Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old Jul 28, 2004 | 06:13 PM
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I bought some after market headlights for my civic and I cant keep the moisture out of them. I took them out and put silicone all around the seal and I am still getting moisture inside. I hope someone could maybe give me a few suggestions.
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Old Jul 28, 2004 | 06:53 PM
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I had the same problem with my projector headlights I bought. I pulled the entire lens cover off and cleaned out the old sealant. Then I rtv silicon to seal it back and worked for me.
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Old Jul 28, 2004 | 07:16 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ice11honda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had the same problem with my projector headlights I bought. I pulled the entire lens cover off and cleaned out the old sealant. Then I rtv silicon to seal it back and worked for me.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 06:40 AM
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How do you seperate the lens from the casing and what do you use to clean up the sealant? I don't want to put something on the lights that will damge them.
THANKS.
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Old Jul 30, 2004 | 07:25 AM
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What kind of headlights are they?? I have aftermarket headlights, and I've never had that problem, I did with the clear corners, but that's probably because I don't have fender wells in the front...I drilled a tiny hole in the bottom corner, and it was fine.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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Just put the headlights in your oven. bake aroung 250 for like 5-6 minutes. sounds crazy but works. then use a flathead to pry the lens cover away.you will have to reheat a few times to soften the sealent again to get it off. use either a flathead or whatever else u can find to run along the groove that will scrap the sealant off. put down foil or something in the oven so u dont get that **** on the oven racks haha.
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