The parts have been lying around for years, so I finally got around to installing the rear fog light. Originally I installed it with the polished aluminum panel. But even though that was the original setup, I didn’t like the look as it appeared cheap compared to the rest of the chrome on the car. I took it to a local high end metal fab shop but their quote was $300 to fluid jet cut the opening in the chrome piece to match the aluminum piece. So i did it VERY carefully freehand with a drill press and a Dremel tool.
I also changed how the light was mounted. As from the factory, the light sits inside the trunk panel mounted from the outside. Looked weird with too much space between the light and the chrome (or even the aluminum) rear panel. With a little grinding to its mounting feet the light now mounts outside the trunk panel, and protrudes just a bit from the chrome panel. I’m all about function over form/originality, so I’m pleased with the look.