Scratches on Paint + HID Headlights

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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 04:24 PM
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Arrow Scratches on Paint + HID Headlights

Hello, everyone..
you have probably seen me here active in 2009/2010.

Well I'm being serious now..
Some thing happened to the headlights on our car..

when we turn it to the strong HID lights aka "blue lights"
the drivers side light is flashing then turns off..

Its flashing blue aka the light.. and My dad and I think it's loose or something.. Can someone help?

Also.. Next topic..

Scratches on the paint..
can someone tell me how to fix these?
I'll post pictures below.

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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 04:40 PM
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honestley i see alot of these same scratches at the detail shop i manage---and seriously its almost always other paint from whatever you or the other person hit instead of scratches

try takin sum auto laquer thinner on the corner of a rag and see if it comes off

if not you need to buff the piss out of it
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by dan lazer
honestley i see alot of these same scratches at the detail shop i manage---and seriously its almost always other paint from whatever you or the other person hit instead of scratches

try takin sum auto laquer thinner on the corner of a rag and see if it comes off

if not you need to buff the piss out of it
Alrite, i'll try that thanks.. how about some of those deep cuts? btw I just got a car wash it's kinda clean and shiny
what do you think of the car? hmm
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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Quit hitting things!!
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by number_twelve
Quit hitting things!!
I don't get hit, they hit me!
lol, some of them like the little deep scratches are from curbs or fucking huge rocks most of them or ALL of them were at night -.-
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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check to if water has found its way into the head lights, and it may have damaged the ballast, which can cause flickering.
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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gold2003tl (90)
check to if water has found its way into the head lights, and it may have damaged the ballast, which can cause flickering.
Nope, no water got in.. this was on Sunday I found it.
Hmm..
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Can anyone help?
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Old Mar 24, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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swap bulbs from left headlight to right and right to left. Does the flickering follow the bulb that normally flickers?

Scratches take it to a detail shop. See what they say. You have a lot of them and from the pictures cant tell what is the severity of them.
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