Thread #1858

Condensation in Headlights

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eightsixgtsSeptember 26, 2006
#26699

Condensation in Headlights


Hey, I don't know if anyone else with a 97-01 Infinity Q has had this problem, but I've noticed a lot of them have had condensation in the headlights.. including my car. When I was looking around at other cars for sale I noticed they too had condensation buildup and lens discoloration. Luckily my car doesn't have the discoloration on the lenses yet, but it bothers me to see the moisture in the lights. Really what I wanted to know is if anyone knows of an effective way to fix this. I was going to attempt to take them apart myself and try to get a good seal on them, but maybe someone can give me some insight on other ways to fix this.
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Hey, I don't know if anyone else with a 97-01 Infinity Q has had this problem, but I've noticed a lot of them have had condensation in the headlights.. including my car. When I was looking around at other cars for sale I noticed they too had condensation buildup and lens discoloration. Luckily my car doesn't have the discoloration on the lenses yet, but it bothers me to see the moisture in the lights. Really what I wanted to know is if anyone knows of an effective way to fix this. I was going to attempt to take them apart myself and try to get a good seal on them, but maybe someone can give me some insight on other ways to fix this.
JN.FYCSeptember 26, 2006
#26721

Re: Condensation in Headlights

some of the old lexus have this problem too.
so i guess if you go on their forums or inifinity's you see DYI n stuff.
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some of the old lexus have this problem too.
so i guess if you go on their forums or inifinity's you see DYI n stuff.
Niran1202September 26, 2006
#26741

Re: Condensation in Headlights

This is very good topic.I also tried to search this topic in infiniti folum.But i still can not find it.Can you help to give me the link on this help?
Thank for advance.
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This is very good topic.I also tried to search this topic in infiniti folum.But i still can not find it.Can you help to give me the link on this help?
Thank for advance.
pgmotoringusaSeptember 26, 2006
#26748

Re: Condensation in Headlights

just reseal the light with silicone. that should do the trick.
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just reseal the light with silicone. that should do the trick.
KumaXLSeptember 26, 2006
#26785

Re: Condensation in Headlights

Yeah but the existing condensation would in fact still be there. What I would try to do since in fact they are glass (I believe), you could try to separate them with the help of your oven. Be sure to remove any existing electrical hardware, if this in fact works you should be able to remove the glass from the housing, then you can clean and polish the insides all you want then re-seal with some high temp silicone or something of the like and you should be good to go from that point on. Also make sure your bulb fittings are good and those seals are not in need of replacement. But I could be way off but who knows... :uglystupid2: :uglystupid2:
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Yeah but the existing condensation would in fact still be there. What I would try to do since in fact they are glass (I believe), you could try to separate them with the help of your oven. Be sure to remove any existing electrical hardware, if this in fact works you should be able to remove the glass from the housing, then you can clean and polish the insides all you want then re-seal with some high temp silicone or something of the like and you should be good to go from that point on. Also make sure your bulb fittings are good and those seals are not in need of replacement. But I could be way off but who knows...  :uglystupid2: :uglystupid2:
eightsixgtsSeptember 26, 2006
#26793

Re: Condensation in Headlights

KumaXL wrote:
Yeah but the existing condensation would in fact still be there.  What I would try to do since in fact they are glass (I believe), you could try to separate them with the help of your oven.  Be sure to remove any existing electrical hardware, if this in fact works you should be able to remove the glass from the housing, then you can clean and polish the insides all you want then re-seal with some high temp silicone or something of the like and you should be good to go from that point on.  Also make sure your bulb fittings are good and those seals are not in need of replacement.  But I could be way off but who knows...   :uglystupid2: :uglystupid2:


That's exactly what I was going to take the time to do.. I was going to seperate the back part and the lenses by heating them up in the oven and then cleaning it out real well and resealing it. I'm still not sure exactly what I'll use to re-seal them but I'm almost tempted to use an RTV gasket maker or something of the like. I don't see why it wouldn't work, unless I find something better to use. But you've also brough up another good point Kuma.. the seals around the bulbs could be causing the condensation too.. Whatever I end up doing I'll document with pictures so everyone can see the outcome and hopefully it solves the dreaded Condensation problems.
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Yeah but the existing condensation would in fact still be there.  What I would try to do since in fact they are glass (I believe), you could try to separate them with the help of your oven.  Be sure to remove any existing electrical hardware, if this in fact works you should be able to remove the glass from the housing, then you can clean and polish the insides all you want then re-seal with some high temp silicone or something of the like and you should be good to go from that point on.  Also make sure your bulb fittings are good and those seals are not in need of replacement.  But I could be way off but who knows...   :uglystupid2: :uglystupid2:
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That's exactly what I was going to take the time to do.. I was going to seperate the back part and the lenses by heating them up in the oven and then cleaning it out real well and resealing it. I'm still not sure exactly what I'll use to re-seal them but I'm almost tempted to use an RTV gasket maker or something of the like. I don't see why it wouldn't work, unless I find something better to use. But you've also brough up another good point Kuma.. the seals around the bulbs could be causing the condensation too.. Whatever I end up doing I'll document with pictures so everyone can see the outcome and hopefully it solves the dreaded Condensation problems.