did you consider these an upgrade when you installed them? what's the advantage over stock? brighter light? if they don't generate heat, then this will be an ongoing problem.One drawback of the Truck-Lites is they freeze over. The other is the hot spots and then beam separation at the edges.
did you consider these an upgrade when you installed them? what's the advantage over stock? brighter light? if they don't generate heat, then this will be an ongoing problem.
can't offer any help, just curious why you chose them.
Is the lense tough enough to have an ice scrapper ran over it?
I love my Trucklites! One of the better mods I have done. It's a known fact that they don't generate any heat which can be an issue with snow and ice.
I'm glad I live in San Diego!
They are performing exactly how I would expect them to perform in those conditions. For me the difference between the factory lights and trucklites is night and day (see what I did there?) and it was worth the switch. If I had to deal with it daily for an extended period of time I might consider an alternative. I'm not sure if it was ever deterimined if they were available commercially for the JK, but there was a post in here not too long ago about trucklites with a heating element in them.
I've heard about the heating element - that would eliminate this issue.
What other alternative would you consider?
Do the JW's produce any heat?
How cold was it when you took those pics?
In my experience in the mountains my halogen headlights in my truck would get just as much snow/ice on them as that pictures, but were not nearly as bright as the TL's are.
If you dont like the performance I dont think you will like the performance of any LED headlight, as they will all have the same issue in freezing rain, or melted snow getting kicked up from the car in front of you. I am guessing thats why fancy cars like BMW have a headlight washing feature (or at least they used to).
Perhaps you can mod the front grill with and add a couple spray nozzles if its that big of an issue. Otherwise TL does have a defrosting feature but its not available to non military applications yet.
http://wayalife.com/showthread.php?...ruck-lite-LED-headlights&highlight=defrosting
I don't think any LED light will generate enough heat to melt the ice. :idontknow: If you saved your factory ones, maybe throw those back in for the snow using auxillary lights (so you can actually see) when you need them and aren't in traffic?
I had this problem the first weekend I had my trucklites so I started searching for a remedy aswell. I found that if you mix 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water in a squirt bottle and spray it on either the night before the ice/snow or right before you leave it works great. :thumb:
I had this problem the first weekend I had my trucklites so I started searching for a remedy aswell. I found that if you mix 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water in a squirt bottle and spray it on either the night before the ice/snow or right before you leave it works great. :thumb:
Well I've used that a lot so far this winter and it works great. It was on some Alaskan winter survival tips and tricks thing on pinterest. They used it on the windows.