Take Out Fog Lamp Lens

[ravig292]

does anyone know how to take the fog lamp lens off of a 2000 Ls400?

somehow water got in it and the lens is really dirty i want to clean it and figure out how the water got in.

[jcrome04]

Take off the "dummy" lens next to it to gain access..

[ravig292]

Take off the "dummy" lens next to it to gain access..

i know how to take out the fog lamp i want to open the lens out.

[1990LS400]

I think the foglight lens is glued to the foglight housing similar to the way the headlight lens is glued to the headlight housing. I don't know if it is possible to separate the foglight lens from its housing by heating it in a warm oven like can be done with the headlights.

If you have the foglight unit it off your car, you could trying blasting the inside clean with a blast of water ... maybe at a car wash. That is how I cleaned out a headlight unit on a 90 LS after a bulb exploded and scummed up the reflector and lens.

And maybe filling the foglight housing with water will show you where water is leaking in. If you can find a crack, you might be able to seal it with clear epoxy. Also, check that the drain tube in the foglight unit is not blocked.

If you do blast the foglight unit out with water, it will likely dry out in a day or too. I used a hair dryer to speed the drying of the inside of the headlight unit I cleaned out with water.

If you need to replace the foglight, the least expensive new one I've seen is on Parts.com. There are sometimes used ones on eBay.

[jcrome04]

bake them, pull them apart, clean it, glue them back together..

IIRC it's 15min at 215 or 250 degrees. Don't quote me on that.