Water condense in front lights

enrita · 10-06-2010, 12:37 PM

Anybody experiencing this? The lights look good now with no condense but sometimes it appears.
Any idea why this is happening?

snipersix · 10-06-2010, 12:47 PM

i use to have that problem. Have u ever changed your bulbs on your own?

enrita · 10-06-2010, 12:53 PM

yes i changed the angel eyes to LUX H8 that required to drill a hole in order to pass the wires. the whole is sealing by a rubber round thingy . I suspect that might the issue but now for example is fine. I guess the heat of the lamps have evaporated the condense completely.

cb1111 · 10-06-2010, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by enrita

yes i changed the angel eyes to LUX H8 that required to drill a hole in order to pass the wires. the whole is sealing by a rubber round thingy . I suspect that might the issue but now for example is fine. I guess the heat of the lamps have evaporated the condense completely.

Correct - this is even the case on unaltered cars (but more common with altered lights (like yours)

No worries though because the condensation evaporates as soon as the bulbs heat up. If you see actul water in your lamps then you'll need to checkyour rubber gasket again.

fdriller9 · 10-06-2010, 07:30 PM

If it keeps leaking, put your headlights in a bag of rice for a few hours to let it dry out. Then seal it up with some kind of adhesive or something.

Im not positive the bag of rice trick will work for this. It works great for when you drop your phone in water but I'm just throwing this as a theory to you.

enrita · 10-07-2010, 12:19 AM

thanks guys for the tips and tricks :-)

Bimmer This · 10-07-2010, 12:21 AM

yeap, the holes that you drill are causing the condensation to build up inside your headlights. you need to make sure the the rubber thingy is actually sealing.

Bimmer This · 10-07-2010, 12:22 AM

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If it keeps leaking, put your headlights in a bag of rice for a few hours to let it dry out. Then seal it up with some kind of adhesive or something.

Im not positive the bag of rice trick will work for this. It works great for when you drop your phone in water but I'm just throwing this as a theory to you.

never heard of that trick before.

cb1111 · 10-07-2010, 08:58 AM

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never heard of that trick before.

Actually, rice doesn't work as well as desiccant that you can in tubs at hardware stores. The advantage of rice is that you probably have it handy and you can reuse it afterwards.

I've rescued many phones using desiccant but haven't tried it with headlights. "Burning off" the condensation when the headlamp warms up does the same thing.

Modern headlamps arent sealed, so moisture will get in. Usually it isn't a lot, but the OP has introduced another way for the moisture to get in. If he tries to seal it better then he needs to make sure that it is perfectly dry inside the lens - else he seals the moisture in.

jlE90 · 10-14-2010, 01:24 PM

just check the caps in the back of the headlights, theres normally 2, 1 for high beam n 1 for low beam. I removed my low beam one for HIDs n just left it. i hav a small amount of condensation and theres nothing you could do about it unless u seal that thing back shut.

bugsandry · 10-15-2010, 04:55 PM

I had this problem on my fog lights and I used hair dryer (set on low) to heat the glass evenly and the fog is gone afterward

ScaredOnce · 10-15-2010, 06:48 PM

This is one of my worst fears.

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Bimmer This Major General 99 Rep 6,473 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 335i Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Westminster iTrader: (3)	yeap, the holes that you drill are causing the condensation to build up inside your headlights. you need to make sure the the rubber thingy is actually sealing.
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