Seeing Safety A Mile Away

There's a safety issue on America’s streets that seldom comes to light:  dim headlight bulbs and bleary headlight lenses, which could trigger reduced visibility. With Daylight Savings Time and wintery, snow-white weather, the significance of clear night-time visibility increases.

Eventually, dim and hazy headlight lenses trigger decreased visibility. Headlights lose their efficiency because of dust, scratching, dirt and various other contaminates.

A chief reason for darkish car headlights is the headlight lens. An incredible number of cars on the highway at present have plastic lenses. Regrettably, these types of lenses usually do not withstand weather and time; they can become hazed and yellowed, decreasing the light output from the headlamp. The problem certainly doesn't improve with the age of the lens, and with the average age of cars on the road at about ten years old, the problem is most definitely growing. Furthermore, the more sun or salt a car or truck is confronted with, the more likely that its plastic headlight lenses may be or become hazy.  This can be a widespread problem on lots of domestic and foreign motor vehicles, and is not restricted to less-expensive automobiles. It’s quite normal for luxury cars to have bleary headlight lenses, too.

Although swapping out headlamps and windshield wiper blades have generally been affordable repairs, the remedy for hazed headlights lenses hasn’t been quite so simple.  Swapping out the lenses can cost as much as one thousand five hundred dollars.

Jungerman CARSTAR in St. Peters can help motorists restore headlights to like-new condition, capitalizing on night vision and improving lucidity when driving. This CARSTAR location offers a low-cost and fast service that restores the lens surface to significantly enhance their light output and visibility on the highway, and of course the style of their automobile.

We would like to encourage all vehicle owners to run a vehicle visibility safety check before hitting the highways in all of this darkness and winter weather.

Vehicle Visibility Safety Checklist

Check your windshield wipers -- Change them one or more times a year if they're streaking

Check your headlight brightness -- Headlight bulbs dim with time. Park on a level surface facing 5 feet from a wall and check out the light display.  The circles of light need be bright or soft white, not a yellow or dim color, and the circles should be even and aligned straight forward on the wall.

Change the bulbs -- A top-notch bulb will burn brighter and last longer.  Always be sure to replace both of the bulbs concurrently, even if it does not seem they both need it.

Check your headlight lens - If you see a cloudy, milky surface and cannot see the bulb through the plastic, you've got damage to your vehicle that can limit your visibility on the highway.

Restore your headlights – Jungerman CARSTAR in St. Peters, MO offers a service to eliminate the hazy layer of damage and polish your lenses to a condition that's like new.

Inspect your mirrors -- Ensure they're in good working condition without any fractures.  Damaged mirrors can be cost-effectively exchanged by going to a nearby salvage yard.

Examine your tail lights, brake lights, backup lights and tag illumination lights – Back your car or truck up against the wall again and trigger your rear lights while viewing in your rearview mirror. You can replace these easily – and possibly save yourself from getting a traffic ticket.