What do the fog lights bolt onto?

[Guest hoamskoold]

My '98 Legacy Outback was involved in a collision before I purchased it, which I knew beforehand. What I didn't know is that whatever piece the right fog light bolts onto was broken and whoever "repaired" it just basically smashed it in there with a bunch of goop and now I have to fix it. I took out the light and looked in there as best I could without taking everything apart, but couldn't tell much from that. Two questions:

 

1. What is the part that the fog light bolts onto? Can it be replaced?

 

2. What is the process for accessing this part and either repairing or replacing it?

[Commuter]

On my 97 OB, the fog lights bolt directly into the bumper (shell). There is a threaded metal insert that screws up into the bumper itself. The fastener then screws into this (2 of them) to hold the foglight.

 

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[Guest hoamskoold]

So I would need to remove the bumper to make this repair?

[hklaine]

Take a look:

 

(click to enlarge)

 

I have the large flat square diffuser style lights. I don't know if the projectors or OB style lights mount the same way but if they do this image might be helpful.

 

-Heikki

[Guest hoamskoold]

I have the circular ones with the wire grid over them. I wonder if they mount the same way.

[hklaine]

The older Impreza uses a circular fog light, but it mounts completely differently from the lights in my car. There are three bolts that mount horizontally to hold the light in:

 

 

These are the only mount configurations that I am familiar with, though there may be others, like the wide fogs on the 98+ and GT cars (?).

 

Surely there are some people here who have installed aftermarket or replacement lights on your model...

 

-Heikki

[Commuter]

I have the large flat square diffuser style lights. I don't know if the projectors or OB style lights mount the same way but if they do this image might be helpful.

 

 

-Heikki

The mounting is like what it shows in the pic.

 

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