I have this problem with my 5.30 SE GT and couldn't do this myself - I'm 78 and too old for all this stuff. What I have observed is that the condensation goes when the headlamp gets warm in the sunshine, so I took the protective cover of the lamp assembly and then removed the circular lid, that revealed the insides of the lamp. I got my vacuum cleaner with the small cleaning attachment (used to get down crevices) and carefully inserted it into through the circular opening to suck the air out of the lamp fitting. Then I got a hairdryer and gently warmed up the outside plastic light ((very gentle and careful) until all the water vapour was removed. That circular screw top insulation ring looked like it was dry so I've smeared some silicone onto this to make a better seal. This is the best I can do, if I have to do it a couple of times a year then so be it. My car isn't commercially worth much but to me it's a lovely car and I can't afford the £3k + that BMW would want to put new lights on. At my age, when I don't know how much longer I'll be able to drive, this is a good solution. Hope this works for you chaps - happy motoring.
How much would a garage charge me for this sort of repair because I'm not confident to take take apart the car fixing the headlight looks pretty straight forward but the idea of un bolting parts from the car not so much
What an absolute perfect video. Showed all the important stuff no bull shit. Nice and short.
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I have this problem with my 5.30 SE GT and couldn't do this myself - I'm 78 and too old for all this stuff. What I have observed is that the condensation goes when the headlamp gets warm in the sunshine, so I took the protective cover of the lamp assembly and then removed the circular lid, that revealed the insides of the lamp. I got my vacuum cleaner with the small cleaning attachment (used to get down crevices) and carefully inserted it into through the circular opening to suck the air out of the lamp fitting. Then I got a hairdryer and gently warmed up the outside plastic light ((very gentle and careful) until all the water vapour was removed. That circular screw top insulation ring looked like it was dry so I've smeared some silicone onto this to make a better seal. This is the best I can do, if I have to do it a couple of times a year then so be it. My car isn't commercially worth much but to me it's a lovely car and I can't afford the £3k + that BMW would want to put new lights on. At my age, when I don't know how much longer I'll be able to drive, this is a good solution. Hope this works for you chaps - happy motoring.
Thank you!! ❤
Excellent work and thank you for the information. I have a leaking headlight on my F10 and this is exactly what I needed. Cheers!
How much would a garage charge me for this sort of repair because I'm not confident to take take apart the car fixing the headlight looks pretty straight forward but the idea of un bolting parts from the car not so much
About £3,000 in the UK, for both headlights 😢
@davidbolland3860 3K for a working headlight but just condensation I doubt they would charge that much I think that's over priced
Great job, How did you dry out the headlight?
How you fix it? The real solution?
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