I hit a deer on the way home from work today. No major damange. However, the front bumper - which is one huge piece of plastic - probably needs to be replaced. Anyone had to do this yet and what was the cost?

 

 

No major damage? Lucky. How fast were you going, my friends car was totaled by a deer, blew the hole front end apart and blood sprayed through the windshield into the car. I am eager to see pics, and how is the deer doing?

 

omg, really need to drive slowly~

 

Hows the deer? Poor bastard never saw you coming..........

 

Was the deer insured?

 

MMMM... venison

Well, I had to change the rear bumper after my accident. It sucked b/c replacement bumpers don't come painted by manufacturer. The shop will paint it so find a good one that knows how to color match.

 

Oh deer.

haha, i had to say it.

 

Exactly!!

 

damnn sorry dude. you can check the price of a bumper from www.acuraparts247.com or you could take the opportunity and buy the ronjon bumper

 

hope the deer is ok.. screw your car

 

If you need to replace the bumper, it will probably cost you about $500 (parts, paint, labor). I don't see it being any less than than.

 

I had to replace my front bumper last fall when some dumb cell-phone using bitch threw her car in reverse without looking and clouted the corner of the bumper (cracked it). It was around $550 or so. The bumper ships with no paint on it, so painting it drives up the cost a bit. Your dealer will probably tell you to contact a body shop yourself, and that makes sense--most dealers do not have on-site paint shops, so they'd just be acting as a middleman and that's a pain for you, and for them, because if there's a problem it's easier for you to deal directly with the body shop.

 

must have been a deer stuck-in-headlights...



~mark

 

deer jerky!

 

I got a few estimates today. Two places said they could repair it for $520-$575. To replace it was a few hundred more dollars. Seems like a repair is the way to go.