well it snowed here the other day and now my new projector headlight (driver's side) has water in it. It looks as if its fogged up all the damn timebut when the sun hits it for a while it clears up, THEN at night when it gets cold, it comes back again.!!!!! WTF

i used the stock rubber seals on the new headlights which i thought would prevent it from happening. Any suggestions on what to do?

 

Your headlights aren't sealed properly most likely. I would get some silicone and put a very fine bead all around and just smooth it over with your finger.

 

around the edges of the headlight? would i have to get the moisture out somehow first or just seal it and let it dry up....thanks!

 

I am talking about where the clear lense is glued to black housing that. I can get a picture if you don't understand what I'm talking about because coincidentally I am putting my projectors back together. You're going to need to take off the black plastic seals that go around the headlight as well. Yeah, I would let it dry out first before you try sealing it up. I would try some 100% silicone. You can get it at a hardware store.

 

sounds good but the problem not is that it goes away but comes back, so i'm afraid if i seal it while the moisture is gone, that it will come back.

 

Well let it dry out first before you try sealing them up. There is basically only two places moisture can get into the heads and that is on the sides and where the bulb plugs in. So if you seal the sides and you get moisture again its on the backside where your bulbs plug in. And that would either be a bulb not seating correctly or maybe the little rubber ring on the bulb is damaged and allowing moisture through. You're not going to make it any worse by trying to seal the outer part of the headlight. To dry the headlight out probably the safest way would to be to put it out in the sun on a warm/hot day (depending on where you live). Otherwise you should be able to bake them in an oven if you are very careful. Keep it at 200 degrees or less if possible. And I wouldn't leave it in there for more then maybe 10 minutes. But I would use extreme caution if you put them in the oven as I haven't done it to the particular projectors you have. I have baked depos and that method works like a charm and doesn't damage anything. Post again if you have any other questions cause I probably know. Haha, I have spent too much time tweaking my headlights.......

 

how bout you make me some of yours lol. Well it seems to have cleared up so I'm just going to put the silicone around the edges. I'm pretty sure its not where the bulb goes, i have checked and everything there is nice and snug. SO this is what i'm going to do, take off the rubber seal and silicone all around the headlight. Thats pretty much it right?

 

Yeah, thats about it. The nice thing is you won't even see the silicone anyway and like I said you will not make it any worse then it already is. It can only improve. Try and do it when its not going to rain for like a day because if I'm not mistaken thats about how long it takes for it to fully cure. Should be dry to the touch in a few hours.

 

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