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![]() My 2003 Connie CDTI SE AUTO has developed water droplets on the inside lenses of my dipped and main beams light units. Car has headlight washers fitted so they have taken some hammer over the last two or three weeks.
Car has projectors fitted. Is there anyway of removing the water and stopping it happening again. PS recently replaced dipped headlamp bulb. Best regards Chris
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![]() Most likely cause is the rubber boot loose or missing from the back, allowing the damp in.
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![]() Dry them out with a hair dryer (drier)
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![]() I bought 75 facelift last November and it does same. I assumed the dealer had used a pressure washer. Unlike pre-facelift I think the dip and main beam form a single unit. I will try drying mine out with a hair dryer when the weather improves a bit.
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![]() If you remove them for a short time while driving with your lights on the heat from the lights will help to dry them. Without the covers on the mositure can then escape.
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![]() as suggested the easiest way to dry them out is to remove all or as many as you can of the rubber boots on the back to allow them to dry out,preferebly when youve been on a run and the engine is hot,the heat will dry them.just remeber to replace them before you use the car again.
the light units are not sealed,they will dry out eventually but removing the boots will speed up the process,there are 5 breathers on the back of each light unit but they are small and shaped so as not to allow water into the lens so it must have got in either through a crack/damaged housing or as said via an incorrectly fitted boot. |
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