How'd it go today?

[Dave Shepard]

I'm declaring February beat an engineer month. Sometimes they just make things harder February they need to be. A headlight bulb in my Golf should be a 30 second job. It isn't because they put a fuse box in the way. The fuse box could be just a half in smaller and it wouldn't be a problem. Just friggin' why?

 

[Burnham]

Ain't it the truth.

Last summer I replaced the headlight assemblies on my 2000 Toyota Tundra as they were sun faded and foggy looking. Took about 20 minutes each, and I went slow and easy so as to be sure not to break any 20+ year old plastic fittings.

They looked so good that I decided I should do the same with my 2010 Subaru Forester. The lenses on it are not near as bad as the Tundra's were, but I was enthusiastic.

As with my prep for doing the Tundra's work, I checked out YouTube videos of the process. And quickly lost all enthusiasm. You have to remove both wheel well liners so you can remove the whole front bumper so you can remove the entire grill before you even begin to remove the headlight assemblies, which require removal of all manner of air intake bits and bobs, the windshield washer tank, etc., etc. It's a 4-hour job if you've done it 10 times before. I expect it would take me half again longer on my first try.

That project is on the way back burner now . Thanks, engineers.

 

[Cobleskill]

Just changing a headlight bulb can be a major project now. I plan on buying an old vehicle from down south if I need another one. Shipping is quite cheap. Newer vehicles are just getting more and more stupid.

One of those headlight buffing kits might do the trick.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Youd be surprised how much you can get on older head light lenses with just some crome polish treatment.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I buffed the computer screen on my sawmill with some baking soda toothpaste I didn't like. Worked very well.