Clearing Fog Out of Lights
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Clearing Fog Out of Lights
What are the best way to clear fog out of your headlights if some gets in...
Accidentially... my peanut bulb fell out of the socket and now it let in a lot of moisture.
Is there anyway I can get the moisture out of the housing WITHOUT unsealing the housing?
Accidentially... my peanut bulb fell out of the socket and now it let in a lot of moisture.
Is there anyway I can get the moisture out of the housing WITHOUT unsealing the housing?
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Rep Power: 0 Assuming you have no cracks or leaks in the sealing of your headlights... Take off the top portion of the bumper (you don't necessarily have to remove the snap-on nuts underneath the bumper), and remove the headlight....
Use some stiff paper, like business cards, and form a funnel into the peanut hole (be careful not to use tape... I used duct tape and it melted a bit onto the hairdryer.) Do the same for the H4 headlight hole. Remove all bulbs.
Stick a hairdryer and turn it on and shove it into the funnel. The Civic headlights should be similar to the EL headlights where if you push air into one hole, the air comes out the other
Keep on doing this for 10-20 minutes, and it'll all dry up. DO NOT LET IT RUN TOO HOT. Every other minute or so, just keep the hairdryer on, but blow in cool air to cool everything down. And DO NOT USE A HEATGUN. 
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Use some stiff paper, like business cards, and form a funnel into the peanut hole (be careful not to use tape... I used duct tape and it melted a bit onto the hairdryer.) Do the same for the H4 headlight hole. Remove all bulbs.
Stick a hairdryer and turn it on and shove it into the funnel. The Civic headlights should be similar to the EL headlights where if you push air into one hole, the air comes out the other
Keep on doing this for 10-20 minutes, and it'll all dry up. DO NOT LET IT RUN TOO HOT. Every other minute or so, just keep the hairdryer on, but blow in cool air to cool everything down. And DO NOT USE A HEATGUN. And that is your FurBall Tip of the Week.
Originally Posted by NoSpleeny
What are the best way to clear fog out of your headlights if some gets in...
Accidentially... my peanut bulb fell out of the socket and now it let in a lot of moisture.
Is there anyway I can get the moisture out of the housing WITHOUT unsealing the housing?
Accidentially... my peanut bulb fell out of the socket and now it let in a lot of moisture.
Is there anyway I can get the moisture out of the housing WITHOUT unsealing the housing?
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