Hey all,

For the first time since getting the car, I noticed just a TINY buildup of condensation in the outside corner of my driver's side taillight. I washed my FD on Sunday, and put it in the garage after it dried. Then when I came home from work yesterday, I went in to look at it and I noticed the condensation.

Does this mean the seal is compromised somewhere? Or is it possible for condensation to get in there even if the taillight unit is 100% intact? Everything *looks* like it's sealed tight. Will a blowdryer work to evaporate it so I can get rid of it at least?

Ideas, please?

Thanks guys.

 

You may want to ask the taillight experts this one. rzograbian has taken apart many many tails, and can probably tell you whats up.

 

Yep, you have a seal issue somewhere. That, or a crack. Water doesn't get in there through osmosis. I notice a little condensation in my driver's side front turn signal after washing the car and after driving on cold, foggy days. Oh well, guess it's a good reason for me to get those BananaRE turn lamps now.

 

The silicon isn't sealing the outer housing properly. Are your lights converted to 99 spec?

Here is what you need to do:

Leave car out under the sun to dry it off
Get some silicon from Home Depot, run some around the back of the light housing.
You'll need to take off the light
If needed, you might have to remove the 9 screws in teh back housing and use a heat gun to open the housing to get the silicon sealing the housing
Try running some silicon without taking the housing apart first bc the housing is hard to take apart.

I've done over a dozen 99 spec conversion. A little condensation is cosmetic but it does happen.