ismahi

I installed HIDS to my IS250 a couple months ago and drilled two holes for the wiring. My friend and I didn't ahve time to seal the holes and now there is condensation in my headlights. I am going to seal the holes to prevent water from going in, but anyone have an idea how I can clean my head lights? The water evaporates, but there are water stains in the head lights and it looks dirty. Any suggestions on how i can clean the inside of my head lights? thanks

al503

The only way to really get in there would be to bake it and take it apart. Other than that, you'll have to live with the water stains.

E-Z ES300

Ouch, i had the same after i cleared the amber out of the headlights and tail lights only on my driver side headlight so what i did was bake it again, open it up cleaned it out with a rag and some wax, baked it again and sealed it all the way around with clear water resistant silicon sealer.

I dunno if you would want to bake your headlights to open then up on a newer car but thats what i would do

Hope this helps...

E-Z ES300

Also the light thats in my sig is THE light that i baked to clean out and thats the pic that i took after it was all done like 15 minutes after the process.

IS_Mine

What if you got one of those super long qtips and put alittle bit of rubbing alcohol on them.. maybe you could manuver around and clean some of the spots up? Dunno how big the drilled holds are but you should have sealed them!

I dunno how much our headlight housing costs but I bet its not cheap, so good luck with the baking if you go that route!

E-Z ES300

I doubt if he can get enough leverage or power to scrub out water stains from a Q-tip, not to mention how long it would take and i wouldnt try using alcohol either...

1022it

what about some of that spray on car wash stuff... I would try to spray the car wash stuff into it, then let it drain out. --or possibly bake the headlight out at a lower temp (120°) after you put the no streak spray wash in there. hopefully that will remove the spots and water without having to open your headlight assembly up.

shaolin

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what about blowdrying?

fantom

Blow drying is a viable option and less dangerous than baking. Just be careful, blow on high temp for a short period, and have a sharp tool ready to softly pry apart. Wipe quickly and reattach. You may need a bit of new RTV to seal off completely, and plug those holes this time.

Good luck!

E-Z ES300

I tried that about 3 times and if you have a leak in the headlights actual seal you will keep getting condensation, it will actually come back after a car wash trust me. I just fixed mine with the same problem like 2 days ago...

mmmm840

I have a set of excellent condition halogen headlight assemblies if you would like to buy a new set and not have to deal with baking, blow drying, etc. PM me if you are interested.