headlight condensaton, please help!!!

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ok guys, i cleared my corners and installed the angel eyes, and now one of the headlights has real bad condensation, it goes away after like 3 or 4 days. But its been raining here a lot so the humidity really isnt helping much. Now my question is, if i stick, the headlight in the oven again to reseal them, will the condensation go away? or do i have to wait for the condensation to go away first and then i stick em in the oven again to reseal them. thanks for the help.
 
First, you need locate where the water is getting in. Remember, it only takes a small drop of water to cause condensation. Look around the edges of the headlight to make sure you have enough sealant around the headlight. Then check the plastic rings that hold the bulbs in. Sometimes they are loose or have gaps in them. That could cause condensation. Also, you may have a small hole or crack in the headlight housing or lens. Check all of those items. Then re-heat the headlight and re-seal it. Be sure to press hard along the edges where the two halves meet. This will help in seating the old sealant. Good luck!
 
I'm afraid of this same problem when I do mine, hopefully this weekend. I'm no science major, but can a heated oven and new sealant really simulate the machinery, vacuum seal at the factory? Do all of you with Angel Eyes experience this often?
 
jrockcentral1 said:
I'm afraid of this same problem when I do mine, hopefully this weekend. I'm no science major, but can a heated oven and new sealant really simulate the machinery, vacuum seal at the factory? Do all of you with Angel Eyes experience this often?
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The heat just makes the sealant pliable and sticky. I don't know if it's vacuum sealed at the factory, but there are holes where the bulbs go in, so it doesn't even ship air tight from the factory.

I've done mine and have NO condensation. Go for it. If it has a condensation problem, just do it again.
 
This happens every time I run it through the car wash. As a matter of fact I have condensation in the headlight assy right now since I washed it Sunday. I usually try to drive with the lights on as much as I can to dry them out.
 
mharrison said:
The heat just makes the sealant pliable and sticky. I don't know if it's vacuum sealed at the factory, but there are holes where the bulbs go in, so it doesn't even ship air tight from the factory.

I've done mine and have NO condensation. Go for it. If it has a condensation problem, just do it again.
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oh yeah, in all my worrying I overlooked that lol :rolleyes: thanks!
 
i bought some used re-sealed cleared corner headlights from 'bigpappy33' and one of them got moisture in it as soon as i got it but he never had a problem, i just bought some silicone took the headlight off the car and put silicone all over the sseam on the top under the little rubber flange. hasn't leaked since. the other headlight he said he got from 'grayghost1' and i saw the silicone job on that and just replicated it on the other headlight. i can post a pic jus mention it.
 
wait till the condensation goes away buy some clear silicone. wut i did i put silicone on the little ring on top of the headlight. it wus leaking water from there. so i just put a whole lot of sealent all over the headlight and it went away. just make sure all the little canals get siliconed. good luck
 
Also if you have them, pull the little breather tubes off. The (2000's anyways) lights aren't air-tight anyways because of those breathers.

I found that my lights breath better, the heat of the bulbs can 'evaporate' the moisture and it circulates out.

Haven't noticed foggy lenses on my car for about 2 years, when I pulled those little breathers off.
 
anyone have pics to do this or step by step with pics for the re-seal of the headlights...

I have the same condensation problem....
 
HID Condensation testing....

Had a bad HID lamp and later noticed condensation in my drivers side light assembly. Was dry and sunny the week I bought the car. Don't know if moisture led to the bulbs demise but anyway I devised a test for it.
Taking out the whole lamp assy. with bulb sockets attached I blocked one vent tube with a screw and put about 10 lbs. or so of air from my compressor into the other vent tube to see where air was leaking. Using a piece of torn paper napkin I went all around the seams and bulb sockets to find an air leak.
Seems all I can find was air coming from the 2 very end sockets,(not gaskets) directional and parking light. I assume since one points upwards and is keyed that way that water was running down wiring and into lamp assembly. No seam anywhere showed any air leaking out. Don't know why pass. side lamp is dry and perfectly clear/clean though.
I did put a bit of silicone sealant around connectors after reconnecting and after last check (rainy season here/ and alot of car washing) there was minimal moisture. Pissed me off but..much less than before. Nothing that bulb heat can't evaporate quickly.
Maybe this can help someone with this common problem.
PS- I used a blowdrier on medium heat to get out moisture before replacing bulb and reassembly.
 
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