Sealing headlights

[mt308]

In the wet my headlights get very misted up, to the extent that water starts accumulating inside the covers. I don't think there is anything significant coming through from the front, I think its coming from the rear.

At the moment I have just the foam tape around the rear covers which gets pretty messy with dirt and rain.

I saw another Ultima who had sealed from the rear using a black silicone sealant which looked pretty neat. Downside presumably just that you need to cut the sealant to change a bulb, but that doesn't seem a big deal.

Anyone else got a solution?

Mark

[mt308]

V8Dom said:

domquote=Steve_D]Most of the problem is condensation so seal would have to be hermitic if you are going to solve it that way.
I just have the foam tape but have a PC processor fan fitted in each so it circulates air which removes most of the problem/

Steve

My lens covers arent sealed at all. they are easy to remove and clean, as i drive faster air goes in and out and cleans them. if they mist up, just turn on your head lights and the heat will get rid

Thanks all

Just looking at it again now having been playing around with heater valves, where there has been condensation it dries to leave a scale behind, so I definitely want to do something about it.

Not a massive priority, but I think the sealant with grease looks like a decent solution, the fibre glass moulding method looks like the "proper" solution if this fails.

Mark