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      07-28-2018, 11:12 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by jaye944 View Post
dude,
it may have been obvious to some but not to all,
post 5 is where you even mention that it is not on the outside, even I missed that reply.

so your answer is "thanks"
mine would be "your welcome"

c a little bit of courtesy, doesn't hurt does it ?
Sorry, I didn't mean it that way... My apologies.

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Originally Posted by Thunderguts View Post
Here is a possibility, but you’ll need to figure out how it could apply to your situation. A clear polymer like the headlight housing will react to certain chemical out gassing. If, for instance, you used a cyanoacrylate glue, the fumes would absolutely cloud up the inside of the housing, but it would be more uniform. I think out gassing from silicone caulk would do the same thing. Maybe If you changed out the bulbs to something with a coating on it it’s causing minor out gassing that’s reacting with the inside of your housings. You would think that it would be more uniform, but the condensation that formed in my housing was speckled like that (due mainly from it evaporating when the bulbs heated up).
Interesting theory, but I haven't changed any of the bulbs as of yet.

That said, I do see something that looks like outgassing deposits on the inside of both fog lights... A sort of whitish-gray haze.

The speckles look more like a physical defect in the headlight rather than a deposit. I'll try to take a closer shot when I get a chance.
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