Who in this site has painted their headlights and are having moisture problems?

 

I did, so i just added more silicone to them and dried them out with a hair dryer

 

do you have any pictures of your car with the painted headlights?

 

Not yet, i'll get them soon, i went with clear corners too, the car looks 1000000000000x better

 

yea i went with clear corners as well. What kind of sealant did you use. I used some outside door and window sealant cualk.

 

should use RTV silicon sealant

 

hey HackAbuse try to get those pics up asap. Iv been dying to know what our red cars look like w/ painted headilghts. did you go w/ the color match? please tell me yes.

 

When I did mine black , I used Permatex Ultra Black . If I was doing a lighter color , I woulda used permatex Ultra grey . Both are equally GREAT !

 

I used GE Silicone II sealant. It says is 100% sealant. It bonds to all types of materials and is waterproof. It also says it can be used outside and can withstand heat up to 400 degrees Farenheit. Do you this this will work fine or should I buy a thing of permatex and go around the sealant I already used?

 

Mines Leaked And I Got Soo Pissed I Never Put Them Back On.

 

what kind of sealant did you use Ljavy?

 

I used Dupicolor Black Spray Paint and Generic Silicone Sealant from Advanced Auto Parts, and they have never leaked but they did have moisture in them, i just took them out a week later and dried them out and they havent fogged up since

 

that sounds like it will work.


some leak, but some have moisture just because the paint inside the headlight itself hasn't fully cured. it happened to me when i did the headlights on my 350Z, the day after i had moisture, but i just ran the high beams as much as i could and it dried out, never had an issue again.

 

off topic, do you still have your Z, Gsoccer24?

 

i friggin wish i did...

 

you got rid of the Z for the cobalt ss/sc ?

 

long story...here's the short version leaving out my employment woes and financial situation

during my last job, i did 12,000 miles on it in 8 weeks and went through the tires--Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Positions. didn't have cash to buy new ones (~$1200), still wouldn't have to this day, so i figured my best bet was to sell and start over on a new car.

i wanted something with forced induction the second time around so the power gains were better for what i put into the car. i figured the SS S/C would be good because not a lot of people have them compared to GTI's, WRX's, etc.

i miss her tho...

 

excellent taste .. GS ^^ that is a nice looking Z

 

I put my headlights in last night. My passenger side started fogging up a little bit as it was sitting at my job. It would only fog up like a inch in the corner then once it was darker outside it fogged up a lot more. As I drove my car home with the headlights on all the fog was gone. Do you think I should just add some more sealant on top of the sealant I already placed on the headlight. Or just wait and see if they get any worse?

 

Get them dry like you already did, and seal them around the edges again. If you don't it could get out of hand.

 

i don't really think it could get any worse. i washed my car yesterday with them in and had no problems. I think it might have been from the damn weather here today.

 

Mine did not leak for like 2 months and then all the suden bam! there foging on me. Im going ot take them out and see if I can find out why there doing it. I hit them with a presser waser and they didnt leak one bit but they fog up all the time now. Its pissing my off.

Pics in sig.

Later

 

Simple science, If its hot inside the headlight, and its suddenly cooler on the lens, the humidity will condense, i had the same problem, so i took mine out, and dried them out using a hairdrye, fiirst hot to evaporate the water, then cool to blast out the humidity, then i put the lights back in and they havent fogged since

 

where do u get clear corners?

 

remove the amber lens that covers the turn signal. then go buy an amber bulb to replace the clear one. i got the silverstar bulb its blue when its off and amber on.