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Those round foglights are famous for that. I had 7 replaced under warranty on my 01. Then when it was out of warranty I bought a painted edge bumper from ford (came with new fog lights) and within a week one of them was foggy. I hate those lights. If I ever have another 01-03 I will replace it with an 04-05 valance and square fogs. I never had troubles with those on my 04.
~HJ
~HJ
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Ah that's frustrating, I feel your pain. I only have a preventative solution for you. What I do on all my lamps is I use gaffers tape (or duct tape) to seal off the points where the bulb retainer meets the housing so that moisture can't seap in through the bulb holes. Those factory bulb retainer rubber washers don't cut it by themselves.
On my first set of 01 lights, I didn't do this and 5 years later they looked like **** on the inside. Same with my old tails. So I started doing this and the insides of my current lamps still look brand new.
On my first set of 01 lights, I didn't do this and 5 years later they looked like **** on the inside. Same with my old tails. So I started doing this and the insides of my current lamps still look brand new.
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Could be one of two things:
1. bad seal between the two halves of the lights
2. bad seal wherer the bulbs seal....bad gaskets on the bulbs.
Me personally...I'd replace both pigtails and check that O-ring on the 9007 bulb. Then, I'd take the lamp apart and seal it back up. Search 'headlight mod how to" or something along those lines.
Fogs probably just need disassembled like I did, and silocone in between the glass lense and the plastic 'bezel' on thefront side. Take the two halves apart(very easy to do), and clean the seal. Mine was full of gunk and was fogging just like that....and I let it sit outside for a good 1.5years getting full of water and building condensation...I took it apart, silocone around the front glass, cleaned the seal between the two pieces, and i havn't seen fog the past year after I've done that.
1. bad seal between the two halves of the lights
2. bad seal wherer the bulbs seal....bad gaskets on the bulbs.
Me personally...I'd replace both pigtails and check that O-ring on the 9007 bulb. Then, I'd take the lamp apart and seal it back up. Search 'headlight mod how to" or something along those lines.
Fogs probably just need disassembled like I did, and silocone in between the glass lense and the plastic 'bezel' on thefront side. Take the two halves apart(very easy to do), and clean the seal. Mine was full of gunk and was fogging just like that....and I let it sit outside for a good 1.5years getting full of water and building condensation...I took it apart, silocone around the front glass, cleaned the seal between the two pieces, and i havn't seen fog the past year after I've done that.
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i know this is old but this might be a useful tip for anyone with this problem, talk a small drill bit and drill a small hole in the bottom corner of the headlight, as you drive this will cause air to blow through that hole and dry out your headlight, i used to have about an inch of water in the bottom of my headlight, and they were foggy, but since i drilled a hole in them i havent had to worry about any of that
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My best suggestion is to completely seal it, with as low humidity air as possible.
I had a small leak in one of my headlights, had a horrendous rain storm, and had a semi douse my driver side with water.
(Wasn't his fault, I got stuck in the slow lane, and was letting him pass to get behind him.)
A hole in the headlight will just allow moisture in.
I had a small leak in one of my headlights, had a horrendous rain storm, and had a semi douse my driver side with water.
(Wasn't his fault, I got stuck in the slow lane, and was letting him pass to get behind him.)
A hole in the headlight will just allow moisture in.
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my tail light does this,if i use the clear bathroom silicone like you say, do i coat the rubber o-ring with the silicone? and will this make it harder to change the bulb? or is there any other ideas
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i know this is old but this might be a useful tip for anyone with this problem, talk a small drill bit and drill a small hole in the bottom corner of the headlight, as you drive this will cause air to blow through that hole and dry out your headlight, i used to have about an inch of water in the bottom of my headlight, and they were foggy, but since i drilled a hole in them i havent had to worry about any of that
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don`t forget after several years of being exposed to the elements
rubber will deteriate.
what i do is grab the socket in 1 hand , use your thumb and pry back the rubber seal
with a butter knife, use your other hand and carefully putty some white lithium grease between the socket casing and the rubber seal in several spots, coat the whole gasket / seal surface
then gently rotate the seal around the socket to ensure an even coat
insert the bulb, then carefully coat the outer seal surface with grease,, then carefully insert the bulb/socket assembly back into the headlight casing.
rubber will deteriate.
what i do is grab the socket in 1 hand , use your thumb and pry back the rubber seal
with a butter knife, use your other hand and carefully putty some white lithium grease between the socket casing and the rubber seal in several spots, coat the whole gasket / seal surface
then gently rotate the seal around the socket to ensure an even coat
insert the bulb, then carefully coat the outer seal surface with grease,, then carefully insert the bulb/socket assembly back into the headlight casing.
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