Re-think Headlight Design

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dleepnw

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    I'm not a huge fan of the 4 array headlight design, looks too similar to the ones Porsche uses. More than that, I'm concerned about how they are inset and there is a "ledge" in front of each light. This is going to accumulate snow and cover the light. LEDs don't generate much heat so its going to melt off. This being an adventure vehicle, a lot folks who live in and travel to places where it snows are not going to be happy about this.

    I'd recommend making the headlights flush so there is no ledge, having a heating element or maybe a washer (though this will be least effective).
     
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    I'm not a huge fan of the 4 array headlight design, looks too similar to the ones Porsche uses. More than that, I'm concerned about how they are inset and there is a "ledge" in front of each light. This is going to accumulate snow and cover the light. LEDs don't generate much heat so its going to melt off. This being an adventure vehicle, a lot folks who live in and travel to places where it snows are not going to be happy about this.

    I'd recommend making the headlights flush so there is no ledge, having a heating element or maybe a washer (though this will be least effective).


    What’s snow???

    Fixed running boards also have lots of snow/ice buildup to the point they are worthless and even block the door
     

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    Personally I really like the look of the lights but as a Canadian who sees a lot of snow every year I do share concerns about snow buildup over certain parts of the vehicle. Specifically the headlights and radar/cruise control sensors. My Ioniq 5's cruise control is basically useless when it's snowing (which is arguably when you need it most!) because the radar in the front gets caked with snow and then stops working so the car throws up errors until I stop somewhere and kick the snow off.

    Heating elements in key locations that are activated with the mirror defrost would be great. You could even steal an aviation theme for it and call it a "deicing switch" or something, make it a toggle switch.
     
    I'm not a huge fan of the 4 array headlight design, looks too similar to the ones Porsche uses. More than that, I'm concerned about how they are inset and there is a "ledge" in front of each light. This is going to accumulate snow and cover the light. LEDs don't generate much heat so its going to melt off. This being an adventure vehicle, a lot folks who live in and travel to places where it snows are not going to be happy about this.

    I'd recommend making the headlights flush so there is no ledge, having a heating element or maybe a washer (though this will be least effective).
    “looks too similar to the ones Porsche uses” - you say that like it’s a bad thing 🤣🤣🤣
     
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    “looks too similar to the ones Porsche uses” - you say that like it’s a bad thing 🤣🤣🤣
    I keep thinking Porsche as well but having seen it in person it has a definite defined look that isn’t Porsche. Now I did notice on the front lights, at night it has the very thin border ring of lights around the grill area. At first glance it looks like individual diodes. Upon closer look the plastic inserts for grill have a perimeter like a postage stamp so it creates the look. Part of me thinks this edge should be smooth as it cheapens the look of the lights. Like hot spots every 3/4”. It’s not tolerable but for high quality string of LED’s the finished look is perceived as cheap LED’s. Just my opinion