HigdonTL05

Well Today coming home from work i hit a deer. The hood, front bumber and side quarter panel are trash... Im looking at the cheapest way to repair the damage. I was look at just getting a carbon fiber hood but cant find anywhere under $800.00+ shipped. Any body and hook ups??? My Next Question is it cheaper to just buy a front body kit bumper and have it painted and put on there i think the one i saw was like $315.00 and thats the whole front bumber and im sure acura oem front bumber is aolt more then that. Really im look for any input possible. And im really not trying to go the insurance way cause my deductable is 1,000.00 any way so i spend alittle more and do it my way its all good.

HigdonTL05

ill try to post a picture asap trying not to let my parents see it. its under a car cover right now

Fulani has a TL

iTrader: (1)

Good luck on not letting the parents find out....

You are looking at a couple of grand in repairs easily. Your comprehensive deductible is 1,000?! Usually people keep comprehensive deductible less and collision higher.

Smart thing would be to notify your parents, either way they gonna find out

csmeance

if the fenders and hood are trashed, then you are already looking at upwards of 4K in repairs. The headlights are 2K each, then the hood, fenders, bumper, lower fogs, and any frame damage repairs. Call up your insurance, there's no hiding it. Fess up to your parents, they will understand, it's a deer, it ran out and you tired to stop but couldn't.

Distorted Reality

^ What was said above. +3

HigdonTL05

Theres no way theres 4K worth of damge for a front bumber, a hood and 1 quater panel???? i would say around $2,500.00 at most but i dont want my insurance to go up cause i wrecked a motorcycle like 4 months ago... the hood it self is like 800.00 oem replaces ment. the front bumber and the most money there is the paint work and then buying a front left quater panel. the head light is fine just need to be ajusted. the deer only hit me on my left side corner

csmeance

Post a picture of it, heres the parts breakdown:

Bumper: 300
Hood: 800
fender: 300

Paint for the bumper, hood and fender is going to be at least 1K, then you have to add costs for frame damage, if you didn't know, the TL has ACE construction where it is designed to crumple like a tin can and absorb the impact to reduce the G-forces experienced to the passengers and keep them safe. Like I said above, you need to post a few pictures so we can see what's up really. Also your insurance shouldn't go up, its the deer's fault, not yours. If you are worried about it going up, talk to your parents and just tell insurance your parents were driving, and since they should be long time drivers, the insurance should not go up much, that is if it does go up.

Bearcat94

The hood, fender, bumper (not bumBer) are what you can *see*. Parts, paint, pabor PLUS that stuff you CAN'T see.

Don't hide it from your parents. That just pisses them (us) off more. Man up and come clean now; it'll be better inthe long run. AND it *was* a deer. Could've happened to anybody.

Should *not* cause insurance to go up. Comprehensive claims usually don't. Talk to your agent/insurer.

csmeance

tell the truth, wouldn't you want to know if you mom or dad hit a deer and wrecked your car?

A SiQ TL

Damn, I got hit by a deer two nights ago coming home from work. He ran into the side of my car, and made a small dent that I'm hoping will pop out. Compared to your damage I was lucky.

playa4real

iTrader: (3)

i need some of those gold plated headlights

don5504

Yea thats not chrome in those headlights its platinum plating

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don5504

But your insurance shouldn't go up to a no fault accident on your part. Now if you were driving through a field or something then yea maybe its your fault and it goes up but I highly doubt it in this case. That would be like penalizing you for something someone else did.

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HigdonTL05

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csmeance

The lights are so expensive since they include the projector $$$

HigdonTL05

whats the easiest way to post this picture

csmeance

go to imageshack.us, browse for your picture and click upload. Then it will bring you to a new page. Copy the last link on the page and come here, press the button with the two mountains and the sun on it next to the font thingy and a new pop up box will appear, paste the link in there and click ok

don5504

I am sure they aren't cheap but I did find this. Maybe you meant with labor and everything else.

33101-SEP-A32 ACURA TL R. HEADLIGHT UNIT 2007 TL retail price 559.70 our price 447.76

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HigdonTL05

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blatallic

Hood looks like it can get fixed by a good body guy....u do need a bumper and a fender...

Call savage yards and see what they have....you can always get good deals there, the body shop would just need to prep each item...

Your head light might be still good...but if not you can find one on ebay for 250 or so..the bulb and computer are still good...Good luck

don5504

That will buff right out or maybe not at least till you clay bar it then seafoam it.

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csmeance

theres a pretty good amount of damage behind that fender. From that pic:
New hood
New bumper
New Fender
Misc. Damaged air intake parts
new headlight
lower grille

HigdonTL05

HAHAHAHAHA I hope a deer wrecks your car too....

kabota

Tell the parents. The insurance may have deer protection.

Fulani has a TL

iTrader: (1)

if there is proof of deer causing this, then it goes into comprehensive coverage, not "deer protection" (is there anything even called that?)

Comprehensive claims do not increase you insurance, or change your insurance score.

anx1300c

iTrader: (2)

No.

And one should never carry a comp deductible over 200-250 imo. Not with today's overpopulation of deer. By law, your insurance premium cannot be increased for a comp claim.

Evader

Dude just tell the parents...and go from there. I can't help but notice there is no blood on your car and it seems you gave it a pretty good hit. I find it strange that you would be hiding the car under a car cover because of this. Someone who hinds their car under a cover after an accident makes me wonder what really happened and if it was really a deer and not a hit and run. I'm not trying to call bullshit here but just saying it how I see it so please don't take offense. If you really did hit a deer just talk to your parents and tell them reason for not telling them at first was that you were scared the insurance would go up. As others have said this will be a comp claim and you won't have to worry about your insurance increasing.

HigdonTL05

i had it under a car cover so my parents wouldnt see and it was raining

kabota

This is starting to smell fishy.

LoveMyTL-S

The best thing to do is man-up and tell your parents......... Yea, they may be mad at first but not forever and you can get the car repaired. I was a teen once (I think) and I raised 3 of my own.....been there done that.

kabota

Not trying to bash him but the fact that he wont tell his parents and it should be covered on insurance seems to me that he may have been involved in a hit and run.

mmade22

Something is not adding up. I plugged it into my calculator and the answer keeps coming up the same....BULLSHIT!!!!

phee

iTrader: (5)

theres no hair or blood on the car.... that was not a deer, a deer wouldve damaged the hood and window because it would have been swept off its feet. man-up before you get into alot of trouble

phee

iTrader: (5)

theres no hair or blood on the car.... that was not a deer, a deer wouldve damaged the hood and window because it would have been swept off its feet. man-up before you get into alot of trouble

tinley.geo

do you guys actually expect to see deer hair in that picture?...i had a deer hit the side of my car and the hair that was there you couldnt see unless you got close

to the OP...just tell your parents..you are 21. what would they do, ground you or something?

carlos9827

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+1

Tripnbeats

he prob doesnt have a license or something or his dads a big scary beast who will murder him if he finds out his baby was touched....this story sounds like I was drunk and jerking off behind the wheel because i couldnt pick up a broad and smashed into deer (or guard rail) on my way home....anyway u wanna put it somethings smells like poop.

lusid

It's werid the OP doesnt even use "!!!"

Usually when someone hits a deer it's..

SO I WAS DRIVING AND THIS MO EFFING DEER CAME OUT AND I HIT IT!!!

It's like so I was driving, and a deer came out and I hit it. How can I fix it ?

itschnobigdeal

ouch.

I played the "hit a deer" card this winter when I went into the ditch and hit a road sign with my mom's Murano... The quarter panel, door and mirror had to be replaced. It worked, but I still fessed up right away. No matter what happened, you gotta tell the folks man... There's a lot of damage there.

LukeaTron

What are the scuff marks around the center of the bumper from? This whole thing does sound kind of shady but some of your guys reasoning as to why it must be so is a bit imaginative.