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Yes, as long as they are the plastic lenses with the removeable bulb, just drill a couple of holes at the bottom of each one, I drill them diagonally into the bottom corner near the edges. The water will then have a place to drain and will no longer fill with water and fog up.
Also try NewLite to clean the lenses afterwards. Between the drain holes and the NewLite, my 15 year old lenses look almost new. See my gallery for info about the NewLite stuff.
i drilled some holes in mine a long while back and it didn't do any good. Seems there is even more moisture in there.
Where did you drill them? Are you sure that the holes actually went inside the lens? The plastic is pretty thick on parts of the lenses and it is possible to drill up into the plastic but not have made a hole for water to drain. I had this problem on an 1995 F150 that I bought brand new. Now to me it doesn't seem like it would be so hard to make a plastic lens that doesn't fill with water, but apparently it's beyond Ford's capabilities. It amazes me that they would keep making cars and trucks whose lights fill with water, year after year. Anyway I could literally see the water inside my F150's lenses, sloshing around like a fish tank. I drilled the holes and the water poured out. They didn't collect water or fog after that. Neither has my Bronco since I put the drain holes in.
for some reason it is beyond me to get the headlight off the truck. I wanted to play with it a little and I need to replace the corner running light. manual was no help. idiot?
One hole about the diameter of a toothpick in bottom outside corner. Drill from the side and upward so the wind will suck the water out, not force more water in.