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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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headlight fogging up

its not because of a defect in the headlite its cuz i replaced my ballast with TL ballast and it doesnt fit propering through the wire hole so cold air is leaking into the headlite and mix with the warm temperature of the headlite causing it to fog up. So I will have to modify the hole to make it bigger for the ballast to fit through. My question is how can i get rid of the condensation thats alread behind the lens. Can i use a blow dryer through the bulb holes some how?
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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Why did you change your TSX balast with a TL one? If it ain't broke why change it.
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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Take it off the car and let it dry inside your house for a day. Seal up any excess holes with silicone and re-install.
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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my original headlight broke and water got in and blew the ballast, so i had to get new housing and ballast and found a good deal on the TL ballast and stupid seller said TL ballast would fit fine on the tsx housing. so yeah problems problems...thanks for the reply! any more suggestions?
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 12:08 PM
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You can simply take a hair dryer or heat gun and apply heat from the outside (front of lens) without taking anything apart. It will take a few minutes for the lens to warm-up, then everything will clear up quite quickly. However, you still need to find a way to prevent it from happening again, like seal up any gaps.
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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 04:41 AM
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are u sure that will work because theres lots of water build up on the lens rite now...i dunno but ill give that a try. thanks bud!
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