Help with FOG screws!!! - Honda Prelude Forum

cleanLude · 02-25-2004, 01:57 PM

My fogs have been sitting in my garage for over 3 months and i have finally decided to install them...however, i am missing some screws...the ones i am missing are circled below...

I have searched in 2 Home Depots and cannot find the right size...do i have to get them from Honda?? This may sound lame, but how do i translate the numbers?? (i.e. 4 X 12mm) Is 4 the size of the screw i need and 12mm the length of the screw??

ExodusFX · 02-25-2004, 02:10 PM

Just use any old screw that fits. The 4 are the ones that mount the fog trim onto the fog housing. The 8 are the ones that mount the fog bracket to the bumper. I know spin r g used whatever screws he had laying around the garage to mount his.

Bertico78 · 02-25-2004, 03:41 PM

the self-tapping screws are the same kind that are used all over the dash. I picked up a few extra ones i needed from a junkyard.
But any screw will do as long as it's a snug fit.

lude_vtec · 02-25-2004, 04:30 PM

I just converted the numbers to english and found the self tapping screws that were the closest to that number at home depot. The rest of the screws I found in metric size at Sears hardware. Damn english system... we need to convert.

4thGenReady2Go · 02-25-2004, 04:35 PM

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Originally posted by lude_vtec
I just converted the numbers to english and found the self tapping screws that were the closest to that number at home depot. The rest of the screws I found in metric size at Sears hardware. Damn english system... we need to convert.

amen to that, it's time we stop measuring things in relation to the foot of a dead man. After all, the metric system actually has something to do with the earth, so it makes the most sense.
Speaking of fog screws, I need to run by Lowes and see if they have those really long thin ones that hold the back of the fogs in place. I removed them to change the bulbs and nearly screwed myself (no pun) over because the heads were so badly rusted, one almost turned to dust as I removed it. Luckily i got them out, but no way in hell am I going to put them back in, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that i can get some more somewhere, I guess the advantage to having one already is that you can take it with you to find it's replacement.

MR.CLIFFORD · 02-25-2004, 04:37 PM

ace hardware will have the correct screws

4thGenReady2Go · 02-25-2004, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by MR.CLIFFORD
ace hardware will have the correct screws

excellent, i'll have to make a trip sometime this week then, thanks ONCE again clif.

MR.CLIFFORD · 02-25-2004, 04:40 PM

ace is the place for 4G foglight improvement.

I found replacement screws for every part of the fogs there.

4thGenReady2Go · 02-25-2004, 04:44 PM

ohh you're the man, I'm really getting excited now about buying screws lol. Lol, isn't the first part of that phrase actually Ace's slogan?

MR.CLIFFORD · 02-25-2004, 04:48 PM

yea... I was attempting to be comical

4thGenReady2Go · 02-25-2004, 05:06 PM

I laughed, if only for a moment.

cleanLude · 02-25-2004, 05:11 PM

Thanks guys...so wut are the actual measurement conversions?? I know that there are 25.4 mm in an inch...so a 12mm would be less than 1/2 inch long, but wut about the actual size...

G_Loc · 02-25-2004, 05:14 PM

If only I had an Ace Hardware nearby.

The screws that hold on the covers on my fogs were so rusted that I had to cut off the heads to remove the covers. I got some similar ones at Home Depot and they "fit." lol

So Sears sells metric stuff? I wish I had known that...

MR.CLIFFORD · 02-25-2004, 06:37 PM

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Originally posted by cleanLude
Thanks guys...so wut are the actual measurement conversions?? I know that there are 25.4 mm in an inch...so a 12mm would be less than 1/2 inch long, but wut about the actual size...

ace has them listed just like the page from the helms

cleanLude · 02-26-2004, 08:59 AM

Thanks again... i will be sure to post some pics asap cuz i remember some people wanting to yellow foggies with HID's...