water in rear light

1. Lp12790 Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Oxford Posts: 327 Peugeot 206 GTI 180, Citroen Saxo VTR

   #1 18th March 2010, 12:37

   i have got water in my rear light. i bought a new pair and still have the problem on the same side so its obviously not the lamps. i also made sure i tightened the ONE bolt holding it in lol. any ideas? cheers in advance
2. user_39785 Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2009 Alnwick Posts: 365 Mauritius Blue Mk2 VTR

   #2 18th March 2010, 13:03

   Ive got this problem too, one of my rear smoked lexus and front smoked angel lights have moisture inside 24/7... A case of heating them up, cracking off the lense & sealing them properly again?
   Any help would be great
3. grumpypants Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan Posts: 429 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0

   #3 18th March 2010, 16:39

   My daughters rear lights had the same problem. I took the lights of and re-positioned the seals around them and the jobs a good one!!
4. Pidge Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 Loughborough Posts: 305 Saxo MK1 VTR

   #4 19th March 2010, 15:03

   small crack in the lense maybe?
5. user_39785 Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2009 Alnwick Posts: 365 Mauritius Blue Mk2 VTR

   #5 19th March 2010, 15:41

   I'll definatly try anything that comes up in this thread in the next few days and see if it works.
   
   Maybe a silly question but can you crack open angel/lexus lights the same as standard ones? - Heat up in the oven and take the lense off while the seal is sticky/you know what i mean!
6. user_34087 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2009 Chelmsford Posts: 8662 8 Valve 'R.

   #6 19th March 2010, 15:48

   Only thing, if you do do this, it's very messy, the glue will stick to everything, as I found out when smoking my headlights. So you need to be careful, as if you get any on the insert, and don't intend to change the colour, it will look terrible.
7. user_39922 L-plater Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 33 1.1 Desire

   #7 19th March 2010, 16:16

   I had moisture in my smoked rear jewel. I just took it out for a few hours, let it dry out then when i put it bak made sure it was fully in place and tightened
8. Lp12790 Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Oxford Posts: 327 Peugeot 206 GTI 180, Citroen Saxo VTR

   #8 21st March 2010, 18:09

   its definately not the lamp tho because ive tried 3 now
9. rapid86 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 248 VTS

   #9 21st March 2010, 18:13

   smoked lights and lexus lights are well known off ebay for condensation. Mine did the same, all i done was dry out the lense with a hairdryer and tissue. I then bought some clear mastik and went round the seam of where the lense joins the backing and that sorted it for me