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Old 02-03-2012, 10:25 AM
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My Car Spontaniously Combusted!
So I was taking a nap yesterday when I was woken up by my neigbors screaming that 'Your car is on fire!!!' I had driven to the store Around noon, got home about 1, and it was sitting in the driveway for 3 and a half hours before it caught on fire. wtf???















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Old 02-03-2012, 10:36 AM
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Holy WTF!

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Was it something electrical with the headlight or something that started it? Kind of odd considering your car was not only off, but had been so for some time...
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Old 02-03-2012, 10:43 AM
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Thats what I'm thinking honestly...
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Headlights looks like a burnt mashmellow.

Did you have hids?


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Old 02-03-2012, 01:22 PM
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Looks like an HID ballast caught fire. ( Made in China?)

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Insurance might not cover if you have to many mods.

Hope your luck changes soon.
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Old 02-03-2012, 01:41 PM
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All my ballasts all look intact...And insurance isn't gonna touch this :(
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holy mother f*****!!!

looks like sumthin electrical...looks like all the copper from the wires r exposed?

and u didnt have retros did u?

and yes it does look like a dam burnt marshmellow. sorry to see this bro
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All the coppers exposed cuz everything melted lol
And yeah I had retros...
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damn man that really sucks bro but hopefully this will be a reason for you to get another car you might like more sorry about what happened to your balt man that sucks.
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Check around and see if anyone else has had this happen with your brand of retros.
See if its happened to other people.
Might be something you dint know about thats been happening to people.

Btw, what kind of insurance you got?
Full coverage or something else?

Cuz if you noted to the insurance company you have aftermarket parts on your car and this is documented, I don't think they can say "we can't help you."

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