Does anyone else have the problem of your projectors fogging?

Mine fog something horrible, I took out my passenger side light and drained about 300mL of water out of it the other day, which was all from condensation. I figured everyones projectors fogged a little bit, but every picture I see, everyone else's projectors are normal, and I feel more and more that mine are the only ones that do it.

 

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Ya mine fogged too. Be careful, I just took out my passenger one and re-sealed it. Then when I put it back in I noticed there were watermarks inside the lens. May not seem like a big deal, but 30 mins later with the lights on I noticed this watermark acted like a magnifying glass and the lense melted. Just emailed my seller to see what the warranty is on these. Im praying to god they cover it as I havent even had these for a month.

 

if they arent aftermarket i say take it too the dealer, tell em they arent sealed properly. if they are aftermarket Id ask the company to swap em.

 

They Have To Be

 

They are aftermarket, and I've had two different pairs now and they've all fogged


Does anyone have a simple solution to this?

Another member suggested drilling vents into the bottom

 

get new ones and seal them bro, try silicone. maybe that will help

 

It is impossible to completely seal them because of the design, I think it'd be better off to Open them up some more, does anyone else have advice on this?

 

When I get my replacement I will be re-sealing them and checking them over a few times. Wont be putting them on in the winter, just going to run my painted black lights for the winter.

I dont think you want to go drilling holes as thats going to allow for more condensation.

 

I figured that drilling more holes would allow the air to circulate out and reduce the condensation

 

I had thought about that too, but I also considered the moisture in the air, im sure it could creep into there. Hard call, I see where your coming from and I think it would work, but im just worried about getting MORE condensation in there. Hell what am I saying, Im worried about getting this light warrantied!!!

 

There was about 3 oz of water in my headlight when I drained it the other day, i dont thnk it could get much worse...

 

LoL... you would be surprised how much worse it can get.... atleast you dont have a nice melted extruded portion of your lense!!

 

Don't buy crappy projectors with cheap plastic lenses.

There's different qualities of polycarbonate, I'd bet they're the worst.

 

these are by far cheep. i was surprised how sturdy and stong these were when i recieved them. my lights fogged once and hvant sence. i'd say take htem out let dry for a week or so then reseal them.

 

yeah my right headlight fogged up today too... funny when i had the stock headlights the same side fogged up too. ironic... or is it? w.e. if it happens again im gonna take it out let it dry out and silicone that bitch.

 

my driver side always fogs up.. It's almost getting to freezing temperatures around here in New York and i'm worried the condensation in the headlight might cause something to crack.. Is that possible?

 

Most sets of driving and fog lights have a small hole at one side of the housing, near where the lens will slide in. Depending on if you are mounting the bracket to the underside of something, or to the upperside of something, you may have to rotate the lens 180 degrees in the bracket or housing. That small hole should always be on the bottom to allow condensation to drain out.
Even the Hellas Driving lights I just installed have the hole. God I love Hella.

 

There are lots of small holes at the back, I'm just trying to figure out if I should drill a larger hole in the Bottom of each headlight assembley

 

You know, on ebay alot of differant companies sell projectors for our cars. Maybe we can figure out what company has the best quility. They all look the same, but I bet there not all the same.

 

i know that my stock right side always does this, sucks that even the aftermarkets are haveing problems

 

Damnit, now my driver's side is fogged up real bad. Passenger side is fine.... now what?!

 

sounds like a weather related thing if stockers are having this problem too.
getting alot of humidity and rain when it happens?

 

i had the same problem w/ my aftermarket angel eye lights for my civic, you gotta take off the light, dry it out w/ a hairdryer, so theres no moisture. then you get some clear silicone cauk *sp* seal that bad boy up. Smear the cauk around where the clear part meets the housing, to make a waterproof seal, if there is any moisture left it should evaporate eventually, and you shouldn't have a fishtank for a headlight anymore, make sure you have a rag and wash your hands quickly when you're done or else it will stick to your hands i'm not sure how long it takes to harden but it should be good w/in a day or so

 

Well today I drilled a single .25" hole above the turn signal, and two holes below each lens. The driver's side doesnt fog at all very often but the passenger side is horrendous, as soon as i pulled it off the car to drill holes, it immediately drained about a whole cup of water!

I dried out what condensation was left with a blower dryer, and I will report back with my results when I get some