Headlight condensation

[Ryandoc]

Folks,

Got a wee bit of condensation in my drivers side headlight, 2009 GTS, non in the other side. No doubt it'll clear itself now the weather is picking up and she'll be out and about more but any little tips to clear this, are there any holes on the headlight unit I can stick a cloth in or anything?

Cheers

 

[Felonious Crud]

That looks familiar. A few of us were comparing notes on this down at Horsham last weekend, Ryan. All had the same problem and all knew it would clear soon enough. For me it tends to happen after the car has been washed, but doesn't last long.

 

[Contigo]

Hair dryer on it if you can't be bothered waiting for it to dry!

 

[StuartW]

For me it tends to happen after the car has been washed, but doesn't last long.

Same for me

 

[safrane]

Drive with the lights on and the heat will evaporate the water and the movement of air will expel the warm moist air.

 

[Ryandoc]

Thanks gents. Just wasn't sure if there was a wee tip on clearing it.

She hasn't been washed in probably a month or so and she's basically sat in the garage. She's getting s good run out tomorrow though so I imagine that'll clear it.

On a seperate subject how annoying is the wheel arch material, it's like a fabric which collects everything in it, needs to be a smooth plastic

 

[safrane]

They were smooth plastic up to the face lift 4200/GS . Reason for the chamge is to lessen the noise of spray from the big tyres when driving in the wet.

 

[CatmanV2]

Pretty sure that Wack's has textured liners....

C

 

[Ryandoc]

They must have realised pretty quickly that it's like Velcro for road ****, looks like a well used floor brush or something lol.

 

[Felonious Crud]

Forget ever trying to get grass off those arch liners.

 

[Doohickey]

I had those liners on my Alfa GT. Driving down the road one day, a tractor had dropped a load of slurry on the road which I had no chance of avoiding. Of course, it all got stuck in the liners and the smell was unbelievable. I had to wash the car and my neighbours thought that there as something wrong with their drains. Brilliant design feature.

 

[Ryandoc]

Forget ever trying to get grass off those arch liners.

You think a sticky clothes roller thing would work lol. Is annoying though, how does obvious stuff like that get through the design and testing stages !

 

[MAF260]

I think the textured arch liners are designed to stop/minimise spray when driving on wet roads.

 

[mjheathcote]

Noise reduction.

 

[CatmanV2]

I think the textured arch liners are designed to stop/minimise spray when driving on wet roads.

And reduce noise.

C