why is my headlight housing forming short parallel lines, i guess you would call them cracks? is this a defect that may be covered under warranty or will they say regular w/t? i know the actual headlight is hella expensive, but can i just buy the housing?

side rant: so i took my G to the dealership for 45,000 mile service and oil change, my dumbass forgot to tell them not to wash it and they def put about 4 scratches in my hood. i think they are light enough for me to get out with some polish i have though. but after seeing this i continued to look over the car and is when i noticed the headlight cracks. i am 98% sure they were not there before. but i cant come up with any way they possibly could have done it. im prob placing blame because im angry just havent noticed them before. but i look closely at my headlights every time i walk past them and have never noticed it before.

Can't quite see the cracks in the pic - but both mine are showing some minor little lines as well - going horizontally across the lens - versus vertically. If these are cracks - they will darn well be replaced under warranty.

Hard to see, but I had the same experience about the washing. They don't give a crap. They probably dry it with shirts.

seeing this picture blown up i realize it is pretty ****ty
im gonna try to take better pics this weekend when i get the car back
borrowed my dad's FX for the week

i hope warranty will replace it!

Sorry, but thats a negative ghost rider. Once you have opened the headlights up your warranty is voided, unless anyone wants to correct me?

Where did he ever say he has previously opened up the headlights?

I thought he painted it because it was hard to see. My mistake

Probably just me, but i don't see any cracks in this pic at all.

OP right before the service guys take your car, the Service writer would write down nicks and dings and definitely cracked headlights, if he did not write it down and it came out that way then your good.

how do you not see cracks?
all those lines that are lit up by my LED's that are not normally supposed to be on a clear headlight housing, are cracks

and i will have to bring up the service center writer report

Are you referring to those vertical lines near the top of the headlight housing?

i.e. The refractors, i believe they are called, also shown in this old pic of mine.

^ +1 i think the OP is referring to those lines which are there from the start and normal

Hey nice Mike, what camera was used to take that?

Thanks Just a little 'ole D90 with a Tammy 17-50 and an SB900 mounted on the shoe, head turned backwards.

What the hell did you just say??