I hate deer.

[Bob]

That totally sux! Glad youre ok though and kept it on the road.
 Subframes are easy to replace, wouldnt even bother fixing them. Call
force 5 he'll send you another one. Just do the bushings while youre there.

Bob

George Nimmer wrote:

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>I hate deer.  Less than one week after I get my fog lights installed and
>my headlights relayed, a _very_ large deer decides to lay down in front
>of my car.  Yes - it laid down.  I'm not sure if it was tired and needed
>a nap, or if it had a heart attack and died on the spot.  I was going
>about 70 mph on a 2 lane highway, when the deer jumped right out of the
>woods in front of my car, and laid down on the asphalt just before I ran
>it over!  I had no choice but to run it over.
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>I suppose it would have done significantly more damage had it hit it
>while it was standing.  I was able to drive the car home, and I was
>uninjured, so I'm thankful for that.
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>My newly installed fog lights are both smashed, as is my grille and one
>headlight (probably from the deers head).  The major problems are
>underneath.  The deer ripped the lower radiator support off from the
>radiator, and bent it down about 5 inches.  Also, the "fork" looking
>piece of hardware (on the drivers side) that appears to hold the front
>sway bar against the subframe was bent down, which appears to have
>slightly bent the front subframe on that side.
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>Don't even ask about the fatty, furry clumps and chunks I had to remove
>from under there today.  VERY GROSS.
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>Any suggestions on what to do if the front subframe is bent?
>
>George
>'85 4kq - with meat and fur.
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