GUTTED!! hit a deer last night

Sad times, went for a blast last night, came round a corner and out jumps bambi!

Oh no mate. Sorry to hear this. Has it damaged the wings ?

Yeah the end of the wing is bent in, its damaged the panel under the lights as well, im just wondering how to repair it    soooo gutted got it on the road a couple weeks  

The wings might be salvageable mate if it's only the end.

Sreip it down and have a look at the front panel, may need a new one. My guess from the pic would be yes.

Plastic trim and lights are easy enough to come by.

Good luck with it dude.

A decent panel beater should be able to sort that wing and front panel I reckon. Grill trim should straighten out, bumper swap, new grill and new lights, think it looks worse than it is.

Last year I hit a deer on a BMW GS1200 Motorbike, went straight through it at 80mph, chopped it in half  I hit it just behind the rib cage and chopped it's back end off and actually stayed on the bike

You jammy git Andy. Anyone else would have come off far worst by the sounds of it.

was really lucky mate, but absolutely starving by the time I got home, venison cooking all over the engine

Got it stipped down this afternoon, think il have to find a good panel beater, apart from the wing and front panel it's all ok. What a scare I got tho, brakes aren't all that hot on the mk1, I hit it at a fair tune!! 

Glad it's not too bad Dre, goodluck getting it sorted mate

DrDRE said

Got it stipped down this afternoon, think il have to find a good panel beater, apart from the wing and front panel it's all ok. What a scare I got tho, brakes aren't all that hot on the mk1, I hit it at a fair tune!! 

Time for a big brake upgrade? You know it makes sense.

Guess it could have been worse

ha its crossing my mind more and more, ive got a set of  bbs rz's to go on next summer, maybe squeeze some bigger brakes behind them, im away offshore for a month tomorrow so the poor guys gonna have to sit in the garage and wait  

Ice2812 said

Guess it could have been worse

Thats true,  luckily stayed on the road, when i hit it i couldnt see a thing, guts sprayed across the windscreen and it broke 3 out of 4 of the lights, couldnt see much as it was dark!     

Been there done that, its not fun is it.

i was borrowing a car at the time!

does not matter which way you go they go the same way.

i think its repairable with the original panels imho.

Oh sorry to see that - it could have been much worse and you're ok so that's cool

I hit one years back and it ripped the front end of my Peugeot out!! lol

Andy - how the hell you stayed on the bike!  

I think I'm just mimicking others here but sorry to hear this and yes it could of been much, much worse!
An old friend of mine (a Gamekeeper) hit one late one night driving a real 10 seater Safari Land Rover.
One Jumped out over a high hedge, straight into his windscreen.
It killed his working dog and he spent three months in Hospital.

Another mate of mine came round a bend in his Lotus Cortina and hit a bloody big Cow.
Totalled the car and didn't do him to much good either.

You were lucky my friend and all the best with the repairs!    

Bloody furry woodland creatures............no respect for the road user

Hairyarse said

Oh sorry to see that - it could have been much worse and you're ok so that's cool

I hit one years back and it ripped the front end of my Peugeot out!! lol

Andy - how the hell you stayed on the bike!  

It's those BMW's mate, built like a tank, just done a bit of a nose dive, thats all

Gutting to read.. 

I've also been there, had been driving my 72 bug for 2 weeks after the 3year build.. On way home in the early hours and out jumped a munkjack deer… It's such a heart stopping moment! Crippled a front wing, bonnet and valence.

Hope you get it sorted dude.

ive got a front panel for sale if needed. you can have it cheap mate so its out my way.