Brand New Ford Headlamp Assemblies - to coat or not to coat

[evo77]

Have any headlights ever been recalled due to the yellowing and loss of light transmission? Surely some of the really bad models, mainly small hatchbacks from my observations over here, have reached the level of a genuine safety issue.

Unfortunately, yellowing headlamps are not subject to recalls. The haze tests these lamps must pass only cover a three-year period. There is no doubt that the existing environmental testing regulations have been insufficient since their inception.

They're not just bad for the people driving them, they're really bad for other drivers as well, the way they spray light in every direction, especially because they sometimes fit brighter bulbs to make up for loss of light transmission, and even worse when they fit super bright LED bulbs because they don't hit the reflectors the way filament bulbs do.

You are absolutely right about this! Illegal LED bulbs that do not conform to proper light source specifications can—and do—cause excessive glare for drivers, due to optical incompatibility, which worsens when the lens is heavily weathered.

 

[Flash Gordon]

I wouldn't do anything. By the time they go bad either you or that truck will be dead

 

[PouncingPanzer]

Since it is just the headlights and not the entire truck, I'd go PPF. Every few years replace it. Probably chesp enough to replace it annually with such little surface area.

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[Eldorado2k]

Since it is just the headlights and not the entire truck, I'd go PPF. Every few years replace it. Probably chesp enough to replace it annually with such little surface area.

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It’s $60 for custom cut to fit pair guaranteed 5yrs. to not turn yellow.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

It’s $60 for custom cut to fit pair guaranteed 5yrs. to not turn yellow.

That does seem like the thing to do.