[s-cars] Headlight Seals

[Sean Douglas]

Water vapor inside a headlight is not good, will cause premature
corrosion making electrical connections higher in resistance not to
mention corrosion of other metal parts.

I had some condensation inside my e-code headlights and the fix was to
remove the spring clamps and squeeze them together effectively making
them smaller and putting more pressure on the gasket. It was probably
due to the fact that I had them apart several times messing with the
reflector and glass lens.

I assume yours are DOT, therefore the spring clamps are held on with
epoxy - which can be removed if need be.

Having said all that, if this is truly a factory defect, I'd ask for a
replacement headlight.

Sean Douglas
1997 Audi S6//RS2-spec
1990 Audi 90 quattro 20v


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> manuelsanchez at starpower.net
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:53 PM
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> Subject: [s-cars] Headlight Seals
> 
> 
> S-Heads,
> 
> The body shop that installed my new headlight assembly says 
> that the reason I'm seeing vapor inside the headlight is due 
> to a factory defect.
> 
> Someone has suggested that the vapor can somehow damage the 
> reflector. is this true or is a little vapor nothing to worry about?
> 
> The other side, which is original, does not seems to show any 
> vapor behind the glass lens.
> 
> TIA.
> 
> -manny
> 95.5 S6 Avant
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