Steamy headlights

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road warrior

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 Burton On trent
So here is the thing, having fixed the lights on the blue 2, so now with the grey 3 I have steamy headlights again, previous owner put in hid's which as far as I am aware get hot. So why do I get steamy headlights? Each one has huge silicon bags and new seals. Ho hum. :headbang:
 
road warrior said:
So here is the thing, having fixed the lights on the blue 2, so now with the grey 3 I have steamy headlights again, previous owner put in hid's which as far as I am aware get hot. So why do I get steamy headlights? Each one has huge silicon bags and new seals. Ho hum. :headbang:
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It’s usually the rubber seal around the removable cover on the back (the one you change the bulb through)
A new seal or a smear of Vaseline should cure it :thumbsup:
Rob
 
Zedtastic said:
To slightly digress from the thread title, would the same fix work on the front fog lamps? Mine are quite steamed up.
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Standard fix for fog lamps is to drill 3 small holes (3mm) in the underside of each one (a few threads on here about it). I have done it and it works. :thumbsup:
 
Smartbear said:
road warrior said:
So here is the thing, having fixed the lights on the blue 2, so now with the grey 3 I have steamy headlights again, previous owner put in hid's which as far as I am aware get hot. So why do I get steamy headlights? Each one has huge silicon bags and new seals. Ho hum. :headbang:
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It’s usually the rubber seal around the removable cover on the back (the one you change the bulb through)
A new seal or a smear of Vaseline should cure it :thumbsup:
Rob
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Noted. :)
 
The other obvious point to make is that sealing up the headlights is great, but only if they aren’t already full of water (moisture) or that water is going to condense on the inside of the lenses and be unable to escape. At this time of the year I would suggest blowing warm air into the back of the light with a hair dryer for a while to get them warmed up and dried out before you put the rear cover back on.

Chris
 
oh i will Chris, like most of us im well experienced with the hairdying technique, this aint my first forey into steamy windows :) :P nor i suspect my last.. i continue to live in hope of buying a car that DOESNT have a touch of the Tina Turners. :rofl:
 
now then.. continuing on the lonesome trail of putting things right in order of importance.. it seem it has a brodit phone connector, the lead of which disappears into the left side of the passenger footwell. where is it going and what is it connected to ? I took the radio out and saw nothing there. I looked online for a clue and saw one that terminated in a usb connection.. - but where would that go ?
 
while trying to work out why my multi cd player dont work.. i found a wiring nightmare . and this .

whats this ??

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found this in the boot along with a non working dvb tuner.
 
tv tuner at a guess

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E39-E38-E46-E53-3-5-7-X5ies-TV-VIDEO-MODULE-HIGH-TUNER-Videomodul-6902015/281572289249?hash=item418f042ae1:g:HToAAOSwQS1Z6KZz
 
ahh, this is the analog bit then ?
ok thank you !, worthless now ? or is it needed to attach a working digital tuner too ?
 
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