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A quick & cheap 'remove condensation in the headlights' tipViews : 871 Replies : 1Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jun 6th, 2021, 18:39 | #1 |
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A quick & cheap 'remove condensation in the headlights' tip
Just a quick prompt for any new visitors in the future who also have a misted up headlight.
I've owned my S80 for about 9 wks and it's had moisture in the DS headlight unit for the last few wks. I'd anticipated having to re-seal the glass but from reading on here about the Goretex strips in the removable bulb covers I thought I'd take a look - neither of mine did, but I decided to leave both off for a while to see if it cleared the condensation... fast forward a couple of hours and it was gone! Covers replaced and it's not come back in the past week. So if your car headlights are suffering similar, try this simple test before hitting the sealant. HTH someone
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Jun 6th, 2021, 21:49 | #2 |
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I've done it with a hair-drier set to hot before, in previous cars, but I'm guessing it's still best to take those caps off anyway so that's only really a time-saving tip I suppose
I also saw that thing about goretex, I was planning on that mod myself if I start getting the issue on this car, its sounds like a really neat Macgyver kind of solution Last edited by stuart bowes; Jun 6th, 2021 at 22:06. |
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