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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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Front Headlight lens?

I opened up my headlights and painted em black about a year ago. I sealed them great, never seen a drop of water or fog inside, but somehow tiny tiny particles of dust are building up on the inside of the lens. Is it possible to order JUST the clear plastic front, with out ordering an entire new headlight?
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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I dont know of anywhere that sells them. Mitsu only sells the housing as a whole and its like $300 per side. Best bet is to just open them back up and clean it out seal it back up again.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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dust probably is coming in through the headlight bulb seals. Just get an air blow gun and blow it out through the high beam side.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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hmm. thanks for the advice. Ill try the air gun, opening these up is such a pain in the ***
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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hmm. thanks for the advice. Ill try the air gun, opening these up is such a pain in the ***
Might want to try those computer duster cans too if you don't have a nice long tube for the air gun. Those plastic hoses on the air can should be long enough to get inside the lamp and blow off most of the dust.
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 12:09 AM
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good idea on the air gun or PC duster.

You would think that any dust would get burnt up inside the housing like that.
Headlights get hot. unless its in a corner.
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Old Oct 19, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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computer duster should work fine I had to do that all the time on my old Volo 850 headlights
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