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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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driving home after a wonderful "Night In" with my girl friend, and Bambi decides to play chicken with my tC. im too busy looking at his majestic father and thinking "god it would suck to hit that mother..." and look back just in time to distroy Bambi... now my bumper is cracked right at the part where the Insert is right next to the OEM fog lights, my fog lights are pushed back, and im missing the insert. time to start modding.

is there any one seeling a bumper for a 08 tC in Classic Silver. or are there any aftermarket bumpers that come painted? how much is one if the inserts? and how do i clip in my fogs so they are back to where they should be.

thanks for the help, id look around but im way too ____ed to look.

thanks again.
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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sucks man..funny how you tell the story though...Can you not claim it on insurance?...that's about the only thing good bout my insurance is deer and windshield damage...gl
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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wow that sux big time...sorry to hear that...

i haven't seen specific bumper painted to oem colors. I've seen lip kits and such but no entire bumper. Mayb there is someone on here that is selling theirs?

good luck on getting it fixed/repaired
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 03:53 PM
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did you at least kill bambi? it is deer season after all ya know
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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OH NO !!! BAMBI... a friend on mine hit a bambi in her brand new mazda 3 did way more damage then busted fender, bumper, and cracked front winsdhield. goodthing it was just your bumper
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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Deer suck. lol last deer season I killed 2. And I will hunt for more this season too. B@stards....
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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I hate deer, and they are absolutely EVERYWHERE around here.
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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same here in charlotte shane. all over campus, i hate them.
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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haha i just hit a deer a couple weeks ago man
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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theres always deer around me.....i almost hit a buck twice this week just backing out of my driveway.....
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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you can always go to your local toyota dealership to get the bumper painted again. to hold in the foglights and etc. i suggest using zipties. they hold just as strong.
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 10:06 PM
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my uncle has a brand new honda ridgline, and he hit a doe recently, caused 1600 in damage, and he only owed the 250 deductible after insurance. 4400# truck vs small deer? my uncle sent it flying into the ditch. he was lucky though, he was thinking about driving his boxster that night, and i think that would have been alot more damage right there.
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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^ good thing he didnt
Old Nov 9, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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^^ for sure, that deer would have gone right over the car and into the windshield. my uncle is tall. 6 foot 6ish, and there would have been no getting out of the way of the deer coming thru the windshield.
Old Nov 10, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Wow... speaking of bambi...

How do you pack a 150 pound deer into a BMW convertible?


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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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OH SHIIT!!!!

that is bad stuff right there. i bet the smell was horrible.

i can see it now, guy gets home and yells, 'honey wheres the garden hose and the febreze?'
Old Nov 10, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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dang, thats nasty.
Old Nov 10, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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This sounds like a good time for you to upgrade to an aftermarket body kit of some kind... huh? huh?
Old Nov 10, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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WTF ...... Damn Thats some crazy ____ n i tought i had it bad when i hit da deer with my car
Old Nov 10, 2008 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Akrylic09
Wow... speaking of bambi...
wrong car man.. the car with the deer in the engine is a 3 not a 6..



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