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Offline SteveS

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zenon headlight plastic cracking
« on: September 28, 2009, 12:21:01 pm »
Anyone heard of this, my drivers side front headlight "plastic" has 5 or so small cracks in it from outer edge in 5mm or so..
Means ill have to take my car in yet again..
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2009, 12:23:45 pm »
could be the heat but then you would think Vw would have tested the to death so you may have just picked some stray stones up on your travels.

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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2009, 12:34:54 pm »
stones,... thats what im hoping vw dont blame it on, however, the situ of them seems rather unlikely, 5 or so cracks a few mm under each other down the side? seems very unlikel to me
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2009, 12:48:53 pm »
more likely stress fractures where someone may have leant on it hard enough but not broken it or some other object
does it look a bit look your old school ruler used to  :signLOL:
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2009, 01:04:04 pm »
yea, sort of. ill try get a pic.  :fighting2:
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2009, 01:43:12 pm »
Do you pressure wash your car?
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2009, 02:12:33 pm »
nope no pressure washer..
« Last Edit: September 28, 2009, 02:20:37 pm by SteveS »
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2009, 02:22:49 pm »
that looks like a manufacturing fault, stress cracks

either that or someones been in there with a screwdriver
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2009, 02:23:47 pm »
lol, no screwdriver from me has been there!
i booked it in, 14th October!! jeez. lol
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2009, 02:27:46 pm »
Quote from: SteveS on September 28, 2009, 02:23:47 pm
lol, no screwdriver from me has been there!
i booked it in, 14th October!! jeez. lol
Blimey, thats booking in advance!!!. No one sat or lent against the headlight steve?.Mind you, xenons do get rather hot so perhaps heat/stress cracking is possible.
« Last Edit: September 28, 2009, 02:30:41 pm by Phil Mcavity »
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2009, 02:38:02 pm »
nope, i defo havnt and if i saw someone then  :fighting:
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2009, 02:47:41 pm »
im wondering if some scroatbag has tried to have the xenons off?
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2009, 02:49:44 pm »
there is no damage to the metal at all, and there is no chunks out of it like something has been shoved in, so i dont think so.
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2009, 06:53:19 pm »
Out of interest can they just replace the casing or is it a whole new unit?
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Re: zenon headlight plastic cracking
« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2009, 07:04:38 pm »
whole thing i would have thought. there is probably some kind of special seal
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