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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 04:07 PM
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Default Lightning headlight condensation...
My passenger side headlight keeps getting water in it and cannot figure out where the water is coming in... Anybody else have this problem? the driver side is perfectly fine
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 04:58 PM
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Mine's doing it, you just need to put a bead of silicon around the outside
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Mine's doing it, you just need to put a bead of silicon around the outside
Yeah tht was my plan, how would suggest getting the water that's in there out haha
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by pfoley12

Yeah tht was my plan, how would suggest getting the water that's in there out haha
Pull the bulb out and park it in the sun
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew
Mine's doing it, you just need to put a bead of silicon around the outside
Around the entire headlight or just around the bulb?
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Around the entire headlight or just around the bulb?
On the corner, fixing to retrofit it so I'm going to resealing it better then
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 09:08 PM
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Remove the housing from the truck, and use a heat gun to get rid of the condensation. Check your bulb seal and the housing seams for signs of water, and replace it or as stated above, add some silicone sealant.
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happened to mine as well but I baked them and painted the inside black to kind of get the black housing effect
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Originally Posted by 2003XLT
They look like eyes on that dark truck lol
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew

They look like eyes on that dark truck lol
lol good so now you know that I'm always watching
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