spots on the lamp housing
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Check to make sure that the bulb connector/asembly is correctly 'closed up'/sealed on the back of the headlight housing. If you're not getting any water in from the front side, you may be getting it in on the other. Vapor droplets are very small and dont need much room to find their way into a dry area.
Just an idea.
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Nope no aftermarket hid
Only changed the parking bulbs and the factory d1s bulbs to 8000
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Still a mystery .. My prob is exactly like that guys post on clk forums
Its not water vapor literally water spots all over the light housing (looks like dirty dish water)
Only changed the parking bulbs and the factory d1s bulbs to 8000
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Still a mystery .. My prob is exactly like that guys post on clk forums
Its not water vapor literally water spots all over the light housing (looks like dirty dish water)
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Yes, but water vapor collects and forms drops, that's what you have right? It sure sound like its a very small opening to me considering the way nothing enters from the front in rain but it will when its cool and humid.
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All this happened after I got some body work done to my bumper at a body shop
They are claiming they had nothing to do with water leaking in except that my car was in the shop for 3 weeks..one of which was pretty much down pouring
They are claiming they had nothing to do with water leaking in except that my car was in the shop for 3 weeks..one of which was pretty much down pouring
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On a cold day when there is very low humidity, pull the car in your garage, pop out the bulb, use a hairdryer to blow hot dry air into the housing until its nice and warm then seal it back up. If you have no leaks that should solve the problem as the humid air will have been dried out.
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Kevwood...thanks so much for your analysis..i believe that is a correct mechanism
However the spots of water have actually dried onto the lamp housing plastic itself
I actually brought the car back to the body shop where "this has happened to them before" from another car. So they did try to blow dry it... However since the condensation has already left spots... Not sure what to do next
However the spots of water have actually dried onto the lamp housing plastic itself
I actually brought the car back to the body shop where "this has happened to them before" from another car. So they did try to blow dry it... However since the condensation has already left spots... Not sure what to do next
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From: A Canadian in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
Pop the bulbs out and use windex and twist-tied cotton swaps on the end of something like a pencil to reach inside the housing and clean it. I had a bulb shatter inside the housing of another car and did this to clean it all up (it was a major PIA to remove the housing).
