If it was a lot less than the $37.15 to ship the bolt kit from Twos R Us I would buy a kit. So instead of buying oem to rust in years to come I want to buy aluminium or stainless steel instead. Anybody know what the thread pitch and length of the original bolts that hold in the front fog lights ?

I'm hoping to have a go at mine tonight, got a screw extractor kit so if i get any of them out I'll let you know

where did you get the extractor set, i couldn't find any in Dublin tool shops..
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Thanks dshamrock2000. At the moment I'm working on my engine in the garage. I have a HID kit to go into the fog lights when I get time to install it. So it would be nice to have the replacement bolts before I start working on the lights.

dshamrock2000 wrote:
I'm hoping to have a go at mine tonight, got a screw extractor kit so if i get any of them out I'll let you know

be careful with those.i used em for mine and one of the extractors actually snapped in one of the screws.now i cant get the screw out at all because the drill just slides off the bit of the extractor thats stuck in it.its way handier to just drill straight through the screws..

This is the kit I ordered form JML direct last week, hasnt arrived yet but my mate got one yesterday in woodies in Naas which i'm hoping to borrow tonight, i saw other ones where you drill the screw and insert a bolt that can then reverse the screw out but would rather try this one first before i get out the drill
www.jmldirect.com/currency/EUR/Screw-Extractor-PS5616/

Okay i got two of the four out, and as you've probably guessed, one from each fog, Fu@K!!
Anyway they look like m5 about 15mm, if your going to the meet tomorrow i'll bring them along?

I can't make it to the meet tomorrow, but you could take the bolts with you. Maybe someone else would be able to measure the pitch of the thread.

will do

For anyone looking for a kit to take them out, only 4.99 in Aldi on Thursday 28th

Aldi screw extractor set link

Cheers Spidey

Finally got mine sorted, took 3 hours!! Never again hopefully
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dshamrock2000 wrote:
Finally got mine sorted, took 3 hours!! Never again hopefully
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So, how'd you get them out in the end ? using the screw extractor set? Do you turn it with a ratchet or drill ?

2 of them came out with the screw extractor set, one from each fog, the other two screws just wernt strong enough for it, so in the end had to drill them, drill bit broke in the 1st screw so wasnt a good start, then tried again & finally decided to pop the head off the screw, so was able to take out the fog and get the bit of screw left in the threads, last one was more difficult so in the end worked on the head & just used brute force and broke the plastic bracket to release the front fog out, then worked on the screw left in the thread, Replaced them with hex head bolts "5M 15mm" with washers so I can use a ratchet set for future bulb changes, In hindsight the quickest way to do this would be to just split or break the plastic bracket to release the fog out of the car, plastic bracket can just glue back together, this leaves you with more room to work on the screw left in the bracket

dshamrock2000 wrote:
2 of them came out with the screw extractor set, one from each fog, the other two screws just wernt strong enough for it, so in the end had to drill them, drill bit broke in the 1st screw so wasnt a good start, then tried again & finally decided to pop the head off the screw, so was able to take out the fog and get the bit of screw left in the threads, last one was more difficult so in the end worked on the head & just used brute force and broke the plastic bracket to release the front fog out, then worked on the screw left in the thread, Replaced them with hex head bolts "5M 15mm" with washers so I can use a ratchet set for future bulb changes, In hindsight the quickest way to do this would be to just split or break the plastic bracket to release the fog out of the car, plastic bracket can just glue back together, this leaves you with more room to work on the screw left in the bracket

Ta for the options. I've no garage, so breaking the brackt and then taking the foglight inside into a warm house to work on it, sounds like a good option

dshamrock2000 wrote:
2 of them came out with the screw extractor set, one from each fog, the other two screws just wernt strong enough for it, so in the end had to drill them, drill bit broke in the 1st screw so wasnt a good start, then tried again & finally decided to pop the head off the screw, so was able to take out the fog and get the bit of screw left in the threads, last one was more difficult so in the end worked on the head & just used brute force and broke the plastic bracket to release the front fog out, then worked on the screw left in the thread, Replaced them with hex head bolts "5M 15mm" with washers so I can use a ratchet set for future bulb changes, In hindsight the quickest way to do this would be to just split or break the plastic bracket to release the fog out of the car, plastic bracket can just glue back together, this leaves you with more room to work on the screw left in the bracket

Ta for the options. I've no garage, so breaking the brackt and then taking the foglight inside into a warm house to work on it, sounds like a good option

I should have taken a picture of the plastic bracket, I've ordered some Supreme White Fog Light Bulbs so i'll take a pic when i'm putting these in

i want to do my fogs today and put the HID's in. i replaced screws on one fog as bulb went so just drilled out was much easier somite just do that again. wen i get it done ill put pic's up as heads are done and have 6k for both there a crystal white colour and got led park bulbs so will look nice.

Ta to Glenner who just sorted my fog light bolts

+1 for dshamrock2000 ... M5 15mm bolts
you are after saving me from buying every different type that the shop has to see which ones will fit!!

???

$37 for a pair of bolts?

The hardware store should have bins, upon bins of bolts they'd be willing to help you match up. If one doesn't have it (damn metric.. no wait, UK uses metric don't they?), then another surely will.

I had some leftover bolts from a shelf that match up just fine. I think they're chrome, aluminum or something.

Europe and Japan and Australia use metric as far as I am aware of. UK still uses miles instead of kilometers, US is still using imperial measurements.

Got some m5 with hex heads ... one fitted fine. I am still trying to remove the old bolts from the other 3 holes. After nearly removing half a finger, I decided to put a load of wd40 on them. I shall do battle with them again tomorrow!!!

Absolute nightmare of a job!!
All the bolts rusted and the nuts that were fixed to the back of the fixing bracket came apart. Managed to tap the holes and use m8 bolts instead ... I finally have foglights


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