Recently bought a 2007 525i, very lightly equipped which is great when 75% of the owners manual does not apply to me. Fantastic car thus far.






Previous owner had a disagreement with a stationary roadside object, but here she is when I found her. As you can tell, the edge of pavement was a struggle for this person.

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Considered a variety of replacement front cover options. Decided to go with the exact same style that was on it, so I've already ordered one. (sorry M5 clone fans) Just like this, except it does not include the center grid (I have) nor the fog light/aid ducts (I have drivers side only)




I then decided I'd like one of those lip moldings just to add some spice. One just like this.





So... After all that, finally here is my question.


As you can tell in the photo of my car, I'm missing a passenger side fog lamp panel. With this lip molding, will a replacement fog lamp panel even be necessary?

My initial thought was I'd get a new pair of fog panels as the driver side is OEM and a bit weathered/faded, ditto with center grid and I want them all to match & look nice. But the lip molding appears to completely cover the fog panels. Does the lip negate the need for fog light panels?


Another thought I had was to just buy both fog panels, as well the center section grid and have it look 100% stock, which looks good to me.
Then I saw one of these chin things instead of the above lip thing:

 

https://5series.net/forums/private-m...lights-140293/

Slap an LCI bumper on there. The above guy is selling the whole sha-bang.
Will need foglight adapters (9006 to H8) and possibly foam bumper supports.
But, this will easily update your look.

 

welcome to the family. there are many retrofits you can do to bring those optional things to your car. only limited by your wallet and desire.

 

Thanks all. After a few more hours of poking around, think I've found the answer to my own question: The fog light surrounds can be removed when lower lip is installed.

Considered the LCI bumper, but not a fan of the plastic over the fog lamps. I get the concept, mimics the headlights, just not my preference.

I'll document my repair experience over the coming weeks.