Snow clogging headlamps/headlights

[CrazyOldMan]

How about heated ‘rests’ for the windshield wipers so that they don’t ice over?

I cracked my windshield by turning the front defrost onto high fan and high heat- my go to move for keeping the wipers and the windshield ice free. SNAP- The air gets too hot frankly. My son noticed that, but I didn’t think that it would be hot enough to light off the windshield.

I think a lot of us suspect that the front vent and rapid temp changes are causing a crack right there on the lower edge center. The number of anecdotes of that exact same situation you describe just seems quite high. Mercedes has that Magic Vision Control option, which includes the heated reservoir, nozzles and blades - something like that would certainly also help for a winter option, if they didn’t want to do a heated windshield.

 

[MileHigh]

I think a lot of us suspect that the front vent and rapid temp changes are causing a crack right there on the lower edge center. The number of anecdotes of that exact same situation you describe just seems quite high. Mercedes has that Magic Vision Control option, which includes the heated reservoir, nozzles and blades - something like that would certainly also help for a winter option, if they didn’t want to do a heated windshield.

For a second, I thought that option was $99,000….

While we were talking about the windshield wipers, it drives me nuts that you use them for the windshield fluid option and it clears the screen and then like 20 seconds later does one more wipe just to make sure that the windshield gets streaked again instantly

 

[CrazyOldMan]

For a second, I thought that option was $99,000….

While we were talking about the windshield wipers, it drives me nuts that you use them for the windshield fluid option and it clears the screen and then like 20 seconds later does one more wipe just to make sure that the windshield gets streaked again instantly

Wow, that would be one hell of a feature at $99k. No, just looking at future options for the wife

 

[CRH]

For a second, I thought that option was $99,000….

While we were talking about the windshield wipers, it drives me nuts that you use them for the windshield fluid option and it clears the screen and then like 20 seconds later does one more wipe just to make sure that the windshield gets streaked again instantly

I've not had a new car for years that doesn't do the extra swipe of the wipers just when you don't need it to. I found a quick wipe yourself as soon as it stops cancells out the additional swipe of the wipers.

 

[CRH]

Can we not add a piece of clear plastic over the lights, as has been done with the various grills/light protectors? Snow won't build up in the light bowl area. If necessary it could be angled to encourage snow to slide off. Not sure on any legality, just a simple solution

 

[CRH]

You could even cable tie temporary clear plastic if you have these already

 

[AWo]

Is that picture the right way around?

AWo

 

[CRH]

Is that picture the right way around?

AWo

no, i'm a technical genius

 

[AWo]

Ok.

Otherwise the light seems to be mounted the wrong way around.

AWo

 

[CRH]

Ok.

Otherwise the light seems to be mounted the wrong way around.

AWo

I knew someone clever would spot it

 

[CRH]

Ok.

Otherwise the light seems to be mounted the wrong way around.

AWo

As someone cleverer than me, how do my ideas stand?

 

[AWo]

Once a customer came to me with a MAN L2000 truck. It had a custom bumper with 7" LED lights mounted. One was ok, the other was mounted wit a 90 degree turn. By a workshop, not by teh customer. As this is normally prevented by the PAR56 standard mounting system, which has coded system with three asymetric cams, that top is always top. They grinded the cams away on that one headlight.....so...the knew what they are doing, didn't they?

After mounting the Nolden lights...

BTW, the former lights were a very good example of low qualitiy. They were three years old...The polycarbonte was already yellowed, the housing was degraded.
The pair was 300 Euro.

AWo

 

[CRH]

Once a customer came to me with a MAN L2000 truck. It had a custom bumper with 7" LED lights mounted. One was ok, the other was mounted wit a 90 degree turn. By a workshop, not by teh customer. As this is normally prevented by the PAR56 standard mounting system, which has coded system with three asymetric cams, that top is always top. They grinded the cams away on that one headlight.....so...the knew what they are doing, didn't they?

After mounting the Nolden lights...

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BTW, the former lights were a very good example of low qualitiy. They were three years old...The polycarbonte was already yellowed, the housing was degraded.
The pair was 300 Euro.

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AWo

I don't get why we went down this cr@py plastic path, I do really, but it's not great for the long-term.
A bit of new cheap plastic each winter over the lights that can be thrown when cloudy shouldn't be a costly idea to stop the snow build up. We already have 4 screw holes to attach?

 

[AWo]

I don't get why we went down this cr@py plastic path, I do really, but it's not great for the long-term.
A bit of new cheap plastic each winter over the lights that can be thrown when cloudy shouldn't be a costly idea to stop the snow build up. We already have 4 screw holes to attach?

Yes, I also like glass...but the weight (CO2), the cost....
The reason why caps, shields etc. are not allowed is that the photometric properties get altered which can led to lights output degradation and blinding of others. The homologation of a light always ends at its glass.

AWo