This really sux. For all those that think that New Jersey is all about factories and cities, guess again. I live up in the north west part of the state where hitting deer is actually a common experience. There have been several incidents of people hitting black bears too. Anyway, it was a great night untill I bagged bambi. I'm just glad I wasn't in the 7 when this happened. I can't wait to see how much it'll cost to fix this. Any guesses on repair costs?

 

well, it looks like it didn't go into the door. the fender would be replaced at your discresion or repaired with bondo/duraglass. also, the shop would replace the headlight assy and corner lamp. prob about 275.00 from the dealer. they would have to blend the paint into the hood, bumper and door. its really not all that much labor. you are prob looking at 300 in parts minus fennder and about roughly 400 in labor at roughly 51 dollars an hour labor. my father owns a body shop and when i was a kid through my teens, i helped him and learned and kinda watched the cost of things.

 

sSimilar damage to my wifes Z3 yielded $1500.

 

Is that an S4!!! Lucky bastard!

 

its a A4 with a S4 grill. Bob, that blows, the deer are bad around here too. We should fix it, I've been itching to try out my new paint gun.

 

I WISH! The S4 is one helava an *** kick'n car but just a liiiittle too rich for my blood. As Sean said it's an A4 1.8T, I've got 'er chipped and she's estimated at about 210hp. She's quick but not "S4 asphalt pounding quick".


Haha..... the painting is easy. And I KNOW you don't really wanna take that bumper off again. I shudder to think of what's all involved to take the fender off.

 

I know the feeling, deer are all over the place here too, hope it doesnt cost much!

 

My friend smoked a deer in my 7 (don't know how fast he was going) not to long ago. So now i'm cruising around, in my once mint, 85 GSL with a glossy black headlight assebly, brown header panel and factory black primer fender, with the wavey hood off of alignment. Then i just got lazy and didn't bother putting back on my front valance. So it looks like im cruising to Rotary Revo. in a multicolor seven.

 

damn man...sorry to hear about that! maybe it was ment to happen since you had that other REALLY close call last week!

let me know if you need help too...

 

oh bah, wheres your sense of adventure, just start taking bolts out and eventually it'll come off. Man you worry too much But seriously, we should take a stab at it.

 

Owie! Are you near Sussex? Ever been to the airshow there Bob?

 

This is why the first gen section kicks ***, cuz if this was in like 3rd gen or 2nd, it owuld be moved to the lounge supa qwik y0. But we are cool so its all good. cheers

 

I guess between 1000-1200 $'s

 

Wow, I really gotta get me one of them blank license plates.

 

Don't know if you are serious or not, but I think that he just whited it out with photoshop or something.

Look on the bright side, it was a bad night for the deer also!

 

well to tell you the truth i bet thats a couple hundred dolllars worth of meat that whacked your audi. but looking at the damage i bet the bastard just bounced off your fender like a bouncy-ball and laughed about it as he ran away. deer suck, (except for eating)!

 

looks better than when my dad hit a deer at 60mph with his xterra. he told me the deer literally flew about 30ft through the air.

and the xterra looked like it ate a civic for lunch, except there were deer parts still attached.

the next christmas, i got him a licenseplate frame that says "DEERSLAYER"

 

damn that sucks your insurance should cover it tho. still damn deer.

only thing i hit where i live is rabbits.

 

that sucks that you hit a deer... luckily you didnt hit it straight on and end up with a deer in your lap!

I nailed a deer at ~60 in my dads F150, the head went rolling down the street after me while I draged the bag of mush (I think I broke every bone in its body) a coulple yards down the road. the damage was less than 1k (it wasnt a very big deer), but it did scare the **** outta me!

 

skunk here. I swear every morning I smell dead skunk on the way to work.

 

Actually I live in Sussex County and yes I've been to the airshow many times. The Sussex airshow was one of the best but unfortunately last year was the last.

Yeah I stopped and looked for the deer but it was long gone. If it was my 7 it probably woulda rode up the hood and hit my windshield. My Acura had a really low hood and that's what happened to it.

'tis the season for skunks. same here

 

Sorry, Bob. I didn't even respond to your query. Based on recent body repairs, I'd guess than 2kUSD for that little repair. Sorry to see the damage, but at least nobody got hurt.

You would have liked to see my former brother-in-law's VW Squareback after a front-end collision with a deer. *Much, much* worse. The brush-painted paint job he did after cleaning off the deer parts and pulling out what he could made for an interesting car. That was in the days before digital cams, and I have no pics.

 

Well, if you didn't have them before, now would be the time to go with the euro housings. I forget the cost, but I think the pair are cheaper than 1 housing from the dealer. $300 or so.

What kind of chip are you running?

 

Ah, thanks for the tip on the euro housings, I just might do that! Where can I get 'em?

I'm running the TAP chip. Not the best but it sure gave the car a nice kick in the pants that's for sure. Would you believe that the dealer actually install the chip for me!!! I kid you not, it was part the deal when I bought the car.

 

The chip is a nice difference. Only problem I ever had with mine (in over 30k miles) is I blew the bypass valve with the extra boost. But that part is cheap, I just put a TT one in.

I got my housings from www.awe-tuning.com. Right now they are $360 a pair, but you can get them cheaper with sales and such (I think I paid under $300). They are a decent bit brighter with nice defined light patterns.