Okay, you guys may not believe this one. Or, am I not the only one out there to do this? We are quite the anal bunch here, so maybe it's not just me.
I have been looking at my passing lamps lately and thinking those lenses look pretty foggy, and it's on the inside of the lens. Yes, I took my passing lamps off, removed the bulbs, and cleaned the inside of the lenses. First, a little bit of Dawn dishwashing detergent, swished it around a bit with a little water, then a very thorough rinsing out....over and over again filling it and pouring it out, until there were no signs of any suds...and then some more rinsing just to make sure. Then, I sprayed some windex in there and did the same again. Then I shook the assemblies as hard as I could to try to get every last water drop out that I could in that manner. Then, on to the hair dryer to blow warm air into the bulb hole until every last drop had evaporated. The entire process from removal to reinstallation took less than 20 minutes, but the good part is it actually worked.
Those lenses are clear now, like they are supposed to be. No more foggy haze covering the inside.
Just to point it out, I was removing the passing lamps to put in the Luminics bulbs at the time, so I had a reason to remove them in the first place. I really hated to put these new bulbs behind dirty lenses. As far as the Luminics bulbs go, I'm not really noticing much of a difference in how much light they are throwing off, but they are a nice, white light compared to the stock halogen which are very yellow next to my HID headlamp. They certainly are not a match to my HID, which has a very blue tint to it, but it does look much better than the stock ones. Maybe this post should have been in the lighting section...hmmm.
Anyway, I have to wonder if anyone else goes this far with cleaning or have I finally lost my mind?