Let it be brighter (at night)…

For sometime now I have been driving around with dirty headlights and it’s been affecting my driving at night. Even though I have upgraded the power of my Halogen bulbs, it still seemed a bit weak. The headlights of my car are still the original ones with the glass material for the lens. The lens on the newer cars are made of plastic. Years ago, it was easy for me to just remove the headlight assembly and clean them. The past few months I was just too darn lazy.

Last week, I decided to take them down and clean them. What motivated me to clean them? I was having a hard time seeing things at night while driving. And I was missing the lights of my old Pajero with its Hella round 7.5-inch headlights with 100-watt bulbs, and they were aligned properly. I started off by making sure that the sun was out so I could dry the headlight units thoroughly and starting early in the day to get the most sunlight. I first removed the front grill and the side marker lights to get access to the mounting nuts and screws. Before going any further, it would be “wise” to remove the negative line of the battery to avoid any surprises. I also disconnected the terminal for the bulbs and after removing the mounting nuts and screws with a bit of persuasion, the headlights were free from their mounting.