Rear light misting any cure.
Re: Rear light misting any cure.
I've done it now by replacing the gasket in 2 parts as previous posts and drying out the lights with a hair dryer until completely dry. Since then I've had no misting problems (touchwood)
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
Just ordered some adhesive neoprene - £10 for a metre square - Thanks Phil for the idea, will see how we go.
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
I had condensation issues on my R3's rear lights,so did a 'belt 'n braces job..
Removed the units,cleaned off all traces of the old gaskets,dried the lights out for a few hours in front of a fan heater,then refitted with new gaskets from Mazda - £25 a side - plus a liberal bead of silicone sealant all round
No more misted up lenses
Removed the units,cleaned off all traces of the old gaskets,dried the lights out for a few hours in front of a fan heater,then refitted with new gaskets from Mazda - £25 a side - plus a liberal bead of silicone sealant all round
No more misted up lenses
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
I thought I'd share these photos on this thread too.
This allows drainage through the middle rather than allow the crap to accumulate at the top of the gasket. The mazda "fix" was a TSB with a big thick chunk of neoprene at the top of the light cluster to intercept the boot drainage channel, this also accumulates crap and eventually fails - I think this is a far more elegant design, and the theory has been tested by many members on here previously.
This is all proper design - I used a computer and everything (although ironically no photos of the final design evolution other than finished product!)
I'll see how these goes, if I'm happy with them, and there's any interest, I can organise a group buy - it works out at a reasonable cost if I get a batch of 10 plotted.
This allows drainage through the middle rather than allow the crap to accumulate at the top of the gasket. The mazda "fix" was a TSB with a big thick chunk of neoprene at the top of the light cluster to intercept the boot drainage channel, this also accumulates crap and eventually fails - I think this is a far more elegant design, and the theory has been tested by many members on here previously.
This is all proper design - I used a computer and everything (although ironically no photos of the final design evolution other than finished product!)
I'll see how these goes, if I'm happy with them, and there's any interest, I can organise a group buy - it works out at a reasonable cost if I get a batch of 10 plotted.
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
I believe Aston at Essex Rotary has had a delivery of his gaskets for the R3 lights recently if anybody else with an R3 is having this issue and wants a better gasket.SeeJay wrote:I had condensation issues on my R3's rear lights,so did a 'belt 'n braces job..
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
I made up split design [as above] new gaskets, and fitted them recently, and almost immediately had wet in there again. I did clean up the bodywork, and dried the cluster fully. The neoprene I used was 2-3mm thick. If you've done this successfully, how thick was your foam?
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
Change to LED rear lights so much brighter, better looks doesn`t look as dated as the OE lights no condensation issues.
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
It was 4mm thick, 2 or 3mm should be fine though. If you remove the clusters again you should be able to see if they were mating to the body properly, as they will have left an indent in the foam. Did both lights gain moisture again after fitting the new gaskets?
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
Thanks, the offside one is much worse than the near side so I had only done that one.
I will check the the indentation on the foam when I get a chance.
I will check the the indentation on the foam when I get a chance.
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Re: Rear light misting any cure.
The one gasket that I smeared with silicone grease has never misted again.
The other one that I did first without grease has re misted so time to sort that one out now.
The other one that I did first without grease has re misted so time to sort that one out now.
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