Who's got misted up headlight recently?!

[Gib#244]

Since the weather has turned to winter my headlight have started misting up ALOT! only one though :S

Just went out today to have a look at its covered with water on the inside!:dapprove: I have done the usual take the covers off the back and heat up with hair dryer - it goes but eventually comes back. I am wondering if there is a seal gone so water is getting on some how??

anybody else had this problem?

 

[Dazza1]

what reg is your car mate?

 

[Jonny1*2]

I have this with my xenon's. does my head in. must be a seal leak somewhere. The heat of the lights should remove it though.

 

[dogsaw]

I will keep an eye out on mine then

 

[Jonny1*2]

what reg is your car mate?

Considering it's a trophy i'd guess at 05-06 plate

 

[Gib#244]

55 plate mate - I have fitted HID's and sealed them when refitting. AS I thought it might be letting water in some way. The heat from the HID does take out some of the condensation but not all of it.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Masking tape over the headlights and put the full beams on and leave the car running for 10mins

 

[Gib#244]

I did put some of those silca bag in for a bit (what you get in trainer's) but it never worked

Might try the masking tape other than that I may just heat the hole headlight up with hair dryer until bone dry! and try and seal it better

 

[ben24]

yea happened on my ph2 172 , so i bought some angel eyes and guess what ...................... it still happens

 

[Ian_182]

I used to get this on one light in my 172 but never got it in my 182.

Must be a seal

 

[Dazza1]

Considering it's a trophy i'd guess at 05-06 plate

I was gonna say take it back 2 renault under warranty but if its that reg its probley run out. my misses has got a 58reg scnic and 1 of her lights has started 2 do it

 

[Daniel]

I have a funny story about fogged up headlights actually....

There is a way to get rid of the mist and I had a guy coming to look at a Ford Ka last week and needed to clear it all out before he got here, it looks awful.

SO i started the engine, put headlights and full beam on and covered the light with a wet chamois. If you leave it like this for 5 minutes, the light will get so hot it will dry out completely, awesome!

Well dopey b****cks here had completely forgot about itand carried on working when all of a sudden I could smell burning plastic and could hear really loud popping. I'd left it for 40 minutes and the light and bumper had completely melted. The popping was all the bulbs inside the light xploding where the molten plastic had dripped down and smothered them....

Needless to say a trip to the scrappy and 2 hours manic swapping over was needed to get the car ready!! What a tool.

 

[Windy172cup]

one of mine is steaming up, tried the hot air trick, went aint came back, tried it again the sealed it with tape, went then came back, With the lights on it does clear it but soon as they cool it comes back AGAIN!

 

[Gib#244]

Welll seen as today is a nice day I 'borrowed' the mrs best hairdryer! she wasn't too impressed

took the covers off the back and wedged the dryer so hot air was forced into the headlight. left it for 30 mins came out and all gone! kept it there for slightly longer while I fitted my carbon splitter (what a pain!!) left the covers off the back while I parked the car in the sun....will leave it like thea until later.

See what happens during the week. Is it todo with air temp and damp which causes it to mist up? can't remember how it goes

 

[W111ALG]

Only one of my rear ones does that!

 

[gaz44]

Mine do it all the damn time!

 

[Gib#244]

Just as I thought I had cracked it.....The sun has gone in, temp has dropped and getting dark. Had a look and the bloody thing has misted over again! :dapprove:

Hairdryer out again but this time it went really quickly. Must need drying out a little

 

[Sargara]

Not sure about other Clios but on the Ph2 172s i imagine its because the rubber cap that sits at the back of the xenons has seen better days and is begining to perish slightly so doesnt fit as tight as it once did. Because of this moisture will get into the unit.

I recommend to either treat the rubber with vasoline or replace them, see if that helps.

 

[Gib#244]

Left the cover off the back all ngt and all day and it hasn't misted up! soooo........I'll leave it off for a few days to dry it all out

 

[Windy172cup]

can u buy the rubber cap things any where for a mk2?

 

[paul]

had this with a ka then had it replaced and still did it! dried it out with a hair dryer only does it with a real good down poor not very often!....hope you solve it upsetting when it rains...least it doesnt rain heavily that much..doesnt last long !

 

[Gib#244]

Just updating this thread really....I left the cover off the back all week now and it hasn't misted up once! I am going to put it back on over hte weekend to see what happens.......

 

[smiler_]

can u buy the rubber cap things any where for a mk2?

Does anybody know? And if so how much?

 

[H182]

Renault about £7 iirc

 

[will.clio!]

I had to buy a drivers side healight as it was damaged and the direction of the beam couldn't be directed properly, but around a week ago its been getting misted up inside and now it's worse because the mist doesn't clear it's self anymore only had that light around 2 months cost me 50 quid gonna have ago at drying mine out too, got a feeling it might be a patent part not a renault one.

 

[Gib#244]

I left my cover off all weekend and last week and it has been fine! Put the cover on to travel a bit further (was going shopping) and it was fine until it started getting colder at ngt came in the morning and it was a tiny bit misted, but through the day it cleared. I can't see water getting in anywhere, so it must be just slightly damp in there causing it to mist after the headlights have been on?? Like when you jump in your car when your slightly wet your windows steam up

 

[Addz]

my fog lights decided to steam up after i crashed into a puddle so just left them on for 10 mins and cleared them pretty good!

 

[Gib#244]

Well the big test was with all the rain we have been having!






I decided to leave the trophy at work!!! our boss decided to give me a lift to our mrs lol he has a new Discovery so was nice and high up!.......test was to see if it would mist up over ngt. but cam this morning and it wasn't! oh as for the pics there will be more to come! haha