on cold mornings, i see i have fog/mist in my headlight housing . i know that is a bad thing, is there a way to stop this?? help me please!!!

 

on a dry day, try opening up all the access covers and run a heat gun on the outside of light lenses. use common sense as to how much heat you apply as you don't want to melt anything...!

 

this is a common problem...no need to sweat it, just open the cover up in the back, check for cracks in the rubber gasket, and replace it

 

what's a heat gun?

what cover in the back do i open? do i have to take the whole housing out to do this? thanx for your help btw too

 

heat gun... the thing they use to strip paint. or a really hot blow dryer. but again use common sense because i've heard of people melting the housings when they were too close with the heat gun

the covers, as in the bulb access covers. there's one on the top for the center fogs, and there is the round one the screws into the back for the low beam...

 

hehe i'll stay away from the heat gun thing then . okae now i know what the covers are, are there any other ways the moisture could sneek in?or any other places it could get in?

 

i originally thought it was because of the turn signal sockets. because the usdm ones don't exactly fit and you have trim, i was thinking moisture was getting past the seals as a result. but miraiz says this is also a problem in jdmland too, so now i dunno....

 

what are the rubber gaskets? where can i get the replacements?

 

you need to drill a few tiny holes in the plastic behind the light of course not in the front.. we had to do this at the dealership when cars come in getting fogged headlights.. drill about 3 holes in the headlight underneath the light works well.. that should fix your problem...

 

how could puting holes in the lights help, i thought that having holes allows cold air in and that fogs it up.

 

well this was a bulletin given to me from honda a few years ago telling us mechanics to do so...

 

Don't drill holes or use a heat gun! :hammer All you need to do is open the cap and let it dry naturally or use a hair dryer set to low...it doesn't take much to dry the moisture out. Heat gun is overkill and can melt the housing.

this is a common problem with all hondas, not just the ITR

 

or let it out

 

i agree, use the blow dryer, i did it to my old eg and it never happened again

 

i guess it depends on what kind of industrial-strength blow dryer you have... it took 5-10 minutes with a heat gun on mine and i've not seen the problem come back

but yeah be safe and try the blow dryer

 

okae i'll try that thanx

 

hair dryer is fine

takes around 1 hour at least

because its not as strong as a heat gun so it is less likely to melt the headlight housing

(be happy at least it will go away even if it will takes you the whole day)

dry your car as soon as you wash your car also helps

 

yeah i just used the hair dryer..took like 2 hours well its gone and i hope it wont come back.

 

So all of you guys are having this problem from time to time? Im just curious as I never ran into the problem, the past 1.5 years that Ive had this front end.