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e30mpower · #13 08-15-2012, 06:55 PM

My latest message from fishcake321:

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Each side is on its own, because each light has its own heat venting tube, so you can not expect one side has mist and the other side must have it too.

Anyway, to determine it's bad seal or not is simple, if you have followed my suggestion I sent yesterday which is not much to ask, open up the rear headlight cover, park indoor over night so the mist is gone and the put the headlight cover back on and see. Once the inside and outside air is equlized, you normally won't have a mist.

And also you start having the issue after you get car wash further proves that during the car wash, little water get in (might even be from the back where the heat venting hole is), which should not be from the seal because if it's bad seal, you gonna have water leak, water leak is not condensation, water leak, you can see water running around inside. What you have is typically small amount of moisture gets in and trapped and becomes mist after you turn on the light which the heat drives it to the lens. So, open the rear headlight cover to let the water vent, once it's gone, it shouldn't come back.

I ask you to please try it first which does not require you to do almost anything except opne the rear cover up and park your car indoor overnight.

Regards,

Simon

- fishcake321

I took a hair dryer to it, cleared most of it up except for the lateral side where the turn signal is, so I pulled the light and examine it. Melted/bad seals all over the lateral side.

Here's some more pics:

I'd say beyond repair, would anyone else agree?

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