Clearance Lights Condensation
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Clearance Lights Condensation
How do ya'll keep the moisture out of the clearance lights? I noticed last summer that 2 of the 5 would build up moisture pretty badly. I noticed the little foam gaskets weren't cut great and may be the issue? Either way I tried just sealing them with silicone and that didn't seem to help. My middle bulb has appeared to have burnt out already and I'm wondering if that is from the moisture.
Would a better solution be to drill a weep hole on the side of each lens?
Would a better solution be to drill a weep hole on the side of each lens?
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Yessir when I originally installed them sealed base, sealed through cab, sealed again on inside of cab. No issues with moisture coming into the cab. Truck came without headliner so I have been driving around without that for about a year and a half, no water coming in.
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Unless you put a vacuum on them to dry the atmosphere in them ... then after reaching 0% humidity, totally sealing them ... there is going to be moisture in them. If you vent them to allow moving air in them hoping to dry them, then that too has moisture. Moisture in air hitting cooler surfaces like lenses will condense the moisture into water.
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Unless you put a vacuum on them to dry the atmosphere in them ... then after reaching 0% humidity, totally sealing them ... there is going to be moisture in them. If you vent them to allow moving air in them hoping to dry them, then that too has moisture. Moisture in air hitting cooler surfaces like lenses will condense the moisture into water.
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I wish I could help but I cant.
I bought some clearance lights for my 2011 Chevy 2500HD and my SIL was going to have one of his guys install them for me.
He had a nice stereo shop that did high end stuff.
They never got installed and I thought about installing them on my 1976 but the word "rust" scares the hell out of me so they went in the garbage.
I bought some clearance lights for my 2011 Chevy 2500HD and my SIL was going to have one of his guys install them for me.
He had a nice stereo shop that did high end stuff.
They never got installed and I thought about installing them on my 1976 but the word "rust" scares the hell out of me so they went in the garbage.
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I wish I could help but I cant.
I bought some clearance lights for my 2011 Chevy 2500HD and my SIL was going to have one of his guys install them for me.
He had a nice stereo shop that did high end stuff.
They never got installed and I thought about installing them on my 1976 but the word "rust" scares the hell out of me so they went in the garbage.
I bought some clearance lights for my 2011 Chevy 2500HD and my SIL was going to have one of his guys install them for me.
He had a nice stereo shop that did high end stuff.
They never got installed and I thought about installing them on my 1976 but the word "rust" scares the hell out of me so they went in the garbage.
All things considered that entire roof should have rotted away but its very clean and straight inside and out.
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Well lucky for me the previous owner made the decision for me. The truck sat under a pine tree for 20 years with the middle light missing. I removed the old ones, chrome was too far gone to save. I was actually surprised there wasn't any rust to write home about. Even with the light missing in the middle, they also had an 80's styler visor on their at some point cause the button and screws are still there.
All things considered that entire roof should have rotted away but its very clean and straight inside and out.
All things considered that entire roof should have rotted away but its very clean and straight inside and out.
I am envious.
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What probably saved it was the PO owner also had removed the headliner and trim for some reason.
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