I just hit a BEAVER!!!!!

[BayAreaMS3]

Get this!! $710 from PG.

 

[enganear]

Get this!! $710 from PG.

That is sweet! I assume it comes unpainted? Do you know the cost of a stocker?
-enganear

 

[BayAreaMS3]

Not sure about the price for the stock bumper.

 

[Rotus8]

Bummer. Your insurance will probably cover it almost completely. I hid a deer in my last car and they told me it was just like if a tree fell on it in a wind storm in my driveway. An "act of God" thing, no fault.

 

[oliumzen]

Yeah, I'm just an under-acheiver when it comes to running down woodland creatures....(dunno)
-enganear

LOL thats great man i laughed my ass off when i read that

 

[Mid_Life_Crisis]

Bummer. I hid a deer in my last car.

How did you get it inside?

"See the pretty deer."
"Does the deer have a little doe?"
"Yeah, two bucks! Yuck, yuck, yuck."

 

[lasermp5]

We've all "hit" a few "beavers" so to say, but nothing like this. wow...

Like bayarea suggested above... do the autoexe man!

 

[palerider]

That is sweet! I assume it comes unpainted? Do you know the cost of a stocker?
-enganear

Buy mine... I'll get the autoexe!!! we can do the swap in my driveway. Too bad I dont have the silver though

 

[USMS3]

Congratulations, youv lost your virginity!!


No wait, it was an animal. Nevermind. Damn man, sorry to hear that!! Looks pretty brutal for such a small animal, but at least you are OK. If i was you, I'd go back and find the little s*** and run him over again to make sure he is dead!!!

 

[clos561]

that would have made great vid!

 

[qddave]

Sorry to hear about damage. I hit a big plastic box a few weeks ago in my 06 Hatch doing 80mph. Ended up having to change the bumper, the styrofoam piece in the bumper, the plastic grille, LH foglamp, a few brackets, and the AC evap core. Total tally from the dealership, $1300. That's using second hand parts. The bumper was $180. The most expensive part was the foglamp at $240.

 

[enganear]

Sorry to hear about damage. I hit a big plastic box a few weeks ago in my 06 Hatch doing 80mph. Ended up having to change the bumper, the styrofoam piece in the bumper, the plastic grille, LH foglamp, a few brackets, and the AC evap core. Total tally from the dealership, $1300. That's using second hand parts. The bumper was $180. The most expensive part was the foglamp at $240.

Wow, it actually got to the evaporator? That must have been some impact!

Thanks for the input. I am pretty well insured and my comprehensive deductible is $100, so it is not a big hit financially (~2.5 tanks of gas?), I just will hate being without the car while it is being fixed and the though of someone else working on it.
-enganear

 

[xyooj]

LOL..Your title is funny as hell!!
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Babyface13

Then BAM!!!! I JUST HIT A BEAVER!!!
Thanks for the laugh. Sorry that you did hit that beaver though. Those things can get big.

 

[autoxes]

My grandmother must have hit 20+ armabillos in her Geo Metro, I always had to take the bumper off and pop the dents out.

 

[speed3se-r]

looks exactly like the damage when i hit that tire on the freeway and my car is silver too and im in NC! The stock front bumper is approx. $420-50ish, unpainted. Where in NC are you located?

 

[EviLMaN]

take a blow dryer and put it on max heat and heat up that area if ur lucky it will just pop right back out on its own or u can heat it up and push it from behind. try that my save your bumper a lil lol

 

[boosted3]

If things go as planned, I'll be hittin' some beaver here in a few minutes. Wish me luck.

 

[enganear]

My grandmother must have hit 20+ armabillos in her Geo Metro, I always had to take the bumper off and pop the dents out.

I used to live in Texas, we called armadillos "gophers on the half shell".
-enganear

 

[enganear]

looks exactly like the damage when i hit that tire on the freeway and my car is silver too and im in NC! The stock front bumper is approx. $420-50ish, unpainted. Where in NC are you located?

I can see that doing about the same damage. Anything other than the bumper cover damaged?

I live on the north side of Greensboro, Where is Connelly Springs?
-enganear

 

[enganear]

take a blow dryer and put it on max heat and heat up that area if ur lucky it will just pop right back out on its own or u can heat it up and push it from behind. try that my save your bumper a lil lol

The paint is badly cracked at all the stress points and several mounting points are ripped out. I think I will let State Farm put it back like new. Its got less than 4k miles....
-enganear