Deer hit the talon.....
 

So on sunday night around 11pm a deer ran into my talon.. I was ONE MILE from my apartment in IL coming back home from the weekend of being in MN.
I was driving 40mph going the speed limit looking forward for any pot holes (bent my rim on this same road) then all of a sudden there is a deer in my face smacking the windshield. It hit my fender spun around and it's butt hit my door by the handle. It ended up denting the fender and denting the door under the handle with a little crease.
The most retarded part about it is that I was in the middle of the city. Not any deer within miles.. Each side of the street was surrounded by buildings. I don't know how this deer ended up even getting to the street but it did and I happened to be in it's path.
So after 18 years of my car being original paint, all body parts straight and very, very clean all feels like a waste..
I popped out the dent on the fender but it's wavy and kinked a little in 2 spots and I haven't really tried much with the door. Anyway I will be at the cookout and you guys will be able to see the damage if you'd like..

Here is a pic of the fender before I popped it back out:
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...a/damndeer.jpg

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damn that sucks man. did you eat.....keep the deer?

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Never saw the deer after it hit me. Didn't even look back. I pulled off into a parking lot to check out the damage after swearing every word in the book. I was pissed.

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Fucking animals.

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that sucks man

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Insured?

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I think you mean you ran into the deer. By the looks of the dent, you might be able to push that dent right back out using your hand. I have done it before to a car or two. If the pait is ok, PDR might be able to fix the dents without repainting.

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Dang, your lucky, not too bad, I rather have it hit my fender than my frontend. Good luck on the fix.

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I already popped the dent out as said above. It's wavy cause I couldn't get it to pop out all at once. The deer ran into the side of my car, I did not run into it. Unfortunetly I only have liability so it's not covered..

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You got REALLY lucky, could of been a lot worse if the deer would of hit the front end. Could of damaged your intercooler, radiator, bumper, hood, and maybe even the front windshield.

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That is a bummer. Sad to see on an original paint car. But at least is fixable.

later,
Curt

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Mr. Slowbubblecar is right, you hit the deer, sorry. And it sucks, but it's only a fender and a door. No glass was even broken. Was it Bambi?

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I think it was Rudolph falling from the sky..

Think of this.. You're chillin just checkin out you're car. Out of no where a deer jumps out and runs into you're car. Were you the one that hit the deer?

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Pretty much same thing happened to me, I was in town where ive never ever saw a deer before. I look up and there it is, I swerved but I clipped it and put a hand print size dent. I had insurance though so a fairly cheap fix, sucks though for sure

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That sucks, looks like your car was in excellent shape.

This is a long shot but try a heat gun on it. I doubt it will work but you maybe able to get it closer... Works wonders in plastic, not sure about thin metal.

Does the door rub the fender now?

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Yes to the above comment, but it sounds like that wasn't the case. Our response to you hitting it vs it hitting you was reflecting the information stated in your first post which said:

"I was driving 40mph going the speed limit looking forward for any pot holes (bent my rim on this same road) then all of a sudden there is a deer in my face smacking the windshield."

Hitting it vs being hit doesn't matter to me. I am just clarifying why people think you hit it vs it hitting you.

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Front end damage = car hit deer. Side/fender/door damage = deer hit car. Disregard if drifting.
I had a deer hit the side of my Talon at a full run a while back. There were no survivors.

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How the heck is a heat gun going to pop out a metal dent? lol wtf

It looks the you just have to replace the fender, look how bent up it is where it meets the door. Not sure if that one can ever be PDRed back to look 100% perfect.

Sucks that you have to match a new one now. :(

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that door jamb it fixable with a long screwdriver and some rags, just bend it into shape.

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Heat from a torch can massage a dent but then you risk ruining the paint. I said I doubt it would work but he could try a heat gun, it would be safer on the paint and would be an easy thing to try.

Where the dender meets the door is a very weak spot and can be bent quite easily with the fender off. Would be a lot of guessing and checking to get it to work but could be done.

If the dent on the door is infront of the handle, that doesn't look easy. Looks like one of those you will push out/pop back in type of dents. Need the metal to contract.

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The heat would help keep the paint from cracking and flaking off, no?


That really sucks to hear Andy. At least you'll be at the cookout with it. :)

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I will get a pic of the fender how it is now and one of the door. I did use a heat gun when trying to bend it back into shape along with 2 cans of compressed air that I turned upside down. I saw it done on youtube so I figured why not.. Although the heat gun did not help with the paint flaking, it chipped off in like 3 spots. Now the problem I have is the tire rubbing the fender on big bumps. The fender is still kinda pushed in a little more right around the wheel well. I'll have to try and roll the fender with a bat a little bit but I really dont want to cause it kinks really easily.

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Here are the pics.. Sorry there all cell phone pics and the sun is directly on my car. I can say the pics make the damage look alot less than what it actually is. You have to look really hard.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...821091648a.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...0821091649.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...821091649b.jpg

The mirror got pushed in and put a little kink in the black trim
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...821091649d.jpg

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/d...0821091648.jpg

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Well, You did a great job, either with removing the dent or photoshop, because I can't see shit. Nice!

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You can still see it in the pics if you know what to look for. It looks better though!

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Good job!

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Good job getting that shit back in shape. Yours still puts mine to shame. :)

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Thanks guys. It's just really hard to see in the pics cause the paint is so shiny. :) If you're going to the cookout you'll see it. It's alot worse than it looks.

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Better than it was. You better come talk to me at the cookout I will bring the last wheel cap for the rims

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Well shit considering you hit a deer, it really doesn't look that bad, it could look a hell of a lot worse

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Ouch! I'll be pissed at that damn deer for not watching. LOl.

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Yea I'm really lucky I suppose just sucks that it had to happen..

Haha I guess it's about time I grab that from you huh?