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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 02:19 PM
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How to clean humidity if Tails lights? S5

Is there a way to get to that humidity in the tail lights w/o taking the plastic lens off?
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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I'd suggest maybe taking them off, putting them near a heater for a day or so to make sure they're good and dry. Then take some silicone sealant (like for fish tanks etc.) and put it all along the inside edges where the stock sealant is.

If you've never removed the taillights it's really easy. Just undo the 10 or 12 nuts on the inside of the car, unplug the lightbulbs (behind the flap where the spare tire is) and then unscrew the license plate bracket. The tails should come right out. Good luck.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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yeah........leave them out in the sun........give me ur address and when ur gonna do it while ur at it.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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plastic lenses, near heat? Naw just remove all of your bulbs, stick an air hose from a compressor in there, and 5 minutes of air shooting through it will dry it out with out having to remove, or damage (via heat) if you have water sitting in them, then remove them dump out excess, and use the air hose. much safer, and relativley quick.

after there dry, change the little foam seals that go on each of the bulbs, one or more of them have probably dry rotted off.

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I'd suggest maybe taking them off, putting them near a heater for a day or so to make sure they're good and dry. Then take some silicone sealant (like for fish tanks etc.) and put it all along the inside edges where the stock sealant is.

If you've never removed the taillights it's really easy. Just undo the 10 or 12 nuts on the inside of the car, unplug the lightbulbs (behind the flap where the spare tire is) and then unscrew the license plate bracket. The tails should come right out. Good luck.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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aren't the areas where the bulbs are set in sealed from the other plastic? will the air flow freely? if this wasnt that case then the bulbs would have burnt out and that hasnt happened
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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drill holes in the bottom
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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great idea i was think about that but i know theres 3 layers to the light... how do i knw where to drill w/o breaking..
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