.........but after driving my newly acquired Fabia Comfort (2002, 1.4 16v)a couple of times at night I thought my headlights on low and full beam were woefully poor in the amount of road illumination. Having looked closer today I see both (plastic!!!) headlamp lenses are misted up on the inside, presumably with condensation. Would this be the reason why I have poor illumination perhaps? If so, how difficult a job would it be to dismantle, clean/dry, and re-assemble, or how expensive to pay a garage to do the job. Is this a common problem I wonder???

.........but after driving my newly acquired Fabia Comfort (2002, 1.4 16v)a couple of times at night I thought my headlights on low and full beam were woefully poor in the amount of road illumination. Having looked closer today I see both (plastic!!!) headlamp lenses are misted up on the inside, presumably with condensation. Would this be the reason why I have poor illumination perhaps? If so, how difficult a job would it be to dismantle, clean/dry, and re-assemble, or how expensive to pay a garage to do the job. Is this a common problem I wonder???

Hi there,i had the same problem of headlamps misting up,so waited for drier weather,where by then they had cleared, then loosened the screws holding them in place,and apllied generous amounts of clear silicone all way round the light unit..has been perfect ever since.must have had a small hole in the seal where damp air was condensing on cold days..hope this helps.

If you don't want to wait for drier weather judicious use of a hair drier after taking a bulb out will dry the lenses out. More use of the hair dyer will remove any water from the seal, apply silicon as per the previous post.

Cheers Mike & peter, all advice is welcome, and I am grateful for your input. However, I need to know if it is a simple job, or if not (I have limited movement) is it an expensive job to 'farm out'?

I think it would be more labour than its worth wack a hair dryer in there be careful not to melt the lens, many a golf i had would always mist i just took the rear bulb cover off, couple of hours with the lights on after driving etc it would dissapear