LED's not hot enough to melt snow while driving!!??

[UNC Rubicon]

The engine you mean??

No. He means driver - the device that regulates power to the LEDs.

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[Titan2727]

No. He means driver - the device that regulates power to the LEDs.

Oh my fault makes sense

 

[Torero]

I think it's a combination of not enough omitted heat and the deep dish headlight bezel. Most cars(that have led's) have flush mounted lights.

Also, a lot of people haven't had snow yet.

Was fluffy snow nothing major, 31° out.

If happens to a few will happen to everyone else, do we not all drive the same design with the same parts?

Well I really like the performance of my leds the rest of the year and I like the look of the recessed headlights.
If it becomes an issue in the winter, then off goes my led light bar an on comes a pair of Hellas 5000 and I will not only melt the snow on them but the ice in the road in front of me. Lol.
People here cannot wait to change bumpers and suspension but one glitch and the OEM sucks. Come on.

 

[Titan2727]

Well I really like the performance of my leds the rest of the year and I like the look of the recessed headlights.
If it becomes an issue in the winter, then off goes my led light bar an on comes a pair of Hellas 5000 and I will not only melt the snow on them but the ice in the road in front of me. Lol.
People here cannot wait to change bumpers and suspension but one glitch and the OEM sucks. Come on.

Your led light bar should be fine, I have 5 rigid led aux lights that emit tons of heat...its just the OEM heads and dogs no heat at all. I love em actually but in snowfall they have this flaw.

 

[viper88]

I had to scrape frost off mine once last year. The frost was so thick that the lights wouldn't even shine on the road.

One thing you can do is if you know a snow/ice storm is coming, you can clean the lenses real good and then wipe them with a layer of WD-40. That will help prevent snow/ice from sticking to them to begin with.

What material is the lens? WD-40 is petroleum based which can turn some plastics or UV coatings yellow. Plexus is made for plastics. Great product.

 

[Titan2727]

What material is the lens? WD-40 is petroleum based which can turn some plastics or UV coatings yellow. Plexus is made for plastics. Great product.

I think the deep bezel of the lights is 60% of the issue. Although trying this wont hurt I suppose

 

[AMG]

I wonder if something like this would be helpful.

 

[Titan2727]

All the suggestions are all fine and dandy, however, not one design engineer thought of putting heated bezels for the headlights and fog lights. Needed way more than the heated mirrors.

@JeepCares is this something that can be fowarded to design? Maybe heated bezels can be made to replace the current bezels.

 

[viper88]

I wonder if something like this would be helpful.

I'd double check to see if it's safe for whatever material the factory LEDs are. Plexus is proven for plastics.

http://www.plexusplasticcleaner.com/about.html

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

What material is the lens? WD-40 is petroleum based which can turn some plastics or UV coatings yellow. Plexus is made for plastics. Great product.

^ This. Don’t put WD-40 on your Jeep.

I was thinking RainX, but now I’m gonna check out Plexus. Thanks!

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[viper88]

^ This. Don’t put WD-40 on your Jeep.

I was thinking RainX, but now I’m gonna check out Plexus. Thanks!

I have friends who fly stunt planes and they use Plexus all the time on the canopies of their planes. I used it on the clear plastic roof panels and lights on Corvettes, on Clear Bras, anything plastic. It's kind of hard to find. Avaition and motorcycle shops have it. Or mail order.

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

I have friends who fly stunt planes and they use Plexus all the time on the canopies of their planes. I used it on the clear plastic roof panels and lights on Corvettes, on Clear Bras, anything plastic. It's kind of hard to find. Avaition and motorcycle shops have it. Or mail order.

Thank you. I edited my reply with a link to Amazon. Not cheap, but I’ll have it in my hands by Monday!

 

[phillipndavis]

Plexus appears to be available on Amazon. I just ordered some to see if it helps.

 

[Capt-Zoom]

Here's a novel concept: Brush the snow off your lights, front and rear, before heading out. Sheesh!

Cause everyone wants to stop and clean off their headlights every 15 minutes when on a two hour trek when it minus 30 and snow.

 

[GRAK]

I was just saying yesterday, here comes the first real winter season for most of us owners, what new things might we learn about the JL. And here we are

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