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Are Your Headlights Fogging Up?

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Old Jun 5, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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From the manual. They are vented, not sealed.
FRONT LAMP UNIT MOISTURE CLEARING

Some occasional moisture accumulation inside a vented front lamp unit is normal and appears as a fogging on the inside of the lamp lens, similar to the fog that sometimes appears on the inside of a windshield. This condition is caused by rapidly changing temperature and humidity levels between the air internal and external to the lamp, and will usually dissipate once the temperature and humidity conditions have been allowed to stabilize. Accelerated removal of such moisture may be accomplished by activating the headlamps on HIGH beam for about 15 minutes.
However, water droplets larger than 1 millimeter (0.039 inch) in size accumulated on the inside of the lamp lens, water droplets visible on most internal lamp surfaces or large quantities of water within the lamp indicates a problem with the lamp sealing that has allowed excessive amounts of water to enter the lamp. Once such excessive moisture has entered the lamp, it will always be present and will never disappear. A lamp with permanent internal moisture should be replaced.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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don't have any moisture in my headlights(yet), but i've got moisture in my mirror turn signals. going to the dealership soon to see about getting that sorted out.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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i took mine back to dealer. Replaced both housings. Has been dry ever since.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jsmit450
Be carefull taking it to the dealer with the HID's installed because they will probably say it is your fault because you installed the HID which voids the warrenty
I was gonna say that, for sure they love to blame someone else cuz they can make more money that way.
 
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