[DML] Millennium Concours tip of the day (license plate light lens)

["Grimsrud, Knut S" <knut.s.grimsrud@xxxxxxxxx>]

I hope you enjoy the occasional concours tip. Today's tip is one that
has burned quite a few competitors and can be really hard for the owner
to notice due to the nature of the issue.

The white lights above the license plate that illuminate the plate are
not sealed to the elements where the cabling runs back through the rear
fascia. As a result, a car that is driven at all ends up with noticeable
road dust and dirt accumulating on the inside of the lenses. This is
often not that noticeable during cursory inspection, but during the
judging the function of the light is checked by having the owner put the
car into reverse. When the light comes on, the dirt on the inside of the
lens is nicely illuminated for all to see.

Most competitors have probably never had a chance to see this, since if
the car is in reverse, you're probably inside it and not behind it (it
takes great faith for a judge to stand behind a DMC in reverse gear with
a stressed competitor at the wheel). Cleaning the lens is a simple
matter of unscrewing the two Philips screws that hold them in place and
popping them out. Once clean, they'll stay clean for a good while as it
takes some time for road dust to accumulate on the inside of the lens.

            Knut





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