Hey guys just need a little help to figure out a way to seal my park lights up so no condensation gets in anymore, it is annoying because they are brand new and they look old again because of the condensation. here is the picture of what it looks like.

 

Mine do the same thing sometimes too, I thought maybe new ones would fix it...but i guess thats not the case?

 

This may be the worst suggestion ever but my pop (in his infinite wisedom) drilled a couple tiny holes in the parking lights of his Cadillac STS when this started happening. The problem went away but I can't say it helped the esthetics.

It's all about providing a vent for the condensation to evaporate from. Maybe a hole or vent on the other side of the lens?

 

There is a tech on how to help cure this.

https://www.thirdgen.org/newdesign/t...ensation.shtml

Worked well for me.


-Bud

 

Its something to do with, the lights not being able to breath, yeah i know that sounds funny, look at the bottom of the light, there should be a drain, if you see one, put it back in the front bumper and look to see if the drain isnt blocked if it is, cut the nose so it can drain freely, that should fix your problem.

Kevin

 

well the tech article said this Using a small fine tooth hand saw, notch fascia in lamp opening as shown in Figure 1. so does this mean i should make a breathing area for the bottom of the lamp? so that the breathing hole for the light has the area cleared for it to breath? i hope that made sense? heh

 

yes.. and deepstage69 said the same thing that it says in the tech article that I posted.. basically.

 

heh i get it now, my bad thanks for the help guys.

 

I just paid $283 for a new GM front bumper cover, $112.80 to have them paint it, and $206.80 to have them put it on, now GM wants me to crawl under the car to cut a hole in it....
Consider it done....

 

Man i need to get a new front bumper too. You gotta love the flexibility of those front bumpers because i have hit so many things and there is no dents just scratches. haha i have been saved many times.

 

mine does that and i gotta try to fix that problem. i may just try to cut that thing out like the tech article. mine looks dirty inside tho as well as fogged up

and i need to repaint my front bumper too.

 

it cost me about 90 bucks for a pair of new parking lights! Mine were dirty too.

 

90 bucks damn!

they are like 50 brand new for a pair i remember from fbodymotorsports at their booth at the camaro show at carlise. i was gonna get some

ebay has them too for about that.

 

yeah i got mine from the dealership, they always over price things. but i learned not to shop there anymore

 

I replaced mine a few months back. Only the passenger side does that. The other nevers gets any water in it. Drives me nuts...Have to look and see if the drain is blocked.

Couldnt you just drill some 1/8" holes in the back side. Just to get some air in there to dry it out. You wouldnt see them.

 

ok guys i did what the article told me to do and its been a day now and they are still fogged up. is it just because its really cold outside? but the funny thing is i keep it in my garage.... so you would think it would clear up over night but it doesnt!!! so should i drill holes in the actual light now or should i just wait a few more days to see if the breathing thing achually works?