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I T-boned a deer doin about 60 last night. I been savin up for a rebuild with crawler cam and header but i guess the funds will go elsewhere now.




If you look closely you can see where the welded nut holdin the bumper on pulled right through the crossmember

Sure you didn't hit a Rhino or something? Sorry to hear that sucks.

yea i was pretty jeeped. And ya she is still is layin on the side of the road.

I have hit my share of deer but never had damage like that

at least your bumper held up under an impact.

um....kinda

That so bites, man. I can't get over how much structural crinkleage there is.

I think we all dread something like that happening to our vehicles. I am so sorry to hear that happend to you. I hope it is fixable.

Maybe it's time to dovetail the nose. THAT might look cool.

yea as far as the bumper goes i knew it was not up to par. the one time i used my winch it pulled the bumper down and stretched the crossmember. most people reinforce it but i hadn't gotten around to it. I got on it this afternoon with some 2X4's, some angle iron and a come-a-long and i think its gonna be ok. even got that fender fairly straight. right now im thinkin im gonna need a hood, radiator, and condenser. which is not too bad. i was really movin when i hit her. she had to have been runnin full speed cuz i never saw her really till she was airborn. I walked it off while i was waiting on the trailer to get there and from where i hit her to where she landed was about 180ft

You're as bad as me. Already working it out. Good on you.
Perhaps you could use the winch to pull it back out.

I would tend to agree on needing a new hood. No hood scoop in the world will hide all that "ripple effect". How is the frame and radiator support?

I have a 4-ton porta-power that you can borrow, but you are kinda' far away. I just used it yesterday on my mother-in-laws car. I turned a pancake into a door again. :razz:

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