Deer hit the talon.....

4g63tcrazy · 08-20-2009

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:

awd-drifter · 08-20-2009

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

4g63tcrazy · 08-20-2009

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.

**cmspaz** · 08-20-2009

Fucking animals.

**4seasons69** · 08-20-2009

that sucks man

munchgsx · 08-20-2009

Insured?

slowbubblecar · 08-20-2009

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.

allyoucaneat_talon · 08-20-2009

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

4g63tcrazy · 08-20-2009

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..

Forced Fed · 08-20-2009

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.

curt_gendron · 08-20-2009

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

later,
Curt

FattyBoomBatty · 08-20-2009

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?

4g63tcrazy · 08-20-2009

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?

2g Monson · 08-20-2009

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

john · 08-21-2009

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?

slowbubblecar · 08-21-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4g63tcrazy

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?

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.

CVD · 08-21-2009

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.

A//// Guy · 08-21-2009

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.

twack · 08-21-2009

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

john · 08-21-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by A//// Guy

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.

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.