What do you do to keep the SNOW AND ICE from covering your LED HEADLIGHTS.

[Gladiator Brad 704]

Living In the south we seldom deal with winter weather. Now going into our second storm of the year I have devised a wat to prevent snow and ice from building up in my headlight buckets and blocking my light. It is a shame on a truck so expensive to do this. Does anyone have a better idea. The blue tape went on first. Than the clear packing tape. Works good but looks ridiculous. Thanks for any input.

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[Gvsukids]

Does anyone have a better idea?

Interesting. I just leave them alone.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/headlights-snowed-over.75977/

 

[AOGAudiman]

I have had this happen a few times here in the Seattle area. When you are driving at or near highway speeds, it's not really that easy to pull off and clean them off. Plus all the other idiots out on the road may kill you. I am looking into the heated versions. I have some aux lights on top of the bumper that I can use too if it get's really bad.

 

[Hemy5587]

I had the same thing happen on other vehicles with LEDs, the LED headlights are bright but don't put off enough heat like the old halogens did to melt the snow build up. Winter in MN gets tricky when it is actively snowing but my commute is only 30 minutes or less so I just scrape it off when I get to work and scrape it off when I get home if there is enough build up.

 

[AOGAudiman]

I had the same thing happen on other vehicles with LEDs, the LED headlights are bright but don't put off enough heat like the old halogens did to melt the snow build up. Winter in MN gets tricky when it is actively snowing but my commute is only 30 minutes or less so I just scrape it off when I get to work and scrape it off when I get home if there is enough build up.

Agreed completely. We don't really get a ton of snow here in the Puget Sound, but sometimes it's that wet stuff that just packs in the headlight buckets and the LED lights don't stand a chance. I am on the highway at 5am so it's dark AF. I recall last year being in this scenario and it was awful!

 

[Hemy5587]

Agreed completely. We don't really get a ton of snow here in the Puget Sound, but sometimes it's that wet stuff that just packs in the headlight buckets and the LED lights don't stand a chance. I am on the highway at 5am so it's dark AF. I recall last year being in this scenario and it was awful!

It is unnerving for sure! I remember this winter I was driving home during some of that wet heavy snow crap and I started questioning if I even had my lights on (I always leave them on auto) because light output was so minimal. The headlights were surprisingly full of snow when I pulled into my garage even on my short commute!

 

[Sandman 4x4]

There are bulbs made by a couple different companies, MORIMOTO is one. That designed their bulbs with a reverse cooling fan, that sends the heated air forward through the blade of the bulb towards the front of the housing, in effect heating the outside lens from the inside. Mine worked great!

 

[teamblkdog]

Halogen bulbs freeze, too:

 

[tcabece]

There are bulbs made by a couple different companies, MORIMOTO is one. That designed their bulbs with a reverse cooling fan, that sends the heated air forward through the blade of the bulb towards the front of the housing, in effect heating the outside lens from the inside. Mine worked great!

Sandman: Snow in Florida!! LOL - Tim

 

[robinja]

Carry a spray bottle of windshield de-icer. Works great. Can be picked up at Walmart.
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[Blade1668]

Halogen bulbs freeze, too:

I was going to post that too, I need to find the pictures I took a few winters ago. My Gladiator gained a double the weight from icing up. I had to stop and knock ice off from inside front wheel wells to turn even. This one is from different snow accumulation.

 

[Hemy5587]

I was going to post that too, I need to find the pictures I took a few winters ago. My Gladiator gained a double the weight from icing up. I had to stop and knock ice off from inside front wheel wells to turn even. This one is from different snow accumulation.

Unless you both chipped away the middle of your lights, it looks like you at least have some melting from your halogens thus some light output. With the LEDs the middle would look like your outsides also, all solid and basically just producing a glow through the snow. However with our recessed headlights, just like on all other Wranglers it is the nature of the beast regardless of LED or Halogen. Back to that its a Jeep thing, others wouldn't understand

 

[Blade1668]

Unless you both chipped away the middle of your lights, it looks like you at least have some melting from your halogens thus some light output. With the LEDs the middle would look like your outsides also, all solid and basically just producing a glow through the snow. However with our recessed headlights, just like on all other Wranglers it is the nature of the beast regardless of LED or Halogen. Back to that its a Jeep thing, others wouldn't understand

I can say nope on the halogen lights being warm enough to melt it. On about every occasion I've been driving in snow. That's just from a little snow and driving. Now my other Jeeps it's not been a thing really. As can be seen with my Wrangler in the picture.

 

[GeneralMaximus]

there’s gotta be a way to reroute some of that engine heated air, over the headlights. Maybe a nice patent if someone wants to invent one.

 

[Sandman 4x4]

Sandman: Snow in Florida!! LOL - Tim

I knew someone would think that. But I lived in New England for over 60 years, till 2018. Had LED’s in two different Colorados in snow/icy conditions for 7 years, since before I found MORIMOTO LED’s.

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