Headlight Cover Foggy / Dirty
#11
IS there some product to seal them up with so it doesn't happen again?..I was thinking the clear silicone in my caulk gun.
#12
#13
Not only no, but HELL no!
The absolute LAST thing you want to do is seal the headlight assembly!!!
When you turn on your headlights, the air in the housing heats up and expands. When you turn them off and it cools, it contracts. If not permitted to vent, your housing can be ruined.
The problem is that somewhere along the way, you let a lot (relatively speaking) of water get in there, and it takes forever for it to vent out. There may be an actual hole to let water drain, if so, it may be blocked. After all, this isn't a problem for more people, so there is something about your car that isn't the same as most others, and they're not sealed with silicone. Figure out the difference and you can fix it.
The reason for taking all of the bulbs out and blowing warm air through is to get the vapor out, replacing it with dry air.
The absolute LAST thing you want to do is seal the headlight assembly!!!
When you turn on your headlights, the air in the housing heats up and expands. When you turn them off and it cools, it contracts. If not permitted to vent, your housing can be ruined.
The problem is that somewhere along the way, you let a lot (relatively speaking) of water get in there, and it takes forever for it to vent out. There may be an actual hole to let water drain, if so, it may be blocked. After all, this isn't a problem for more people, so there is something about your car that isn't the same as most others, and they're not sealed with silicone. Figure out the difference and you can fix it.
The reason for taking all of the bulbs out and blowing warm air through is to get the vapor out, replacing it with dry air.
#14
#15
If there are vent tubes, the headlights aren't sealed.
But, again, since the vast majority of Mustangs don't have a wet-light problem, something is wrong with the ones which do, and that needs to be corrected, not squirting RTV all over everything.
But, again, since the vast majority of Mustangs don't have a wet-light problem, something is wrong with the ones which do, and that needs to be corrected, not squirting RTV all over everything.
#18
I also see the occasional housing with a deformed mirror, and they seem to mostly have been sealed up with RTV.
#19
My 99 V6 was a rough, trailworn looking thing when i bought it, having severly hazed headlight assemblies among a long list of cosmetic defeciencies.
I cured the haze on mine by rubbing it out with a product called a "Magic Eraser" that I bought from the household goods department of Walmart -the department where you find the dishwasher soap and floor polish...
It took a lot of time, but the results came out great, with the haze totally removed.
Since that worked so well, I applied the things to my then nasty looking OEM alloy wheels. They worked like magic on the wheels, too, restoring them to new-looking cleanliness and luster.
And since that worked so well, I spiffed up my intake manifold and various other underhood parts...
Those Magic Eraser things have a lot of utility for making an old car look presentable again.
I cured the haze on mine by rubbing it out with a product called a "Magic Eraser" that I bought from the household goods department of Walmart -the department where you find the dishwasher soap and floor polish...
It took a lot of time, but the results came out great, with the haze totally removed.
Since that worked so well, I applied the things to my then nasty looking OEM alloy wheels. They worked like magic on the wheels, too, restoring them to new-looking cleanliness and luster.
And since that worked so well, I spiffed up my intake manifold and various other underhood parts...
Those Magic Eraser things have a lot of utility for making an old car look presentable again.
#20
The only problem with de-hazing products is that the polycarbonate housing has a very thin hardened layer (scratch protection). Once you have taken off the layer (while taking off the haze) it will get hazy faster. However, this may mean 5 years instead of 10, so it's nothing to really worry about.
Any microabrasive will do the job. One popular method of polishing acrylic is to rub with toothpaste.
Any microabrasive will do the job. One popular method of polishing acrylic is to rub with toothpaste.