cointilt

Hi all,

I cant seem to get rid of the condensation in one of my headlights, iv seen on forums that it needs to be sealed, anyone know how and
What is the best way to do it, thanks in advance!

AchtungE60

this is a sealed headlight. If you have condensaiton it's probably because the bulb covers are no on right. Take the cover off and leave it off and put car in the sun for a while. probably will take a few days for it to dry up the condensation. From there, you can make sure the covers are on fully. Unless you have a crack in the light?

You can also take the lights out and use a high powered vacuum to suck condensation out but that would my secondary option.

nomis_nehc

Or throw it in the oven. Depending on how bad it is, half an hour to an hour should do it.

AchtungE60

Or that too. lol. Thing is the sun doesn't require you to take the lamp out

nomis_nehc

But that'll take days. And if the weather is no good there, that'll suck even more.

luigi524td

Several hours drive time with your headlights turned on should dry them out. Then look for loose connections at the bulb holders that could cause cold, damp air [you are in the UK] to get sucked in and condense on the colder lamp lenses.

nomis_nehc

I actually would advise against this. The reason is that if the water is hard water, or other contamination, when you have the headlights on, low beam or with high beam as well, it'll cause hard water spots on the inside lens of the headlight.

Obviously this would be a very shitty situation, as there's no real good way of cleaning it short of cutting open the headlight.

healthservices

When mine was wet I removed the round cover and open the other cover, then I propped a hair drier in the round hole and turn it on low. I made sure nothing was going to melt and I walked away. I don't know how long it took because I got a phone call and forgot about it, but when I came back it was dry.

tonyb635

+1 I did the same once on a different headlight a long time along and it works well. Also used low pressure compressed air another time, just make sure your air runs through a good water sep/dryer so you don't send more water inside the light.

MORI3L

I actually have hard water spots in my headlights...I wonder if I can drop some sort of solution in them...let them sit...then drain and throw them in the oven or something..