I blacked out my headlights about a month ago, and up till now its been fine. Its even rained before and nothing ever happened. However, last night we had a REALLY bad thunderstorm and later today I noticed both my headlights have a good amount of condensation tomorrow. I already know to check out the bulb "slot" or whatever to make sure theyre tightened right (and also disconnect it so it can dry up in the sun). This weekend Im gonna pull the headlights out but before I rip them apart again, anything I can look for? Even then, I wont be able to know if its fine until we get a reallllly bad thunderstorm again. Any advice, so maybe I can find a solution without re-siliconing it?

 

re-silicone lol thats about it

 

Dammnit. I guess so. Man, if I had a garage, this wouldnt be as big of an issue, because its rained a couple times and nothing was wrong, but because of the huge thunderstorm and the fact that my car was outside.....

 

+1...that should fix or control the damage.

 

RE-silicone? u used silcone to seal them? why didnt u use the stock sealant??? wonder why it's leaking, lol

 

Uhmm, because every How To says to use rubber silicone sealant. Plus, the stock sealant wouldnt even be there anymore because you take it off when you pull the headlights apart (unless you for some reason reheat the sealant to make it softer and jam it back in there.....)

 

yeap, thats the proper way to do it, heat, pull it apart, paint, reheat and reassemble. You should not loose any sealant doing this process...

TJ

 

that's how i did it, no condensation. i also ran a small bead over the crack after just for piece of mind even though not neccessary.

 

So when you reassemble it, you dont add anymore sealant? Because you lose sealant when you pull them apart...

 

i didn't lose a significant amount of sealant, there was still more than enough on the housing/lens to put it back together.

 

To test them, just use the hose. :P

 

haha I guess im gonna have to

 

i dont see how you lost ANY sealant? when u pull them apart 1/2 goes on the lense 1/2 on the housing....... just reheat and reassemble!

TJ