Headlight moisture

[madmax1982 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close madmax1982]

Today there was a lot of humidity and later came the first storm of the season, when arrive to home notice moisture inside left front headlight, not drops, just cloudy, never happened before. Cheked the lamp for damage but is ok. Anyone have experienced this?

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I have been getting this on my 120. Not sure why.

[Jacket Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Jacket]

I had that in my old Tacoma/Hilux pickup. Unfortunately it seems relatively common in the Toyota headlight housings.

[madmax1982 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close madmax1982]

Thanks for replies, well, at saturday night removed bulbs and it went away, today after another rain, didnt see condensation. I dont want to pay 1600.00 for a new headlamp .

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If it has been quite humid, the moist air can enter the headlight. Then when there is a sudden drop in temperature, the moist air condenses out.

When this happens, you can wait until the humidity drops, remove the rubber boot around the bulb and turn on the headlights to try and evaporate the condensation inside.

Then wipe around the rubber boot and where it contacts the headlight to get 2 clean surfaces. Hopefully this will create a better seal.

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I did a water crossing of above one metre the other day. The snorkel made it possible but my headlights got wet inside. And I talk about really wet. I f...d around for a while with removing the high beam globe as the others are capsuled or in-accessible. But that didnt work to good. I used a hair dryer from the outside with removed globe and was hoping it helps. It does, until it gets a bit cooler over night (well I am in Darwin, not really cool ever).
Anyway, i found that the good old vacuum cleaner does the trick. I had a old rubber hose which i brought as close as possible to the opening from the high beam globe (150 series 2012 no rubber around the fitting). Connected to the vacuum cleaner hose and let it run for an hour or so. I got both lights completely dry even after a few 'cool' nights.

I would like to know if there is a version for the headlight which have a rubber boot over the fitting. If the water depth is over 80 cm and the headlights are hot, in the moment it touches the water it will cool down and suck in any moisture surrounding it. So a rubber boot would help.