The car lights, also known as headlights, one of the most important elements in safety matters, above all, if we are going to drive during night or in tracks with fog or low light conditions.
For that, is important to always maintain them in good conditions. However, you might be wonder what is the right moment to change them. Don’t worry, in today’s ride we will tell you when to do it.
When to change your car lights?
The most common mistake of all drivers, whether they are apprentices or experimented ones, is believing that the lights of cars must be changed when one of them is burnt out. Huge mistake, bulbs need a periodic and constant maintenance; it doesn’t matter if the bulbs were burnt out.
There are three key moments to know when to change the bulbs of lights:
- First, as we mentioned, is when bulbs burnt out. However, is important to don’t wait for this to happen, is not the best method.
- After covering 50 thousand kilometers. Once you exceed this distance, the best thing to do will be renew the bulbs of lights.
- If you can change them before, is much better; it doesn’t matter they are still working. After this period, they keep working but with greater possibilities of burn out.
According with the point 2 and 3, the lights of the car must be changed depending on what occurs first.
It’s important to know, that the old bulbs, reduce up to 30% of light intensity as the time goes on as the kilometers. From there that change them to every two years and near to the 50 thousand km.
Choose the correct bulbs
You must know that not all the cars use the same type of lights. Some use incandescent, halogen, xenon, or LED light bulbs. Make sure of knowing which ones use your car or, in all case, if you can substitute them for other class of light. For example, halogen ones are cheaper but many drivers want to change to LED, due are more durable and beam a more intense light.
Recommendations
Changing the car lights is pretty easy. In order to access to bulbs, you can just open the trunk depending if will be rear or headlights. If you just used the car, wait 20 minutes for these to cool and avoid suffering burns. Now, even though you just need to change one of the bulbs (whether is head or rear), the best thing will be to change both.
Why? Because if you only replace one, this will be brighter than the used one; this will cause an uneven lighting.
As it is important to have in good conditions the bulbs of the car, and maintain the tail lights clean. It won’t matter if has new bulbs, but plastel and crystal are opaque.
It’s important that all the bulb and component are in the best conditions. Don’t forget that, besides generating a better lighting, also allow you make know to other motorists their braking moments or when using turn signals.
Finally, having good lights will improve your vision of highway during night. But, is also important that allow you to be seen much better from long distance the different reflective signs of the road that you will find in your path. It’s important to pay attention to these, due indicate dangers, instructions and directions.
