FOGGED UP Taillight lenses?
01-21-2003, 09:55 PM
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FOGGED UP Taillight lenses?
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Is there a way to seal or make drains for the condensation occurring in the taillight lenses?
The dealer where I bought the car showed me some new 2001/2 Cadillacs that do the same thing.
Anybody got a trick for fixing this?
Is there a way to seal or make drains for the condensation occurring in the taillight lenses?
The dealer where I bought the car showed me some new 2001/2 Cadillacs that do the same thing.
Anybody got a trick for fixing this?
01-21-2003, 10:31 PM
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I think the trick is to have a really tight sealed taillight - at least around the top and edges Maybe take them out, dry them, and run more sealant around the edges. You may have some loose light grommets too.
01-26-2003, 01:24 AM
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I removed both housings and changed one of the dead bulbs.
Poured out whatever water I could and since it was still raining, I just 'spooged' 'em sparingly and judiciously where I thought it would do the most good, including a thin film around the bulb housings.
I even went as far as putting a bead around the top corner and across the top to help redirect water to drip straight down under the car. If I have to remove that, it won't be difficult.
I'll have to wait for sunny days for the water condensation in the taillight housings to evaporate, though.
They're a double wall design with an outer lens and the inner reflector lenses. I couldn't justify trying to disassemble them and end up maybe breaking something.
When I turned the housings upside down initially, water poured and dripped out of a crack at the top of the lenses. That'* where I put a thin bead of silicon.
Also, on trial fitting for reinstallation, I noted that there was a possibility of the water getting in around the top of the gasket between the housing and the body, so, I spooged it, too.
We'll see how my handiwork turns out one of these days when we get some sunny weather and the first rain or carwash after that!
Poured out whatever water I could and since it was still raining, I just 'spooged' 'em sparingly and judiciously where I thought it would do the most good, including a thin film around the bulb housings.
I even went as far as putting a bead around the top corner and across the top to help redirect water to drip straight down under the car. If I have to remove that, it won't be difficult.
I'll have to wait for sunny days for the water condensation in the taillight housings to evaporate, though.
They're a double wall design with an outer lens and the inner reflector lenses. I couldn't justify trying to disassemble them and end up maybe breaking something.
When I turned the housings upside down initially, water poured and dripped out of a crack at the top of the lenses. That'* where I put a thin bead of silicon.
Also, on trial fitting for reinstallation, I noted that there was a possibility of the water getting in around the top of the gasket between the housing and the body, so, I spooged it, too.
We'll see how my handiwork turns out one of these days when we get some sunny weather and the first rain or carwash after that!
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