Madnesss

well, my driver side hid went out. i have quite a bit of mechanical knowledge so i know not to assume that its just the bulb thats burnt out... turns out i was right, the bulb, ignitor and ballast need to be replaced, but there is moisture in the headlight. i figure the moisure is the cause of the burnt out parts.

has anyone resealed their headlight housings without actually taking them apart? is it possible to reseal them without taking them apart? maybe just adding some silicone?

TheMegalodon

If you have dried out the inside of the housing then you could try to put another laying of silicone around the outside seal, but it may not be as smooth and nice looking.

totaledTL

"is it possible to reseal Headlights with moisture in them?"

Do not reseal them if there's moisture still in them.

01tl4tl

the mositure causes the other parts failure
ck the DIY section for how to open and reseal, or as suggested throw some silicone on top of the seal and hope

best prices for replacement parts- see our vendors hidconcepts and hidextreme,, iirc

they will hook you up with all the parts= waterproof ballast, ignitor wire, bulb-- for BOTH sides of the car= for under 100 bucks total
its unreal!

01tl4tl

avoid high pressure car wash type spraying into the headlight area in general

03tl-s04mdx

HIDextra.com

Madnesss

i would obviously dry the headlight out first and then re seal it. i really dont want to have to take apart the headlight housing. im going to try adding silicone to i first and see how that goes. i'll probably ad some silicone to the ballasts too since i'll already have the bumper off (for the second time) first time was easy, had the bumper off and headlights removed within half an hour, and that was taking my time.

acutee

Chances it is not the headlight's leak, pay attention to the foam gasket between the ballast and the headlight housing. That foam gasket dried out overtime, obsorbs water then sends the moisture to the housing from the ballast heat. If you didnt fix the root cause, it will damage your ballast and other parts again.

Madnesss

so today at work, i took the front end apart, took the headlights out, replaced the bad ballast, resealed the headlights (first cleaned the area with brake clean where i put silicon, put extra silicon around the ballast and at work we also have this soft gasket stuff that you can form it to anything so i used that to seal the ballast to the headlight houseing and to seal the plug in on the ballast (there is a gap around it which is probably where the moisture got in) the new ballast that i bought from acura has a grommet/gasket to seal around the plug in. i guess they figured out the problem and corrected it. so its all fixed now... hopefully is stays sealed

xtremex626

iTrader: (1)

DO NOT EVER reseal headlights with moisture still inside. let it sit out in the sun and make sure it is 100% dry. why? if there is still moisture in there and you turn the headlights on, the heat will cause the moisture to expand within the headlight.. and once you turn it off.. you will see your whole headlight fogging up on the inside..

and people are right.. it's not always the sealing problem. i've sealed mine 3 times in a row.. thoroughly and completely.. yet it still leaks a bit somewhere.. and i haven't replaced that foam gasket, which is the culprit of our headlights condensating.

if you dont want to take out your housings to dry it out.. you can dry it using a funnel and a hairdryer.. it's ghetto but it works and i've done it many times. but over time.. if water keeps getting in there.. it will stain the chrome finish and if you try wiping it down when you take the housings apart.. it will literally strip off the chrome finishing really easily.. and you will see no more chrome but white.

Madnesss

well i did dry it out using an air chuck with a piece of rubber hose taped to it so that i can really get in the housing through the bulb holes. i also put an extra rubber gasket on top of the foam one that was already there... we'll see what happens.