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I despaired when I saw my headlight – it had never been that bad before, sure it used to get condensation in it, but this time it was full of water – and probably seconds away from complete failure. The problem is the seal between the main light enclosure and the turn signal eyebrow lights – it is there to stop rainwater getting between the two and running down the back of the light – eventually getting into the enclosure.
I looked at getting a new one – £1500 ($1800) – too expensive, what about 2nd hand? There was only one on eBay and that was £450 and looked awful. OK, well both too expensive, time for some DIY. I need to replace the seal, clean the INSIDE of the headlight glass and dry it all out. This video shows how I achieved this without removing either enclosure and how I made it waterproof again
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Hi Tim, I was interested to see you using the sealer on the headlight something I had not thought to do, I assume it gives UV protection and has no ill effect on the plastic? Always liked the look of a 6 series though practicality puts me in an E61 but I do enjoy your videos.
Excellent video! Nice idea using the flexible brush, I wonder if I might be able to do something similar to clean out all the green algae and moss living inside my E63's rear brake light clusters!
Timm very well video.
Your relevant information is always so much appreciated,i get the same when driving in heavy rain or when using a high pressure hosepipe. Thank you once again.
I’ve melted the plastic on my bmw headlights trying to use the hair dryer on it before
Could not be better timing Timm. This just happened to me a couple of days ago! Getting lots of rain over here in Northern California. I rebuilt my headlights on my E39 540i a few months ago and it looks like I'm going to need some additional butyl tape to seal the lenses. I used the top hole and a hairdryer to get rid of the temporary moisture that built up after one drive out. I'll likely have to remove the headlight from the car to add more sealant. Thanks for another great video Timm, Happy New Year!
Very cool! Tim does it again!
Timm another saviour video, where do you get the flexible bottle cleaner from?
The weather strip is a good fix Timm. Is there an actual BMW part for the seal between the top of the headlight and the bottom of the indicator?
great work tim , odd effect added via youtube though , headlight at the end has been turned black and white ?
Hi Tim, what did you use as a replacement seal?
Now if you could work out a way to remove a dead moth from the side of the light……
Another great video buddy!
Hi Timm another brilliant video, thank you again for posting, I have the same bloody issue, have you got a link to where I can buy that rubber sticky strip? By the way I met Lee Shannon last month to change the entire brake lines, thank you so much for that recommendation, he speaks very highly of you, hope you had a great Christmas
Where do you get the sticky tape? At last I can stop the pesky things fogging up!
Another great video, Timm. Unfortunately, same happened to mine under the ‘sadly a case of when not if’ section of annoying problems with my E63. For me, however, water had been left standing too long and it damaged the adaptive headlight motors resulting in the beam seizing in the incorrect position and a subsequent MOT failure. Cue having to remove headlight, prise apart and have the motors set in the correct position. Only a temporary fix and means I no longer have adaptive headlights, so your video is yet another reminder that these small, cheap fixes now can save a whole world of pain further down the line.
Hi Timm this is Alvin your number one fan. Happy holidays to you and your family. I have the same problem on my 645ci. Thanks so much for your tips. This is probably your last video of 2022. I wanted to be the first one to leave a comment.