Alright so i Blacked out the headlight around a month ago and LOVED the look but today I was washing my car about 30 minutes ago (8:30PM) and my right headlight fogged up a little. IM SO PISSED..anyone have a solution? or do i have to buy new headlights

 

try resealing them first...most likely wont need new headlights

 

try resealing them first...most likely u wont need a new headlight

 

it looks like the fog gets bigger and bigger...grrrr pissed off

 

if you got em professionally done, try taking em back...i know certain shops will reseal them for free if they fog up

 

I doubt they're professionally done or he would be whining about whoever did it sucking and Acura sucking and everything else sucking.

 

As mentioned above, try resealing it. Do a test in the shower before placing it back onto the car. Sometimes you'll have to take the bulb out and let it sit for a day or so to get rid of the condensation quicker.

 

to fix the existing condensation: remove the fog light bulb and heat up the condensation with a hair dryer. it should evaporate at a much quicker pace than a day or so as mentioned above.

to fix the leak: remove the headlamps and buy a tube of silicon II sealant from home depot, the clear kind. make a nice bead around where the grove for the lens/black plastic is. smooth out the bead with your finger and be sure to plug up any deeper gaps with extra sealant. you may want to mask off the lens of the headlamp as it is easier to remove tape than to remove silicon from the plastic.

i havent had to do this to the TL, but i have done this to other vehicles in the past.

 

yea i used masking tape because the part where the clear plastic piece comes into contact with the headlight housing you can't see it so i went nuts with the silicone. i put on 2 layers of it. the more the merrier right? haha. but yea hope your headlights get fixed soon.

 

One of the reasons why I wouldnt touch the stock lights.............maybe if I get a spare set, I would clear it out, but not my OEM set......I had leaking problems with my old car after retrofitting HID projectors.

 

yea i totally feel you on that. i had to convince myself for a month before i cracked them open. there are 3 TL's in my neighborhood and since only i have the a-spec, i said to myself i might as well do it to look more different. haha...but yea boy did i ever go crazy with the silicone.

 

can we see some pics of the fogged lights?

 

Hi,,i have been looking for blackout front side and rear light covers and cant find who sells them...i have tl..06,,,,anyone help???...tks, tim

 

I'm not aware of any place that sells these. You can either clear and black out the fronts yourself, or pay someone to do it. The side and rear markers you can either use a film to tint the lense or a spray tinting

 

...? lol i didn't say anything sucked..i just wanna fix em, thats all.

Thanks for the advice guys

 

wow..what a coincidence..my right sides fogs up a bit too.. then i resealed it.. and now it rarely fogs up..only when it rains hard...and my engine is hot..

 

I'll throw this out there............I heard once placing silica pakets inside the headlight before reseal will help prevent fogging/moisture......I did not try it,but I also do not have a fogging problem. It has been 5 weeks now,hope my luck continues.

 

I replaced by fog bulbs with crappy Illuminics "Yellow" halogen 9006 bulbs. I noted on installtation that the OEM bulbs we're VERY difficlut to break loose, and the illuminics we're loose in the headlight... I should ave known this woudl result in issues.

Within a week, the loose fitting cause alllowed air to enter my left headlight and fog it up overnight... bad.

It's a 2 step repair. Sealing the leak, and removing the humid air.

If you don't do both you'll keep fogging up.

I found the key was removing the fog bulb and spraying out the humid air inside the headlamp. It took an afternoon in the summer sunshine to dry out all the moisture... but remember, the air inside the headlight is still very humid. Even after the water dried out, and I resealed the stock bulb (good seal), it fogged up again overnight when the temperature dropped.
So to fix that, I pulled the fog light again, car spent the afternoon in the sun... When all the moisture was gone, I then took compressed C02 (or any compressed gas), and (gently) sprayed inside the foglight hole to displace that extra humid air... then reinserted the bulb.

Hasn't fogged up again... Even after I replaced the stock bulbs with 3000K HIDs... which seal much better that the illuminics.