How to improve the quality of lighting in the car?

Fall/winter is the perfect time to take a comprehensive look at your car's lighting. During long evenings and nights, pay more attention to the quality of the light emitted by the front lamps. It is not always necessary to immediately replace the lighting with a new, stronger one, sometimes a more thorough “toilet” of the headlights is enough. Sometimes the problem of low-quality light has a more serious source, then you should seek help from professionals. TO drive safely, optimally illuminate the road and be visible to other road usersworth spending some time on checking car lamps.

Pay attention to wiring

Winter is the time when they “like” to have various problems with the car. Who among us has not experienced difficulties starting the car in the morning? If, in addition, the lighting of the car behaves rather strangely, we may have suspicions about this. electrical installation efficiencynamely, its voltage is too low. This is a serious problem if underestimated, in extreme cases it can even lead to a car fire. Therefore, the faulty electrical system should be repaired by a professional service as soon as possible.

Dull shade? Just polishing

Dimming of the front parts of the headlights, i.e. lampshades, leads to luminous flux disturbance... In this case, we can polish the lampshades yourself, this is an easy task. However, we recommend polishing only polycarbonate lampshades, glass polishing can be difficult and time consuming. After such a cosmetic procedure, the difference in the quality of light will be immediately noticeable.

Headlight regeneration

Sometimes appears together with dimming of headlights. reflector burnout problem, that is, that part of them that is responsible for the reflection of the light emitted by the bulb. We will not do anything with the matte and peeling surface of the reflector, we need to then regenerate the headlight. A specialized service will clean the reflector and properly protect it from high temperatures. This refurbished headlamp will shine like new. Therefore, regeneration is a better solution than buying a suspicious Chinese replacement.

Moisture protection and mandatory cleaning

Moisture has the greatest negative effect on headlights and reflectors, especially if the lenses are cracked. This is because of her headlights may corrode or fade... That is why it stands mainly in autumn and winter, keep your headlights cleanwhen snow and dirt sticks to the lampshades. This is especially important in vehicles that are not equipped with a self-cleaning system, although with newer vehicles such a test wash would be helpful.

New bulbs

Sometimes there is nothing but replacement of bulbs. However, do not forget to choose them correctly - always in pairs and in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, that is, the power indicated by him. TO maintain lighting symmetry, we buy lamps of the same type from one manufacturer.

Correct light adjustment

We will check the correct position of the headlights – after each bulb change, breakdown and before the autumn-winter season. We wrote about how to safely install low and high beams for yourself and others. in this post.

Good quality automotive lighting is about taking care of the condition of the bulbs and headlights. We need to remind ourselves of this from time to time, and the autumn-winter period is a good incentive for this.