This is a how to- write up on changing a foglight bulb on my 97 camaro.
This write up will work on all 93-97 camaro's with factory foglights.
When i bought the car, the factory fog light lens was cracked, and after weather elements and other junk got lodged in there, it shattered the bulb.
Instead of buying a new foglight lens, i covered the cracked lens with Fog Light covers by RKSPORT, and i finally got around to changing the bulb.
Heres a Picture of my foglight, as you can see it has a good size crack and a small peice of the lens missing., with buying covers i saved money and you cannot tell a differance.
Here I used a hydraulic jack, and jacked up the car so i had some clearance to get underneath the front of the car.
I used bricks to hold the car up, in case the jack slipped.
I have jackstands but they were on loan to a friend when i was doing this project.
Make sure the car is nice and sturdy, and will not fall off of the jack/ jack stands.
Ok heres the front of the car raised up enough for you to slide underneath it, and access the panel that you will remove to get to the back of the fog light.
Here we are, under the car, this panel is held on by 3 pressure tabs, that lock in.
To remove these there is a center pin, inside the tab that must slide out then the pressure tab will be able to pull out with the help of a screw driver.
This is what the tab looks like when its out. You can see the center pin that I mentioned above that locks the pressure tab.
Here is the panel under the car, without the tab. After you remove all 3 tabs you can pull the panel down with your hands enough to feel around for the fog light assembly.
Ok once you find the bulb, you will grab it firmly and twist counter clockwise about half a turn, and with that the bulb will be free to pull out.
Ok now that youve pulled the broken bulb / or burnt out bulb out , you can see what your working with. Space is tight in there so i wasnt able to take pictures.
Now that you have the bulb. theres a black clip that that holds the bulb's socket in, pull outward on the clip and pull the bulb out.
Now that it's out, make sure the Receiving end, is clean and has no corrosion, if so, clean it the best you can.
Now open your new bulb, making sure not to touch the glass portion. If you touch it, the oil from your fingers will cause the light to burn out.
heres the old bulb. as you can see it was completley broken off.
Heres the new bulb, all plugged in and ready to be put back into the fog light assembly.
When you are putting the bulb back in, it takes a bit of patience, because you cant see what your working with, and will be somewhat hard to get the bulb in the assembly.
Once your in, twist the bulb clockwise, until its locked in and firmly mounted.
Close up of the bulb.
Now that the bulb is in, you can line up the panel with the mounting holes, and re-insert the pressure tabs.
Now test the foglights, making sure they work properly and it should look something like this
Done.
If you have any questions I can be reached on Aol Instant Messenger at StrtRacer9803
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