Headlight Water HELPP
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Headlight Water HELPP
I just noticed on my passenger side headlight bucket has some condensation inside. I'm 99.9% SURE it came from the rubber boot around the main headlight bulb. Its sealed up pretty good around it. I saw some water condensation on it... it doesnt completely seal around the bulb. Could i just take the bulb out and try using a hair dryer???
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Yes you can use a hair dryer, but there may be spots from the water left over. Are the headlights aftermarket? If so you should put some silicon adhesive around the lens, aftermarket lenses are never sealed well. The rear plug usually doesn't let water in unless it's not there or you hosed of the engine off.
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Re: Headlight Water HELPP
I'm sure you can get away with pulling the bulbs and using a hair dryer, but unless water's been through filters and stuff, it's gonna leave residue/water spots..
Oh, and the windoweld is the stuff they use to seal windshields. It stays fairly tacky, so if you pull the headlight apart, really, all you have to do is ensure there's adequate amounts of the stuff in the channel, heat it up, and push together until it cools. I tried to find it in auto parts stores (like gearbox said) but I couldn't find it.. so I ended up buying a roll of the stuff off of amazon. I got the thick stuff (3/8") so I had to stretch it out so there wasn't a lot of excess. I found this stuff a LOT easier to deal with than RTV was to seal headlights.
I've taken my headlights apart 4-5 times, and only recently tried out the windoweld stuff this last time.
Oh, and the windoweld is the stuff they use to seal windshields. It stays fairly tacky, so if you pull the headlight apart, really, all you have to do is ensure there's adequate amounts of the stuff in the channel, heat it up, and push together until it cools. I tried to find it in auto parts stores (like gearbox said) but I couldn't find it.. so I ended up buying a roll of the stuff off of amazon. I got the thick stuff (3/8") so I had to stretch it out so there wasn't a lot of excess. I found this stuff a LOT easier to deal with than RTV was to seal headlights.
I've taken my headlights apart 4-5 times, and only recently tried out the windoweld stuff this last time.
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