Condensation in Ferrari/Maserati headlamps

[sjn2004]

After the heavy rain yesterday, I've noticed a small amount of condensation in one of my headlamps on my Quattoporte. Spoke to a tech at the dealer today who said its "normal" for Ferrari/Maserati to have a small amount of condensation inside and there is nothing F/M will do about it as it disappears after the light has been on for 10 mins.

Whats the consensus on this issue?

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Yup, normal. Can do it after stopping on cold days too.

[sjn2004]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Yup, normal. Can do it after stopping on cold days too.

thanks. I can sleep tight tonight.

[Rocket Pepper]

I can share a good tip with you. Get one or more of those silicone packets that arrive in the box with electrical goods etc, and place it/them in the bulb hole or similar whilst you're not using the car. You'll be impressed.

[900ssduke]

Rocket Pepper said:

I can share a good tip with you. Get one or more of those silicone packets that arrive in the box with electrical goods etc, and place it/them in the bulb hole or similar whilst you're not using the car. You'll be impressed.

Thats a good tip. With the exception of having to remove the front wheels and front bumper to get in to the back of my 360 headlights. Steaming up was a warranty item on the 360's, and I believe it still occurrs on the 430's.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

900ssduke said:

Rocket Pepper said:

I can share a good tip with you. Get one or more of those silicone packets that arrive in the box with electrical goods etc, and place it/them in the bulb hole or similar whilst you're not using the car. You'll be impressed.

Thats a good tip. With the exception of having to remove the front wheels and front bumper to get in to the back of my 360 headlights. Steaming up was a warranty item on the 360's, and I believe it still occurrs on the 430's.

It sounds like a good tip but beware. A good ideal of those packets will have used up their moisture quota just being out of the box for a week or so.

Also they'll not last long in a car that's being used regularly. And to top things off on a lot of cars it's almost impossible to get the non working bag out of the light unit as they drop down into the depths and get stuck.