How do i make a car headlight look real?

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Hi all,

I have a file of a headlight (3 parts: casing, bulb reflector, and glass in front). I've made the casing chrome, the glass “glass,” and the bulb reflector chrome as well. Now when i put a point light just behind the reflector, the light goes all over the scene, and doesn't just reflect inside the casing then out the front glass like in real life. Somehow the point light is going through the casing as if it was transparent?!

and when i use a spot light, it doesn't look anything like how i want it to look. the spotlight barely reflects around inside the chrome casing at all, even if i crank it up.

Can anyone offer any assistance on how to make a car headlight look real? Thanks in advance!
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silly question, but do you have shadows enabled?

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