Taillight has water in it - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

acs72727 · 02-01-2006, 02:28 PM

What should I do to fix this? I just had these put in 2 weeks ago and one has already condensed. Is it easily able to be fixed or should I return it for a new one? Thanks

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also the same tailight has now begun to blink much faster than normal, which I believe is caused by a bulb to go out. Is this related to the water in the light?

Thanks TN hommies

acs72727 · 02-01-2006, 02:29 PM

p.s I cant ever get pics to actually post within the thread

Axel Kain · 02-01-2006, 02:57 PM

possible idea, pull the bulbs, and shoot a blowdryer into the sockets...to evaporate the water inside, if it does this again...bad seal somewhere.

RedPhoenix · 02-01-2006, 03:32 PM

take it apart and reseal it.

acs72727 · 02-01-2006, 03:37 PM

ok so its the seal? im not doing that stuff and ruining it and then having the hassle of them not accepting the return, ill try to return it first

Cyorke · 02-01-2006, 04:53 PM

if you jsut bought hem 2 weeks ago then I would try to return them. Hopefully whoever you bought them from has some kind of warranty. If not you are going to have to take them apart and reseal more than likely.

acs72727 · 02-01-2006, 04:57 PM

yea i sent an email saying id like to exchange for a properly sealed one, or i will go through ebay to receive restitutions. thanks for the help guys

acs72727 · 02-02-2006, 02:29 PM

k they dont answer my emails and their ebay policy is for only 10 days. anybody now how to take it apart and reseal it?

RedPhoenix · 02-02-2006, 02:31 PM

if its like the headlights, should just be able to stick the lense in the oven 115 for like 20 min. Let it heat up and pull the lense off the assembly. Reseal it with silicone.

acs72727 · 02-02-2006, 03:02 PM

alright so i cross referenced and found a post about how TONY used a heat gun? Where can I get silicone, i plan on just doing this in shop one day, my teacher is real cool and I have a heat gun, and hot glue in there

RedPhoenix · 02-02-2006, 03:13 PM

well dont use hot glue, lol. but silicone can be gotten at home depot.

acs72727 · 02-02-2006, 03:27 PM

how does the silicone apply then?

iaussi · 02-02-2006, 03:54 PM

Before you do anything, make sure that it is a bad seal. On a dry sunny day around 10am take the bulbs out. Face the lights toward the sun. Let the heat from the sun evaporate the water. Plug the lights back in, make sure they are inserted tight. If moisture does happen again then you have a problem. With a heat gun you may not get all of the moisture out depending on how you are heating it up. The oven is another option to melt the seal and reseal with silicone.

I think silicone just gets messy and would rather avoid it if possible. It may just be as simple as it just happened to be a humid day when installed and trapped some water molecules in your lights.

acs72727 · 02-02-2006, 04:21 PM

i had it installed on a very wintery day here in PA

acs72727 · 02-02-2006, 04:47 PM

i compared the tail lights and I found that the casing isnt fully closed and I do not know how to get it to

here is a picture of it

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u can see on the top right it isnt properly put in, question is does anyone know how?