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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: nelds on 19 February 2008, 22:05

Title: leaky indicators
Post by: nelds on 19 February 2008, 22:05

every time i wash my car the front indicators fill up, are these a sealed unit..??...can i re-seal them, if so what with....any suggestions...??.....(and don't say stop cleaning it  :grin: )

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: Mikester on 19 February 2008, 22:11

Are they loose to the touch? Or tight on the car?

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: BobbyT on 19 February 2008, 22:21

Quote from: nelds on 19 February 2008, 22:05

every time i wash my car the front indicators fill up, are these a sealed unit..??...can i re-seal them, if so what with....any suggestions...??.....(and don't say stop cleaning it  :grin: )

i bought some cheap aftermarked jobs and made sure i used silicon round the joins, all is well up to now with no water in there, so i guess just take yours off and dry them out, then seal them up!  :wink:

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: saul79 on 19 February 2008, 22:22

bulb holder seals perished or the lens is fecked/cracked

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: Mikester on 19 February 2008, 22:24

My mates come loose, he tightened them some how?

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: nelds on 19 February 2008, 22:44

i think u might b right about the bulb holder seal, the fit wasn;t the best. these are genuine VW not aftermarket. i might just run some silicon mastic around them after i dry them out.

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: boneybradley on 19 February 2008, 23:23

nelds nows the best time for a light upgrade to match the headlights....I had a leaky set of after market indicators and they ended up with green slime inside them and they looked :sick:

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: nelds on 20 February 2008, 06:51

what would u recommend.......???......i'm on a budget tho cos im saving for my coilovers

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: eightyeightmph on 21 February 2008, 11:11

Silicone the seals (what I've done on OEM & aftermarket lenses) & pick yourself up a can of smoked tint glass spray from halfrauds or similar & do your indicators, fogs & blanking plates. Smoked look is cool! :smiley:

(http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m12/eightyeightmph/Golf%20Accident%20Repair/Image040.jpg)

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: nelds on 21 February 2008, 20:32

do you have to seperate the lens to spray the inside of glass and then reseal them..??

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: eightyeightmph on 21 February 2008, 22:38

Mine arn't sprayed, they are proper smoked but you can get the same look. You have to clean the surfaces but you just spray the outside so no need to seperate the units. There was a right up on it on vortex somewhere but I can't find it?! :rolleyes:

Title: Re: leaky indicators
Post by: bousy1 on 22 February 2008, 10:17

i used grease pop out the holder run some grease round the bit were the rubber o ring is then pop holder back in then run some more round the join worked for me did mine 3 monthes ago still dry  :cool: :laugh: