V12V - Front light unit condensation

[Flugplatz]

cayman-black said:

Well if you see Flugplatz lights its not worth it. His are brand new!

They are the old ones!!!!

The new ones are much better.
They do mist a bit but not for long.

[cayman-black]

Flugplatz said:

Well I suppose 5 full days wasnt bad!

Both headlights fully steamed up today

Ah sorry i though the problem was back again but with the new ones.

[V8Staffie]

Law of sod
Been reading this thread thinking what are they on about never had this problem!
Out this morning and I am now fully in the steamed headlight club!
With chronic CDO (it's the same as OCD but even my letters need to be in order!)
A New Year on the way

[South tdf]

Have had steamed up lights including my first replacement (LED failure under warranty) which steamed up on the day of fitting although more annoyingly the new one lights up noticeably slower when you turn them on or flash people (a sort of winking effect).

[andy_mc]

andy_mc said:

andy_mc said:

On my way home tonight I really noticed the front lights were very poor at illuminating the road ahead. I was pretty sure they needed some serious adjustment. Until I got home and saw at least 50% of both front units were misted up.

I don't know enough about this lights to tell if the brightness of the bulbs will burn through the condensation without any issues - and its bad alignment - or I am severely impacted by this moisture.

Any thoughts ?

Car is booked in with the dealer to look at this. They immediately said they'd put in Gel packs. It will be interesting to see what difference this might make. Am thinking they'll need a lot of Gel to absorb what I am seeing.

Well, the Gel packs worked a treat. For about 2 months. Noticed a few weekends ago that condensation had returned. Car in with the garage now to looked at. Initially there was talk of warranty replacements of both headlights - but looks like thats been turned-down. So another "drying process" and more Gel-packs. grrrrr.

I really hope I don't have to do this every 2-3 months. God help me if that's the case. I'll be returning the car.