Resealed headlight still leaking

Resealed my passenger side headlight this weekend and then it rained today and I saw I still am getting condensation in it.

Could it be the rubber seals around the bulbs? If so do I replace those, if you even can?

 

You can replace the seals, though I'd likely suspect they are okay. You may not have reinstalled them tightly, double check that.

Come say hello here..and I know a couple of guys on this thread are old pros at resealing the lights, they'll know more.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/new-england-b-s-thread.204874/page-5213#post-14993311

 

are you OEM Bowls are aftermarket? I think they sell a specific sealant for resealing the bowls for doing retro fits.

 

Nah oem

 

Don't hold me to it but I think the guys I read used JB Weld..

 

I got till July for my inspection ha so I could try that.

I even went and bought a depo headlight to replace it lol but even that one condensated so that's why I'm not sure if it's the seals or not but also not fully sure if depo headlights or good to go with for oem replacements. You get what you pay for

 

True but better to get it over with now. And I've heard hit or miss on the Depo's. Try checking the rubber seal again, I wonder if it isn't in tightly now that you mention 2 separate ones did the same thing.

 

Yeah ill take them all out and put them back in. Could even the seal over the main headlight bulb be a problem too if it is loose? Because I know it's just a plug for that one

 

Possible if you ran into it twice. I just did a bulb on my wife's Rav4 and those things are pretty hearty, living in MA and all.

That said I almost always hear of the fix as being a re-seal of the plastic so I reckon law of averages..

 

Guess I'll see if it's the bulb seals on the original headlight and hopefully get some dry days and let it bake out in the sun to get rid of the condensation to see if it comes back. Meanwhile I could bake the Depo one and reseal it with some JB Weld

 

Yeah dry would be nice ugh...so done with this crap. Can't hurt to do the Depo, but double check in that thread I posted first if it is JB or something else that is best to use.

 

Don't use jb weld...

Silicone is all you need

 

Yeah man was getting so used of the warm sunny weather then this crap. At least these few days aren't torture sitting inside a machine shop for 10 hours

 

Use this way better than silicone
My headlights haven't leaked since I pulled them apart and resealed using this stuff

 

So I had a buddy of mine at a body shop throw the depo headlight into a bake cycle and he was able to reseal it but came the conclusion that water was getting into the drain plugs on the headlight and I'm guessing it's not a good idea to seal those lol

 

I have custom headligh in mine and the driver headlight would do the same so I placed 10 gram jel pack in them and it dried the water up.wound only hapoen when I went through a car wash, then this saturday I went through the carwash got some conditation again and it fried my hllo light.those were my after market light that guy that made them for me said that he would be more than happy o replace it for free but I would have to send the light to NY.

 

FWIW....I had a friend who kept getting moisture in his lights. He finally bought some of that spray seal stuff you see advertised on TV. He masked off the lights leaving just the just the area where the front and back portion of the lights come together exposed. Sprayed 3 coats of the stuff on there, no more moisture. It's been at least a year and a half and still no moisture. He regularly uses high pressure car washes and again, no moisture.

 

Flex-seal is the stuff I think you are talking about.

 

Machine shops suck