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Old 03-05-2009, 08:09 PM
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Need help with cleared headlight

So me and TL2slow today cleared my headlights and added ebay fog lights with 4300K HID's the car looks sick but my dumbass took it to the car wash after i was done here is the deal we finished one light 3 hours before i left his house and finished the other light less then an hour before i left his house and when we were done i went to the car was now the light that we did 3 hours before is clean but the one we did an hour- before had a little condensation in it that it didnt have before we went to the car wash... my question is will this disapere by itself or do i have to re bake the whole headlight? thankss
Old 03-05-2009, 08:41 PM
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pull back the wheel well splash shield and remove the turn signal bulb for a few hours while the front of the car is facing the sunlight.
Old 03-05-2009, 08:44 PM
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Did you make sure that you put in foam washers around each HID ballast? Also, did you put silica gel desiccants in the low beam opening of the headlight? (you don't have to open the headlight itself, just the cover of the low beam opening)

I installed my new lights and had condensation issues. I put in the foam washers and gel packs and problem solved
Old 03-05-2009, 08:50 PM
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holy sh!t man use some commas and periods.

Do what Trew said and you should be good provided you put everything back together correctly. If it comes back again, you didnt seal it back up right.
Old 03-05-2009, 11:36 PM
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yea wow i just realized i didnt used any punctuation lol so is it bad if i drive around for a day or 2 with this in my lights cause it wont be nice till saturday
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I would pull out a bulb, add some more silicone around it (headlight) and use a hair dryer to get the inside nice and toasty. It will dry it out as well as help the silicone seal the headlight better.
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better make sure you filled the seal or its just gonna happen everytime it rains or you got to carwash
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Originally Posted by timb24
Did you make sure that you put in foam washers around each HID ballast? Also, did you put silica gel desiccants in the low beam opening of the headlight? (you don't have to open the headlight itself, just the cover of the low beam opening)

I installed my new lights and had condensation issues. I put in the foam washers and gel packs and problem solved
Where can I get foam washers and gel desiccants?
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