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JayStayJigged
12-10-2007, 08:16 AM
wow today had to be one of my worse experience ever.. ! =(

today it was raining very hard so on the highway ''on my way to pick up my girl from her cousin house from yonkers'' it was so dark so i decided to put on my high beams i left them on all 12 miles there..then i park and waited for her .. so im waiting watching a dvd in my in dash until i hear her screaming .im like wtf she says look at your hood so i see a lot of smoke im like wtf i see my right head light red with smoke coming from that side of the hood my right side from me being in the car.. so im like let me pop the hood so i run in my car hit the switch then when i come out i see FLAMES !! im like wow so i kinda froze so i ran inside got abig bucket of water by then i see my tip of the right hood turning blk and car burning and im like shyt fuck theres my car so i run back up to it and poor this huge bucket of water on top of the hood with it closed ( to scared to even attempt to open it after seeing flames )... so after i poor it so much smoke starts coming up so i actually open it about 5 min later and several water buckets.... when i open the hood my whole head light was toasted ashes melted !!!! and lucky me thats the only part that even caught on fire everything else was spotless ..... the tip of my hood was blk and a little below it but i already fixed that after putting the fire out with some graffiti remover looks like new....... what caused the fire was the highbeam bulb was slanted leaning on the housing which started the fire from the heat i was so scared i guess im lucky i seen my car juss flash by my eyes and i was already sayin goodbye =(...... but i guess lucky me all i have to do now is buy some new angel eyes .... only thing diff now is that my radio dont seem to turn on and also my wind shield wipers dont work can some 1 help me... out with this:devillook

CrazyCoder
12-10-2007, 08:35 AM
Sweet Jesus, man, you have the worst luck with that car...

Was it an aftermarket headlight? I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that you have some electrical issues in the car, which is probably why the headlight erupted into flames.

You may have a dead short somewhere, or a damaged harness, which is causing the other items not to work. Or it could be as simple as some blown fuses from the whole ordeal.

JayStayJigged
12-10-2007, 09:02 AM
honestly the radio and windshield wipers was working before the flames so im guessing something had gotten burn is there anything right by the right headlight because theres alot of wires there .....
and yes it was a aftermarket headlight =(....
and no electrical issues ever the reason why it caught on fire was the bulb was misplaced in the slot instead of being in the middle it was slanted all the way on the housing

i guess i got lucky on this 1

Brewtech
12-10-2007, 10:57 AM
lucky. i had an e30 catch fire. bad fuel line. no more e30.

ol27
12-10-2007, 11:11 AM
I had an 87 E30 320i about 10 years ago now, spent an absolute bomb on it, replaced the rear axle, exhaust system, head gasket, cooling system, etc. 2 weeks after i sold it it caught fire on the motorway! never did find out what the cause was but ive never used that garage since!

mclone92
12-10-2007, 01:00 PM
:needpics

please?

RQUINN
12-10-2007, 01:05 PM
Probably The Fuses, There Had To Be Some Surge From The Fire/ Wires Touching Each Other. I Bet The Fuses Are Blown

jehuflores
12-10-2007, 01:06 PM
:needpics

please?^^ +1

Pilgrim
12-10-2007, 01:17 PM
DANG!! Sorry to hear about this! Was there a high-watt lamp in that headlight? It sounds more like too much heat from the lamp than a short......

cooljess76
12-10-2007, 01:59 PM
Of course the bulb is going to be crooked, the freakin housing melted. Something else started the fire unless you installed the bulb wrong, or the bulb/housing was broke to begin with.

jhoz1158
12-10-2007, 02:45 PM
If that was my car I would of ran inside and came out with marsh mellows.Then called my insurance company and tell the appraiser to bring some gram crackers and chocolate.

cooljess76
12-10-2007, 02:59 PM
If that was my car I would of ran inside and came out with marsh mellows.Then called my insurance company and tell the appraiser to bring some gram crackers and chocolate.
:lolFunniest thing I've heard all day, and I just got outta bed. Shit I'm late for class!

How's those pics coming along???
3...2...1...
:bs

AngelsNeverLose
12-10-2007, 04:04 PM
pics? those would be interesting

JayStayJigged
12-11-2007, 12:03 AM
ok i will take some pix when the light comes back out but i already cleaned the hood and the cause was misplacing the bulb because it had burnt before like melted the side just alil because it was touching but i throught i fixed it guess it was leaning again and shyt caught on fire !!!! so its possible that the fuse blown ?? but how is the fuse box is on the other side of the hood

JayStayJigged
12-11-2007, 07:50 AM
anyhelp