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Moisture in the head/taillights

Ninjo

Ninjo

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Ok I had this problem on my old GP GT.. HOW in the HECK to i fix this and what causes it... is it just a bad seal?! is it something i can fix w/o having to buy new parts?!
 


I pulled the plastic off the head light and cleaned the fog off of it this weekend, then used clear silicone to seal it back up. tons of patience and work, but it can be done if you take your time and dont force anything.
as far as the tail lights..........I just pulled the plastic covers off and left them with the black louvers. patiecne is needed here as well.
 
justwhisen said:
I pulled the plastic off the head light and cleaned the fog off of it this weekend, then used clear silicone to seal it back up. tons of patience and work, but it can be done if you take your time and dont force anything.
as far as the tail lights..........I just pulled the plastic covers off and left them with the black louvers. patiecne is needed here as well.
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Have these held up and worked out the way that you had planned? Did you use clear silicone on the headlights and the taillights? Thanks........
 


so, the clear plastic on the tail lights can be removed from the rest of the assembly? i have had my tail lights off before, but had no luck getting them to dry out.
 
i had a inch of water splashing around in my marker light the other day.... so i would also like to know haha
 
I have no idea, but it does say that they do or can come apart on the tails atleast......I still haven't touched mine.......I just have condensation in one though.......fwiw.
 
Old thread, I know, but has anyone got any updates for us? I have a relatively new OEM set of headlights and one has moisture on the inside of it after the rains we had over the weekend.

I've heard of putting them in the oven to "bake" the adhesive off or to make it soft. Anyone try it?
 
DON'T SEAL YOUR LIGHTS, EVER!

you must VENT the lights in order for them to not condensate. drill a small hole or two on the bottom of the lights and be done.
 


Bio248 said:
DON'T SEAL YOUR LIGHTS, EVER!

you must VENT the lights in order for them to not condensate. drill a small hole or two on the bottom of the lights and be done.
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this keeps em from getting moisture in em?

a quick fix you can just pop the bulb out and use an air compressor and blow out the moisture
 
no, it doesnt stop the moisture, but it allows it to evaporate. when you seal them the moisture that gets in cannot get out. get the concept? youre going to get moisture in them regardless. the world hates people with nice things.
 
I understand what you're saying, Bio, but I think there has to be a cause somewhere. Lenses aren't typically vented and don't usually have a problem that I've seen. There is a reason the one got fogged and the other didn't. Someone mentioned a bad seal around where the bulb goes in. I guess I'll look at this closer once the inside of the lense is dried out.
 


Unless Im lost when I wetsanded and polished my crappy looking headlights last weekend their is a vent in the back of them mine had a grey cover that you can turn in the top corners. That cover didnt lead to anything and Id assume its a vent. X2 on not sealing ur head lights and I agree with BIO too the headlight bulb seal is 1st Id check.
 
Bio, are you saying you had moisture like this inside your headlights and drilling the hole fixed it?

I put grease around the o-ring seal, hoping that would help and it didn't do a thing. If I wash it, then the driver side gets foggy inside. This past weekend, they both ended up with a little fog and they dried out naturally without me even opening them up, but it was really warm out. That tells me there's condensation inside the lense that makes it fog up when it gets cool and I'm spraying cold water on it, or new moisture is getting in when it gets wet. Either way, it's going to suck in the winter if I don't get it figured out.
 
Do what bio said and drill small holes in the bottom. As an extra step take the headlight and bake it for 15 @ 210* and press on the light in a pulsing action, this help the light reapply its adhesive correctly.

Then bake in the sun to remove remaining condensation
 
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