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Offline agentutah

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Misted headlight lenses GTD
« on: 20 November 2016, 14:02 »
Had the car 5 days now, love driving it really impressive car.

One little glitch though, the headlights have condensation inside of them.   Have spoken to dealer who said this normal. Its because the car had been valeted in the cold prior to delivery and would go away after a few days

I am not convinced. As a headlight surely shouldnt be letting in any kind of moisture at all!

Anyone else had similar problem??  :sad:

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Re: Misted headlight lenses GTD
« Reply #1 on: 20 November 2016, 14:37 »
Drive with headlights on for next few days/weeks. It should then disappear.
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Re: Misted headlight lenses GTD
« Reply #2 on: 20 November 2016, 14:42 »
They're vented to prevent expansion and contraction cracks you would get on a sealed unit as the bulbs heat up in use and cool down after use. Those Xenons give off enough heat to dissipate the condensation when travelling - see if they're still misted after a few uses, that car was sat a long time in transit, needs to get rid of the accumulated moisture.
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Re: Misted headlight lenses GTD
« Reply #3 on: 20 November 2016, 16:18 »
Okay thanks.  I will do as suggested and hopefully they will remove moisture overtime
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