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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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Water in driver's side headlight

Very busy lately.... going to get the stealership to fix this. about how much should it run me to fix? The dealer said i need a brand new headlight housing.... but shouldnt i just need a new seal?
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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you could actually do it urself but if the dealership would just give u a new one then why not....all u gotta do is pretty much take the bulb out and dump the water out. then let it either sit in the sun or use a blow dryer and put it in the hole till its gone. but iv found to let it jsut sit in the sun is better. then go get some clear sealant and go around the stock stuff
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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They don't do all that resealing madness, they'll jus get you a new one if it's the stock headlight
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 07:22 PM
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Take you headlight and stick it in the oven for about 15minutes on 200c. press it back togetherr and use some clear cocking around the outside to seal it. you might need to fully take the headlight apart to whipe inside of it but other then that its the easy 10 dollar fix.
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 09:21 AM
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whoa whoa... if you got some extra cocking to do, I would use it all up on a cobalt headlight that just came out of a 200ş oven... Now a Vette headlight...
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Old Aug 28, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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haha thanks for the advise guys. im going to take advantage of the situation and use it as an excuse to get myself some gen 4 projectors and throw on an hid kit
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 06:36 AM
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What about drilling a small drain hole in the bottom?
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by heathkidder
you could actually do it urself but if the dealership would just give u a new one then why not....all u gotta do is pretty much take the bulb out and dump the water out. then let it either sit in the sun or use a blow dryer and put it in the hole till its gone. but iv found to let it jsut sit in the sun is better. then go get some clear sealant and go around the stock stuff
Wait so I can just take the bulb out and let it out that way? I don't have to take off the lens?
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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What about drilling a small drain hole in the bottom?
Winner! This is what gm will do if you don't wanna buy one. Small hole in the bottom and let it drain.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by dmeine13
Wait so I can just take the bulb out and let it out that way? I don't have to take off the lens?
Yes.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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last question! can i use some sort of adhesive like super glue to go over the stock sealing? or should I use silicone
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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last question! can i use some sort of adhesive like super glue to go over the stock sealing? or should I use silicone
No superglue. Silicone is best. I just use the permatex sealant 3oz tube from autozone.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:16 PM
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What about drilling a small drain hole in the bottom?
hell no, when you wash your car it will fog up
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