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      05-05-2020, 03:31 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by drbru View Post
So I've had a crack in my headlight for the last 3-4 years. Visually it doesn't look that bad but over the last couple of weeks the headlight has been getting a lot of moisture in them when it rains...and every now and again i will get some kind of error message related to the lighting if i drive the car so looks like the moisture is getting through to the various modules at the back of the headlight

I can't even seem to completely remove the moisture even if i heat the headlight up or if I remove the cap at the top of the headlight to help...When its warm, the moisture simply disappears but then re-appears when the temp drops at night or if it rains again

I am assume the crack is where the water ingress is coming from.. Other then clear tape to help seal the crack does anyone know of any potential fixes?

If it is infact the crack that's letting water in I know this is going to cost me around 3k to repair and won't be covered under warranty so looking for any potential solutions that I can try as 3k is a lot of money for a new headlight!!!
You could try covering the whole headlight with a tailored self adhesive plastic cutout specially to protect F10 M headlight from impacts to a point, which would seal the crack. Have a pair somewhere which I haven't fitted yet.

*They are from aliath.co.uk.A fellow poster OneExtra put me onto them and they come posted in a small roll tube.

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