Ive tried to search for help on this, but havent found exactly what im looking for, unless im blind.

Anyways, my headlights had the yellow haze to them so about a week ago I picked up some Meguiars Plast-X from Pepboys and worked it over both headlights and they came really clean and looked really good, almost new from a distance, but not quite up close. Anyways, it started raining here in Reno on friday and rained more on saturday and stopped by sunday. I noticed sunday morning that there was condensation on the drivers headlight but figured it was on the outside becuase of the rain but yesterday it was still there so I took a closer look at sure as hell its on the inside and its all over the freaking place. When driving last night, theres so much in there that you could see lines in the light emiting from the headlight due to the condensation.

Anyways, I want to know if theres a way to remove this condensation without taking the whole assembly apart and/or even off the car. If I took the assembly inside and used a hair dryer on it from the outside for a good 15-20 mins would that heat the lens up enough to dry it out? Or would that make it worse? It has snowed and rained since I got the car and just now its decided to do this. The only thing ive done outside of cleaning them was changing the turn signal bulbs but those are in nice and tight so I dont think it leaked in there.

Any help would be very appreciated as im very frustrated to have finally got my headlights looking nice only to have this **** me off even more.

Thanks
John

 

The problem is that it's no longer sealed. Even if you get the water out, it's just going to come back. Best to replace it.

 

or reseal it

 

What do you use to reseal the headlights. like if you want to clear them or do what this guy wants to do?

 

silicon adhesive.

 

Thats what i was thinking but just wanted to make sure. how long did it take you to clear the lights and did you use a heat gun or the oven method to soften the glue/sealer?

 

i used the oven method. i still need to reseal one of my lights. it fogs up every few weeks

 

I have a heat gun. should i use it or just go with the oven thing? To reseal you just lay a bead of silicone and press the sides together or do you need to reheat?

 

Well of course I planned to run some sealant around all edges of the headlight assembly to try to prevent further issues with this, but I need to know the absolute easiest way to get the water out to begin with. The condensation is only on the lens and nowhere else. What can I do to get rid of this fast and easy?

Thanks
John

 

remove one of the bulbs to get some air in there to dry it out.

 

Sonnerfan:

Thanks for the help. Im going to go out and pull the turn signal bulb and leave it like that overnight and all day tomorrow while im at work. Ill let ya know how it turns out and once its dried out, ill be stickin sealant on it like its full of water and I dont want it leaking out :P

Later
John

 

The only down side to using silicone is that it will be very hard to open them again if you need to. I'll stick with the OEM stuff to seal them.

I cleared my lens over a year ago and I had condensation start a few months ago. I got rid of it with a halogen lamp and removing one of the bulbs for circulation, but it comes back. I'll open them again in the spring to black them out so I'm glad I didn't use silicone.

 

What is the OEM stuff and where do you get it? Honestly I have no reason that ill ever need to open mine up as far as I know so I dont see any problem using the silicone. When I do put some sealer on there, do I just want to run it along the edge where the lens and the housing connect? Or are there other areas I should do too? I finally got all the condensation out and it looks better, so I want to seal it up while the weathers good.

Thanks
John

 

I've yet to get some, but I imagine the dealership has it and maybe some auto parts stores.

 

You could rinse the headlight with alcohol and dry with compressed air. Repeat until dry.