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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Retrofits are fogging!

I bought the retrofit kit from buy hids and just recently starting fogging up. Had them for 4 months and no fogging. Just took my car out of storage and they are fogged down by the bottom. The look like they are sealed good and I just put a new bead of silicone around the lense and gaskets.

Anyone have this issue? Is there a way to test them to see where the leak is?
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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i had that problem, i just put new silicone around them and they havnt fogged since
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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new silicone or grill a few tiny holds in the bottom. the headlights need to breathe.
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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Mine did this the other day when it was like above 0C here. I took them out the other day and loaded up with silicone on the backside around where the bulb goes. I sealed mine myself when I retrofitted them (same G3 kit) so I know the seal around the outside is good. I'd check yours on the backside just to see if there are any spots where it isn't sealed.
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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did you buy the pieces and install the kit yourself? or did you buy the headlights already done?
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 08:04 PM
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MyNismo.com - NISSAN OEM Sealer

i heard thats the **** to put your lights back togther
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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I did the install myself but I loaded the silicone to them lol.
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Old Mar 6, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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Since I put the new bead of silicone around them, now if there's a speck of water on the lense outside, it'll fog where the speck of water it, but on the inside. This is wierd.
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