Hey everyone,

I got a quick question for all of you.

Last year, I got some condensation in my headlight during the summer so I removed the DRL, let the car sit in the sun for a few hours and it cleared out. It's been fine since.

The other day, it seems that some condensation has gotten back into the same headlight. It's been cool here (around 14 celcius max) so I took the DRL out and let it sit in my garage over night. However, that didn't work. I then decided to drive without the DRL hoping it would have a chance to escape while using the HIDs but that didn't work either. I then left it in the parking lot all day while at work but the condensation still hasn't disappeared.

I know half of the problem is that it hasn't been hot enough for it to evaporate and escape but my question to all of you is.....

Should I leave the DRL bulb out for the next few days or should I try again when it gets warmer? At night the temperature drops to about 0 Celsius or so... so I am not sure if that will help my problem or add to it.

Can you please let me know your thoughts?

Thank you!

 

Keep your DRL bulb in, you don't want MORE water to condense up in there. And without it being hot enough, it won't get better and can only get worse.

 

Noted. Thank you!

 

If your car is in your avatar, it seems like you modded it, might help to take em apart and add silica packets if you didn't already.

 

Yeah, that's my car.... i bought these highlights like thus but they were moded by the warehouse.

Where would the packs go?

 

You're right. After I closed it... it seems to have gotten worse. .. i don't know how else to get the moisture out....

 

I'm getting a lot if moisture and condensation in both my headlights they are not modded but completely stock. From what I've heard our only options is to remove both headlights peel off and re seal both lights? Or somthing else that I just won't be able to do on my own haha

 

This is my second time having this problem. It hasn't happened in a year. This was my fault. .. i decided to spray water under my wheel well for like 2 minutes.... dumb decision...

I'm wondering...... if you spray air into the DRL opening.... not at full pressure..... if that will help get rid of the moisture...

I'm wondering if that will help circulate the moisture so it can evaporate and escape.

Any thoughts?

 

Since it's so cold there, i think the best option would be to take your entire headlamp unit off your car and bake it in the oven for a few minutes (low.... about 200 F and for maybe 15 minutes). That's the way headlight retrofitters do it to unseal the headlight to work on them. Have it facedown with all the bulbs and sockets off and caps off. Put it on some cardboard and not directly on the wire rack. This should evaporate a lot of the water. then throw some silica gel packets into the headlamp housing, close her up and hope for the best