Hey from Utah

[Utahgrenny]

Looking forward to sharing on this Forum and learning from all of you. I got my grenadier in February, have had it off roading and in the snow a fair amount. Totally loving the vehicle but I’ve definitely got some things that I discovered which need to be solved.

The biggest challenge I’ve had this winter driving in the snow is that the headlamps get caked with snow and ice and become ineffective, and the windshield doesn’t heat enough to melt the snow off therefore, the wipers don’t work well.

I was actually in Southern Utah for a “hard way home “event and driving home ran into a major blizzard. The vehicle is totally stable and awesome driving in major snow events, but it was at night, and my vision was really limited.

I found a temporary solution that some might find helpful. I got RainX and wiped it on my windshield and then wiped it onto my driving lights.

That was enough to repel the snow and ice and keep my lights from icing up and my windshield from getting blocked for a good two hours of driving.

Looking for feedback on driving lights that can be heated because the LED doesn’t generate enough heat to melt snow. Would also love to get any ideas on replacing the center off-road lights.

Not seeing any great solutions on the market yet for either options.

 

[utah]

Looking forward to sharing on this Forum and learning from all of you. I got my grenadier in February, have had it off roading and in the snow a fair amount. Totally loving the vehicle but I’ve definitely got some things that I discovered which need to be solved.

The biggest challenge I’ve had this winter driving in the snow is that the headlamps get caked with snow and ice and become ineffective, and the windshield doesn’t heat enough to melt the snow off therefore, the wipers don’t work well.

I was actually in Southern Utah for a “hard way home “event and driving home ran into a major blizzard. The vehicle is totally stable and awesome driving in major snow events, but it was at night, and my vision was really limited.

I found a temporary solution that some might find helpful. I got RainX and wiped it on my windshield and then wiped it onto my driving lights.

That was enough to repel the snow and ice and keep my lights from icing up and my windshield from getting blocked for a good two hours of driving.

Looking for feedback on driving lights that can be heated because the LED doesn’t generate enough heat to melt snow. Would also love to get any ideas on replacing the center off-road lights.

Not seeing any great solutions on the market yet for either options.

I've used RainX on my other cars with great success; however, never in the winter, a great idea!

 

[ErnieB]

Hey there!
Great to see other Utah Grenadier owners on the forum! I'm in Kamas so if you're ever up this way or heading to the Unita mountains give me a shout!
I too have had the snow accumulation issue with the headlights but not on my Grenny (yet..). I had a Jeep JLU Rubicon prior to the Grenadier and it had the LED light package. Because of the shape of the headlight housing and the lack of heat generated by LED lights, they would cake with snow rendering me blind at night in a storm! There are heated LED light options for Jeeps but I have yet to see one for the Grenadier. If you see one please post it!

 

[parb]

I got the agile off-road Baja headlights with bracket to replace my off-road lights with. Much, much nicer and amazing light output.