Yes, and as per my usual rant, even if we give the automakers the benefit of the doubt and say they're making a great headlight when it comes off the showroom floor, I don't see a lot of that effectiveness stretching into the long term. I can give my 30 year old F-150 showroom headlight performance (better in fact) simply by grabbing new halogen sealed beams, that will have no cracks, chips, or sandblasting, and not be burned out, and it'll cost me under $20 and take fifteen minutes of my time.
That would be a pretty neat trick when my G37 is 30 years old. As it is, the headlights are hazy. I don't get to go to Canadian Tire and grab some fresh sealed beams and put them in. I have few options, and none of them are exactly palatable in comparison. I can leave them and say to heck with it (the default choice in society, and the reason why these fancy headlights are, in my view, a failure). I can pay someone else to refurbish them, which will cost more than $20 and take longer than 15 minutes. The same applies if I do the fix myself. I can replace the assemblies, and that will be somewhat time consuming, and ridiculously expensive.
That would be a pretty neat trick when my G37 is 30 years old. As it is, the headlights are hazy. I don't get to go to Canadian Tire and grab some fresh sealed beams and put them in. I have few options, and none of them are exactly palatable in comparison. I can leave them and say to heck with it (the default choice in society, and the reason why these fancy headlights are, in my view, a failure). I can pay someone else to refurbish them, which will cost more than $20 and take longer than 15 minutes. The same applies if I do the fix myself. I can replace the assemblies, and that will be somewhat time consuming, and ridiculously expensive.
