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Subject:Re: Aftermarket Fog Lights?
From:Ray Reinhard
Date:Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:21:25 -0700

RE: Breaking the glass on your fog lamps. This happened to me once (I think
it was probably a stone), then I found out about a fairly thick, clear
plastic material made by 3M that you can cut to size and adhere to the
glass. No problems ever since.

On 10/10/06, joel walker <jwalker17@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Porsche must be insane, then.
> > My '82 911SC has factory foglights \below/ the bumper..........
>
> you have to remember two things about Porsche cars ...
>
> 1. they are designed with very little compromise in the engineering.
> better means better, so do it. like that. if fog lights work better
> UNDER the bumper, then put the fog lights there.
> notice your 1982 model has NO drink holders. ;) i don't think porsche
> even considered drink holders until the Boxster came out.
>
> 2. Porsche owners are EXPECTED to perform certain maintenance
> procedures at a regular interval or whenever necessary. like changing
> the oil, rotating the tires, replacing the broken fog lights ... ;)
> and it is also expected that if you can afford a Porsche, you can
> afford the cost of such maintenance procedures ... and fog lights. :)
>
> and i really am being serious. :)
>
> and then there's ...
>
> 3. Vanagons ain't Porsches. as much as we'd like to think they are,
> they ain't. :(
> related, maybe. distant "tater-patch kin".  but you'd never hear a
> Porsche owner admit it in public. ;)
>
> unca joel
>

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Ray Reinhard