when i got home from work i noticed that my headlights have condensation on the inside. my car is an si coupe. will warranty cover this or do i have to buy new ones..i heard of this happening to older cars but mine is an 06. is there a quick fix for this?

 

Remove headlights.

Bake them open.

Wipe off and clean inside(for posterity, the moisture will be gone)

Re-seal headlights with a silicone-based sealant.

 

i'd say take it to the dealer if you still have warranty. no point of wasting your time and money if you don't have to by fixing it yourself.

 

i wonder if a dealer would replace them tho?


but resealling them would be an easy fix

 

if he still has warranty, then why not? if the headlights have never been messed with then it's obviously a manufacturing defect. however, with his car being an 06 the 3 years might already be up. with no warranty, some silicon should fix the problem. he probably doesn't even need to open them up; just run a line of silicone all around the seal and dry them out.

 

How do you go about baking the lights open, anyway? I was thinking of removing the orange inserts and the dead fly from my tail lights...

 

you remove the light and place it in the oven.

 

leave it in the oven for like 5 mins at 275*

 

can you still use the over after that or will it be contaminated with plastic?

 

take your bulb out and give it some air. Chances are, you have a pnp kit in there.

 

The plastic won't melt, (hopefully), but the glue holding the headlight housing together will.

 

if you dont want to bake them , go and get yourself a cheap heat gun and do them that way, also worth having a heat gun if your lights have that sand blasted look . with some heat you can heat them up and smooth out the pitting from road grime and make them look clean again, if you do it with a soft buffing cloth , like an eye glass cloth they come out nice.