What's a good option for fog lights?

[Tbonem3]

I put pre facelift zkws in my facelift car cause I liked the clear look vs fluted. Not sure on price differential.

[repoman89]

I cracked one of my originals on track so replaced them both with ZKW. Surprisingly big clarity difference even at only 45k miles. ZKW was the same as the OE BMW that came out as far as I could tell. About $100 each from FCP a couple years ago.

[simon_c]

I put pre facelift zkws in my facelift car cause I liked the clear look vs fluted. Not sure on price differential.

I didn’t know fluted was only on LCI models. I prefer the clear lenses too so definitely going that route.

[c watson]

Tyler, I believe all E46 M3s came with fluted. My 2001 originally had fluted but I switched to ZKW clear around 2009.

[jet_dogg]

No, 01-03s came with clear lensed fog lights and updated 03.5-06 came with fluted.

Yours were changed by one of the previous owners.

[c watson]

No, 01-03s came with clear lensed fog lights and updated 03.5-06 came with fluted.

Yours were changed by one of the previous owners.

Very interesting. Thanks for this!

[Casa de Mesa]

Ziva: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ziza-par...177894017~ziz/

Whatever you do, don't get the Zivas. I have them because I had a trip coming up, had a cracked fog, and the BMW ones were out of stock.

The Zivas are terrible. Very poor/flimsy adjusters, they bounce around over bumps, and the light pattern isn't good - hot spots and inconsistent light dispersion pattern, etc.

They. Are. Terrible.

[simon_c]

Whatever you do, don't get the Zivas. I have them because I had a trip coming up, had a cracked fog, and the BMW ones were out of stock.

The Zivas are terrible. Very poor/flimsy adjusters, they bounce around over bumps, and the light pattern isn't good - hot spots and inconsistent light dispersion pattern, etc.

They. Are. Terrible.

Thanks for the insight and this is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for. Going with ZKWs.

[JayVee]

Check out Morimoto, they make an OEM+ level replacement with high-quality LED's and drivers. I did not need the resistors. Light output, sharpness, and appearance were all upgraded significantly.

https://www.morimotohid.com/morimoto-bmw-e46-e39-xb-led-fog-lights?quantity=1

[K-Dawg]

Like most fog lights, the Morimoto fog lights are pretty much useless. If I were to do it again, I would have just got OEM fog lights to replace my old pitted ones. And never use them, just like I never use the Morimoto fog lights.

[c watson]

Here's something that I almost did. I may still end up doing it because it looks damn near OEM and fogs are easy to play around with.

E46 FX-R retrofit + Projector fogs (bimmerforums.com)

[eforty6_m3]

A little late to the game...but what are folks doing these days with the ZKWs tough to come by (driver side fog appears to be NLA)? I don't necessarily want to fork over the money for OEM fogs, especially since I don't use them often. But mine are just so pitted and I'd love to get something clear/non-fluted.

[///Marecki]

I don't understand how anyone could possibly have an issue with the morimotos. The color temp matches the headlights give or take, they're led and functionally excellent (place great light on the ground immediately in front of the car) and they're so subltle its impossible to tell they're not stock unless you're looking close in daylight.

All stock BMW options suck. People are weird.

[eforty6_m3]

I don't understand how anyone could possibly have an issue with the morimotos. The color temp matches the headlights give or take, they're led and functionally excellent (place great light on the ground immediately in front of the car) and they're so subltle its impossible to tell they're not stock unless you're looking close in daylight.

All stock BMW options suck. People are weird.

You aren't the first person to speak highly of the Morimotos. Might have to dig into them a bit more. Thanks for the input.

UPDATE: these are NLA...I've reached out to a few vendors to see if they have any new old stock.

[///Marecki]

You aren't the first person to speak highly of the Morimotos. Might have to dig into them a bit more. Thanks for the input.

UPDATE: these are NLA...I've reached out to a few vendors to see if they have any new old stock.

if theres one person out there who can help you on this it would be Caesar at lightwerkz. try him at - [email protected]