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BJ Turner (Wturner)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:25 pm: | 
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I want to drill some drain holes in the bottom to let the water out. So, would there be a problem with that??
BTW, it was about 8 inches above the bottom of the door! Muffler sounded like a boat and everything, I was real proud!! |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:31 pm: |
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take the airdam off. problem solved.  |
BJ Turner (Wturner)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:40 pm: |
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I just bought the new air dam and fog lights from good ole Robert Mann, because I LIKE THEM, and intend to keep it like that for the life of the vehicle!
So... Would there be a problem with drilling some drain holes in the bottom to let the water out? |
Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:48 pm: |
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Better clean any crap off the halogen bulbs if they are dirty, or they won't last very long. Use clean alcohol and avoid touching the glass afterwards. |
Andrew Maier (White96disco)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:48 pm: |
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What Garrett said is probably your best course. Take that airdam off before something else (i.e., an underwater rock, an above-ground rock, a log, a squirrel) takes it off for you.
Andy |
DaveB
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:56 pm: |
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If you take one of the fog lights out, you will probably see that the plastic lens is only attached to the reflector by some double stick foam tape between the lens and reflector. It dries out and the assembly leaks. In extreme cases the whole thing falls apart. This happened with both of mine.
The solution is to remove the fog lights, pop them apart, clean them out and dry them off. Use a sharp flat screw driver or razor blade a scrape off the old foam gasket / sealing tape. Re-assemble the lens to the relector using some clear silicon sealer / glue. Let them dry over night. Check the foam gasket in the rear lens holder / mount. Replace it with stick on weather stripping if necessary. You can find the right thickness weather stripping at any decent hardware store. Re-install the fog lights in the nice looking air dam and your done.
I did this with mine and no more leaks.
If you drill holes in the bottom of the lights, there will always be moisture in the wiring which will rot out eventually.
Dave |
BJ Turner (Wturner)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:59 pm: |
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>>"It dries out and the assembly leaks. In extreme cases the whole thing falls apart."
That is what happened to my last set.
There is also a breather hole in the back, is it OK to seal that up too? |
DaveB
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 06:13 pm: |
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The breather hole should be connected to a breather tube that is part of the factory wiring harness. If the tube is there, the hole should be sealed and will breath through the tube. The top of the breather tube has a U-bend and comes out at the fog light wiring connector located behind the head lamp. If you can't find the breather tube, make a new one to fit, or seal the hole- Your choice.
Dave |
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