Water in light units

[robby71]

Is this a common problem on 03> Leons - i have water ingress on the inside of the front foglights (i'll take them out, dry them and silicon seal them at the weekend) and i also noticed ingress in the high level brake light (does this dismantle)?

cheers

 

[rst_cupra_r]

so is it juist misted up or actual water

 

[robby71]

it's water ingress - looks like rain spray you get on the outsides when driving in the wet - can't see any cracks?

 

[rst_cupra_r]

oh rite sorry can t suggest wat i was goin to say thn

 

[RikH]

my front lights get a little "condensation" on the insides every so often, not really enough to worry myself over, if i did id be an ill man with the cars ive had

my old celica used to leak water into the rear cluster, i took the cluster off and silicon sealed it to high hell and it still did it. In the end i drilled about 5 3mm holes as drain points and after heavy rain would run my fingers over the holes to draw all the water out. japcrap eh

 

[robby71]

well just emptied the foglights tonight and smeared clear silicon around the glass/ plastic bit - i'll see if that helps

Still don't know how to remove the high level brakelight though?

 

[rayko]

To sort out the high brakelight: IIRC you need to pull off the top bit of the boot trim which covers a bolt and wiring, the light assembly is held in place by a big bolt.

Yes they do leak as they are not a weather proof design.