps didn't have a single blemish in them when I sold that car.

You could actually run your hands across the bottoms of those lamps w/o the fear of pulling back a bloody stump afterwords(no scrapes or abbrasions in the metal housings) which is almost UN-heard of on those cars.

[FordNut]

I had one of my MM lenses busted too. I was thinking about putting wire mesh covers over them (sort of like the 4x4 off-roaders use) but never got around to it. Mounting is the holdup, it's got to be customized by either putting mtg holes in the bumper cover or removing the foglamps and putting the screen directly on the lenses (don't know how much that would even help to protect them).

As for the MkVII LSC, it's amazing that they are in such a vulnerable location but at least in my case in over 300k miles between several of them they never got damaged from rocks or debris, only from dragging them on curbs and such (except for the one that was destroyed by the tree that jumped out in front of my wife).

[fastblackmerc]

If your willing to spend about $100.00 you can protect all the lights in the front of your MM. Check out this link: http://www.xpel.com/products/headlight.asp
I had this done to my MM along with the entire front kit and I even had them add a piece to the top of the rear bumper. PM me with any questions.

[metroplex]

The SUV wire guards are kind of neat until a small pebble nails the polycarbonate lens (for the brakes) or the glass lenses (projector driving lamps/fog lamps) right between the wires. They're really designed for protection against brush and other larger objects/projectiles.

The clear film is a good idea but I'm not sure how effective it is against fast moving small projectiles like rocks and pebbles on the highway.

[fastblackmerc]

The SUV wire guards are kind of neat until a small pebble nails the polycarbonate lens (for the brakes) or the glass lenses (projector driving lamps/fog lamps) right between the wires. They're really designed for protection against brush and other larger objects/projectiles.

The clear film is a good idea but I'm not sure how effective it is against fast moving small projectiles like rocks and pebbles on the highway.
When the warranty from my installer says if a lens breaks they'll replace the lens and the film for nothing for 5 years.....