| These days everyone is fixing up their car to | | | | go farther. This process also involves |
| be the best it can be. Emissions laws get | | | | cleaning out the reflectors inside the |
| stricter every year; high gas prices mean | | | | headlights, which will improve the |
| keeping the engine, tires, and body in tip | | | | functionality of your headlights even |
| top shape; and the struggling economy means | | | | further. |
| maintaining vehicles for as long as possible | | | | |
| before taking out loans to purchase a new | | | | If it comes down to it and you need new |
| one. | | | | bulbs, it can be expensive. Sometimes it |
| | | | costs hundreds of dollars to replace |
| One part that's commonly ignored, though, is | | | | headlight bulbs, which can be quite daunting. |
| the headlights. As headlights gradually get | | | | Original bulbs can be replaced with xenon |
| yellow and begin to droop, people don't | | | | lights, which go for around $10 and are much |
| notice that anything's changing, and then | | | | brighter. |
| suddenly there's a dear right in front of | | | | |
| them that they couldn't spot when it walked | | | | This option can be fantastic if you need the |
| out onto the side of the road. Don't let this | | | | extra brightness or the extra pocket change. |
| happen to you! | | | | And if you're lazy, it can mean that you |
| | | | don't have to worry about cleaning a thing |
| With more and more deadly accidents caused by | | | | because the xenon lights will outshine that |
| poor headlight maintenance, there are a few | | | | dirt and match the quality of your original |
| cheap things you can do that will probably | | | | lights in their factory-fresh hay-day. |
| dramatically improve your nighttime driving | | | | |
| vision. First off you can try cleaning the | | | | Ensuring that your headlights function |
| front of your headlights yourself. There are | | | | properly takes a little bit of time and a |
| a lot of cleaners out there that will do a | | | | little bit of money, but really the price |
| remarkable job brightening up the plastic | | | | isn't so unreasonable. If you don't do it, |
| without the need to open up anything. Many | | | | you might be paying for a whole new car, or a |
| police vehicles are maintained in this way. | | | | whole new hospital bill very soon, especially |
| | | | since a lot of reckless driving happens at |
| If that's not enough, try taking your car | | | | night when people assume no one's going to |
| into the shop and asking them to re-aim your | | | | get in their way. Don't be roadkill, don't |
| lights. This won't be very expensive, since | | | | make roadkill, don't put off servicing your |
| it's quick and there are no new parts needed, | | | | headlights! |
| and it can help the power of your lights to | | | | |