Water Ingress in Headlights?

[S3diment]

Was noticing that my headlight was a little cracked, but I decided not to replace it. Fast forward to today, I lifted the hood (there was water on the hood after the rain) and it splashed onto the air scoop. Driver side headlight stopped working shortly thereafter. First I swapped the bulbs, no go. I removed the headlight and swapped it with the passenger one, that works. Fortunately it's not the wiring. I replaced the ballasts on the headlights to check that and as I was flipping over the headlight, there was a decent amount of the aforementioned water in the lens. I opened the lens and am letting it dry out. I think the the headlight likely will be toast. Any experience with this?

[S3diment]

Bump? Any help?

[yhp2009]

If you found decent amount of water inside the lense then it could be the unit is toast. Getting a used unit might be a quick cheap alternative. Or someone with more electrical/wiring expertise can chime in to fix

[LukesM]

Could be the Igniter. That was the issue I was having. Ordered a used one from eBay and I’ve been running bright ever since.

[m3nt0s]

When I bought my M3 in 2014, it still had garbage angel eyes installed and the wiring created a very small but significant cut/tear in the headlamp lens gasket. I had constant condensation issues in my driver side headlamp to the point where the bulb would sometimes flicker or go out. I replaced the gaskets, lenses, and top trim on both sides this past spring via FCP. Aside from an aesthetic refresh for the lenses, I’ve had no issues since.