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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 04:50 AM
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Headlights have moisture in them.

well since my Headlights have moisture in them. I was thinking about going ahead and ordering some new ones. I don't know a great deal about head lights. I wanted the non stock looking headlights. maybe some with halo's, i just want the high power headlights. I was wondering if anyone would help me choose a good pair and any kits i would need to buy. I live Indiana so i would like to keep them in the legal limit. thanks!
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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mkulrey13, a member here and vendor, deals in lighting. He also has a website "BuyHIDs.com". Check it out. He makes some nice stuff and you can be sure it will work well on our Cobalts. PM him.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Or you can reseal the stock ones, its very easy
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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PM us, We have many options from painted stock lights to retrofits to custom projectors with different color halos.
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Brizzal
Or you can reseal the stock ones, its very easy
Does anyone know of a how-to? i want to get the moisture out of them, i have heard of taking out one of the bulbs and putting a hair dryer on low and getting the moisture out then checking for leaks
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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to reseal them you just bake them, pry lense, silicone it back. as for "high powered lights" they don't exist.. You can buy halo projector headlights on ebay, pretty cheap like $120, then you can get hid's from buyhids.com
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Old Jun 10, 2010 | 11:05 AM
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1) Drill 4-5 holes underneath the light assembly
2) Heat gun (carefully) the light 2 min through the light bulbs holes till no water left
3) Put the thing back on.
4) Enjoy a forever clear headlight
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 12:09 AM
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drilling holes on the bottom would seem like ur only ganna have more of water problem
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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lol ok put it in the oven for like 20 min at like 200 degrees pry the lens off and clean inside and reseal simple as that dont waste your money on buying new ones
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 12:15 AM
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mkulrey13 has a variety of great options on buyhids.com. I bought the do-it-yourself retrofit install package and I love the result. It made a nice project but you can opt to send your headlights to him and he'll give you just about any look you want
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Old Jun 11, 2010 | 12:38 AM
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lol. solution:

take your headlights off ur car, remove the bulb. place them outside on a hot day with the holes where the bulbs go in facing up. let moisture evaporate out. hell u can even throw it in the oven to evap it. reseal the lense with more sealant. solved. no taking the headlight apart or anything. can take 25 mins on a nice, sunny hot day. dont waste ur cash.
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