3R1C

I have a 2000 Civic and this was what happened. a heavy rain happened 2 days ago and it lasted for a whole day. i passed by a part of road which is kind of flooded for 3" high. at first i was worrying about my CAI but when i got home everything was fine except my headlights. water went inside and right now became vapor and looks messy. i have no idea how did that happen. anyone can give me suggestion on how to fix that?? (never happened b4 even i drove in rain for few hours)

thanks a lot for those who can help.

electronb16si

I don't know how to dry it but it happened to my headlights too. Get some silicone caulk and go around the whole headlight seam and it won't happen again.

pdiggitydogg

you can bake it in the oven w/ the vent holes facing upward...that will get the water out very quickly

3R1C

wat temperature should it be?

SiYouLater

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200, before u do that try taking a hair dryer and blowing it into the bulb housing hole. After the vapors dissapear just take some clear silicone and caulk around the headlight to seal any holes.

3R1C

alright...thanks a lot for the help.

pdiggitydogg

I do it at 220-30*f w/ my fog lights then reseal

randomd

thisw happened to me too. i jsut took the bulbs out and held a hair dryer into the holes for a couple minuted and it went away.

3R1C

yup...i tried the hair-dryer way and it works~!
thanks a lot guys

SiYouLater

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Make sure to seal the headlight up.

mjrage

Id bake, peel them apart, rip out all the old caulk, dry by hand, the re-caulk. Make sure you do it well or it will just happen all over again or fog up..

3R1C

is there anywhere that i can find the step-by-step to do that?

crashN2u

Try searching DIY black housings or something similar. I know they showed the steps to baking the light and putting it back together.

3R1C

thank you...appreciate it.

jbscivichb92

I used to get condensation in my tail lights. I drilled one small hole in the bottom of each and haven't gotten it since.

punku10

http://www.torontocivics.com/a....html

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=451421

that might help a little bit
they are both for painting but you get the idea of how to take them apart

Deemeetree

Best thing you can do is bake them, take them apart, and re-silicon them. I did it that way, with my corners aswell. NEVER again did they have water in them NOR condensation. Ran a bead of clear silicon around the inner lip, then a smaller bead around the outer lense. Cleaned any extra with my finger, off I went. Hardly see any silicon.