So i hit a deer last night going about 40. The bumper, hood and fenders are toast.

Should I upgrade to a carbon fiber hood on a red 97, or just take the stock one? Is it possible to have the CF hood painted? Any other upgrades that would work well now? May be the WW lip.

 

CF hoods can be painted

 

Any one have a link to one that doesnt require hood pins and still uses the hydralic supports?

 

That sucks Eric

Get some pics for us.

I assume insurance will take of it.
There's a WW lip on ebay for $175 "buy it now" with free shipping.

 

2-4 week shipping eeek. I will keep looking around, but thanks for keeping an eye out.

 

the hood that we all have... since there is only 1... can use the pistons.... you need to drill out the holes (already marked)... I chose to use pins because if you use the "U" lock it forms a 1/2" gap... You will need to customize the locking mechanism (change out the "U") in order to close the hood properly...

yes you can paint your hood, but why?! You are buying CF, show that its CF IMO...

as fir the link.. someone else needs to help you or do a search.. its everywhere (topic discussed to a nausiating limit)...

 

fawkin deer...they suck and they're stupid. I had one slam into the side of my old car after I stopped to let it go by...but glad you didn't get hurt. I wouldn't paint the CF hood either.

 

Damn dude. Thats creepy. I came within (literally) a foot of hitting a dear last night doing about 55. I need to reaim my headlights up a bit. Had the dear done ANYTHING but stop and look at me i would have hit him. Didn't have any idea he was there till i saw his eyes reflect. Whew... Sorry to hear about the car bro, but use it to your advantage. Get that CF hood and lip and pimp that shit!

 

That really sucks dude! I live up in the mountains and i'm allways scared of that kinda shit too. I almost hit a donkey on my way to the river a year ago. Of course it startles the fuck out of you when you hit something that big too! Get a CF hood and tint it the color of your car. Then it will match your ride and have the CF look.

 

I know that this isnt a funny subject, but the way all of you guys talk about it, its really funny shiot. Sorry about the car and you shouldnt paint the CF hood if you get one.

 

in the midwest everyone will hit a deer its only a matter of time. I want to get it painted because i dont really want the racer look at all, now the transparent red would be perfect if they could get the color to look good.


So i just got an estimate, 3400 bucks.

 

I killed 2 deers on my old camry...and duck...and buch of other lil ones...

 

Ouch. 3400 bucks could buy some nice body work. Hope it didn't mess up your frame at all.

 

ROFL.

thats cute, but sad

 

Sounds like you people need a deer whistle:
http://www.carantennas.net/car_deer_whistles.htm

 

damn, sorry to hear that your car is fucked up. looks like you ll be upgrading though, so cant be all bad. any pics of the damage?

 

Now the estimate is up to 3500, he forgot the my alarm siren got blasted too. They are also also ordering me new clear corners and bulbs. The damage doesnt even look that bad. but there are hoof scratches across my roof some how.

 

Looks pretty bad to me lol.

 

at least you won

what happened to the poor deer? is it dead?

 

Maybe cause you hit a deer...?? Just a thought...

 

you better hope that damn deer is dead. god, they piss me off....they come into the middle of the road, hit you at like 70, and walk away.

just had to vent after a cat clawed up my hood. if that cat had a car, it would be sitting on four flat tires.

 

Any incriminating claus marks on your trunk?

 

one last bit to add.

When i was getting an estimate the tech opened the hood and instantly asked me when i got into an accident. I told him it was 5k in hail damage from 2 years ago. Anyway he started asking probing questions into where the work was done, did they do a good job and what not. Long story short, my hood was missing all of the stickers that federal code requires, emissions, AC, and some tracking number that is required to prove that the part isnt stolen. So i hope i wasnt driving with a stolen hood for the last 2 years.

 

ouch

Are they going to take care of the scratches on your roof too?
It'd be nice to get an entire paintjob out of them.

 

Damn!

Sorry to hear about the accident!

Personally, I think a black CF hook would look great on a red CL!

If you're thinking of painting a CF hood red, I would suggest just getting the OEM hood.

 

I would say whichever costs less. If a CF is cheeper then why not?

 

How much does the CF hood weigh compared to the stock hood? The only reason I would get a CF hood would be to save weight - and I would paint that bish white to match too. I think CF hoods are aight, but mixing colors looks ghey if you ask me. :ghey: People would think you just are a redneck piecing together a car. I see it all the time - red cars w/ green hoods, blue cars w/ black doors, etc.

 

That truly does suck. Hope you get everything fixed.

Did you put the deer on the front of your car? I would have used rope to attach the deer to my grill.