Headlight Snow Accumulation

I'm sure this has been talked about a million times.. i drove my 2018 all-stock Tundra over a snowy pass last night (first snow I've driven it in) and had to stop every 4 or 5 minutes to wipe the snow off the headlights. It was a slow, sketchy trip, and I could only see clearly for a minute then the light started to fade.
Otherwise the Leds are great, but I might need to do something else in the winter.. The snow here is often wet and sticky. Any ideas?
I'm new to the forum.. Thanks!

 

Welcome from Wyoming.

We get snow here as well, and I've had this issue on all vehicles I've had. LED or not, I have always had snow stick to them in a heavy storm. I've just always kind of expected it, but maybe something hydrophobic would help? I would ask our detailing guru @War Machine , but I don't know if he's ever seen snow.

 

Thanks Wyoming.. Perhaps it was just the type of snow then, ill give em' a wax maybe and see if that helps, and give it a little time to see its a thing thats gonna happen every time I drive at night in the snow..
I live in the mountains in BC, it can snow..

 

Is there anything WD cant do.. thanks

 

I'll have to try this on my next trip to CO. Being from the south, snow is the equivalent of a Bigfoot. My first winter trip to CO (4 years ago) I had to stop and chip off about a 1/4 inch of ice off the lights due to the rain/sleet/snow mixture. This year I'll try giving them a light coat of WD40 before making the drive.

 

Id say try Cerakote headlight coating, but @NewImprovedRon ’s suggestion of WD40 makes sense, and is slightly cheaper.

 

I’ll have you know I survived the great blizzard of 2017.

 

I...I had no idea. You poor man.

 

For whatever WD can't do, you have duct tape.

 

Does it move? No. Should it? Yes - WD40.

Does it move? Yes. Should it? No - Duct tape.

 

☝️LOL, when I have "tight nuts", its usually due to the undies shrinking in the dryer. Never knew WD40 could fix that. Not even gonna go down the "rusty tool" road.

 

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Did a search for this scenario and saw this post. I also have a 2018 Tundra and have drove in the snow but never to the extent I drove last night for 5 solid hours. Experienced this last night on snowy trip east of Columbus OH eastbound 70 on through to PA turnpike and ending in Harrisburg. Snow was really bad and progressively getting worse, roads still wet so travel was possible. As time went on I found myself trying to figure out why I couldn’t see as well and began using the semis ahead to gauge the road. It was when I lost the semi in front of me to the off ramp that everything went dark - I realized then the headlights have to be covered with snow...emergency stop on side of highway and semis flying by, there I stood wiping off the headlights...it’s a scenario I will know to think of in the future but for never thinking about the LEDs lack of heat to help melt the snow, over time it can build up to the point of complete darkness...

 

Ceramic coating? Will last longer than WD40 probably 1-2 seasons.

 

Have you seen these:Morimoto 2-stroke 3.0 LED bulbs?

Has me thinking... might solve this problem. They actually are designed to heat up the lens...

 

I would add a set of dd ss3 yellow fog to this. It will help.

 

Thanks for the info on this. I had it happen last year too when on a hunting trip to Wyoming. I couldnt figure out for quite a while why I was struggling to see. It was snowing hard so I just attributed it to poor visibility. Stopped at the gas station and looked at my truck. Duh....no heat from those LED's... My buddy traveling behind me has no issues in his chevy.
Lesson learned. Looking back at it, I drove pretty dangerously for a lot of miles. I will know better next time.