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Old Jul 11, 2003 | 11:18 AM
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Default Headlights have water in them, a lot!

I have (or had) about 2-3" of water in my one headlight, I could put goldfish in there and all. Both the high and low beams are blown; obviouslly. When I bought #98 it was garaged kept its whole life. My trailerqueen is occupying my garage, so i've been keeping the R in the driveway. We've had a ton of rain and it started off with condensation in the bulbs and now its filling up like crazy.

I looked closely at the housings, and it looks like at one point there was a very minimal "bump" to the front bumper, one mounting screw is broken on each headlight; most likely where the water is coming in from. The previous owner had it garage kept at all times, so I never saw it coming...

So i'll be removing the bumper and headlights tonight to see whats going on. I wanted to find instructions on the easy way to remove the bumper, I searched on google and what's the first page on bumper removal, skafia.com!

Thanks Skafia!

ps, anyone have light housings cheap?
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Old Jul 11, 2003 | 12:06 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by apexii &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ps, anyone have light housings cheap? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Just take them out, clean them, and re-seal them with Silicone or whatever you would like. They should be fine and not leak anymore!
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Old Jul 11, 2003 | 12:06 PM
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Good call!
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Old Jul 11, 2003 | 12:40 PM
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I used an air compressor to help blow all the water out.. I also let them sit under a heat lamp to dry out. Not to close or they'll melt..

Make sure you give them lots and lots of time to dry, or else you'll put them back in and they'll fog up like a ****.

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Old Jul 11, 2003 | 12:44 PM
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Default Re: Headlights have water in them, a lot! (apexii)

replaced both of mine with new ones.. they can be found in the classifieds or on ebay for cheap.. i sold the old ones(lots of condensation) to a guy on here who I assume is going to replace them..

bumper removal is easy as pie.. if you really need help, IM me.. we switched both assemblys on mine in about an hour..

i still need to focus them a little better though..
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