mississippimustang

I recently replaced my stock turn signals with a set of clear lenses and of course it has decided to rain almost everyday since i made the swap and some moisture has collected in the drivers side signal. Any advice on 1) how to remove the moisture and 2) how to seal it so the moisture stays out. Thanks guys

Derf00

To remove it, you'll have to remove the turnsignal light bulbs over night.

To seal it, clear RTV around the seam between the lens and the body of the turn signal assembly.

shanec

American Muscle sells smoked tail light lenses (not tint) and I noticed they a have instructions there about how to make the lenses moisture-free & sealed.

I didn't do it though. It was enough to scare me away from un-sealing my stock lenses to install their's.

O'Connor

Like what was already said, in order to get the moisture out you have to uninstall them and let them sit out and dry... more than likely the seam is sealed good enough and the culprit is the corner bulbs themselves... I noticed that when I installed my clear corners with black housings that the corner light bulb was loose... I used a #7 O-Ring around the base of the of the light on both sides and it made a tight seal and no more moisture... #7 O-Rings have a 1/2'' outside diameter and a 3/8'' inside diameter and are 1/16'' thick... it is just enough to take care of the issue... hope this helps

mississippimustang

thanks guys...ill be sure to try that...hope it stops raining

pascal

Typical aftermarket stuff...

My guess is the glued seam is letting moisture/water in.
To solve this, I go around that seam with silicone and a small brush.
For the bulb sockets, when I'm sure that they are the problem, I use two gasket seals instead of one. Usually works.

NJ3

I also found that lamp sockets fit loosely in some aftermarket lenses. If this is the case use a little silicone around the sockets to prevent moisture, I know from experience. The silicone is easily removed if you need to replace a lamp.

warnen

I had this happen to my head lights when I switched to an HID kit, bulbs didn't fit tight enough in the housing. Didn't want to take the headlights out so I attached a wire with a 4 or so desiccant packs (the kind that come in shoe boxes) on it to an old headlight bulb. Let that sit in there for a few days and it sucked up all the moister.

After I put an extra rubber ring around the hid bulb and its been fine since.


I did seal my new corners like AM says because the seal looked a bit off but didn't do it with the new tails because the sealant would have been visible and it looked good to me as is. No problems with either of those yet..

157dB

Fill em with desicant and that will absorb the moisture.
To fix em, place them in the nearest trash receptical
and get some good sealed ones. YGWYPF is in order here.

sp44

Well who sells good clear corners then?