Automatically de-gingering headlamps

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GreyZed

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 City of Makemland
Noticed this the other night after I came in from work late. It was a very cold evening and just before closing the garage door I noticed my Zed had begun to facelift itself...

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I'm off to check again now and see if it's swapped the bumper over yet. :rofl:
 
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Easy fixed though - new back covers from a stealers, £25. Old ones off, hair dryer for 10 mins on hot, short blow on a cool setting to get rid of moist air, fit new back cover, back to ginger in no time :thumbsup:

The rubber seals on the covers perish and let moisture in after a few years. The fogs are a different story on the facelift though, they are just crap :x
 
It's only done this the once on a particularly cold night. Hasn't done it since. They are generally clear of any condensation and I put new back covers on a few months ago as a precaution.

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I have factory Xenons and LED sidelights both of which run cooler than halogens. On the night I saw the condensation I think I had used my main beam for a while on the back roads so the halogen bulbs may have put a lot of heat into the lamp on a cold night thus causing a wee bit of condensation. I don't think it necessarily means I have a leak or standing water in there but who knows.
 
Cool... I'd keep an eye on it though as eventually mine had quite a bit of water in them as more and more condensation formed, then dripped down and collected in the bottom.
 
Mine fogged up like that after I de-gingered. I put it down to a quick change in humidity...


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Ah, ok - already replaced. Posted as you were editing your post :D
 
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