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moisture in tail-lights
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:01 AM
i have a pair of carbon fiber tail lights, and on one of them a significant part of moisture is getting into them, any ideas how to get it out and fix this? i know i have to take them apart but dont know how

Re: moisture in tail-lights
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:09 AM
they just need to be re-sealed. I hate how altezzas do that sooo often. I don't know if you need to take them apart or not, someone will let you know


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Re: moisture in tail-lights
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:30 AM
I haven't had it happen to me but what I've been told is to use a blow drier on warm to get that moisture to evaporate. then you use clear silicone or something along those lines to seal up the cracks and what not and that should do it.

Hopefully someone can clarify this
Re: moisture in tail-lights
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 10:57 AM
First, take off the taillights and let them dry, either with a blow dryer or in the sun. Then replace the gasket or use silicone on the opening where the light goes. Make sure the silicone dries first or you will have a heluva time getting you taillight off of it cracks in the future. If you still get moisture, then there is either a small crack in the lens or a hole in the gasket where the lens meets the base. In that case, you'll have to heat up the whole housing to seperate the glue that holds the lens to the housing and re-do it. Its a pain, but hopefully its the gasket where the light goes in from the trunk...that's simple enough...




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Re: moisture in tail-lights
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 3:34 PM
Bust out the shop vac.



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Re: moisture in tail-lights
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:35 PM
haha does that shop vac thing really work?
Re: moisture in tail-lights
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 12:13 AM
you had better do something.... one of the trunk lights on my blue cavalier the outer cover i guess got too much moisture over the past few years and the outer cover just fell off.. too bad because i will never find it LOL...

i shoulda resealed it a long time ago.. shows where laziness gets you..




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Re: moisture in tail-lights
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:53 AM
thanks for all the input, vacuum trick did the trick, and being resealed as we speak thanks guys!
Re: moisture in tail-lights
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:29 PM
Holy crap...are you serious? I was just joking around....i didn't think that would work. HAHA well nice to see some useless comment i made turned out to be useful.



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Re: moisture in tail-lights
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:32 PM
haha yea turns out my dad had the same idea and he helped me and it did actually work, then siliconed it up to seal it and they are back on my car looking pretty
Re: moisture in tail-lights
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:35 PM
That's hilarious. Now we found a good way.



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Re: moisture in tail-lights
Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:37 PM
Pat....the man....your soo smart......I wanna race my Rice Rocket against your cav when its all finished!!!


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