I hit a deer this morning and my hood is now dented and kinda warped. Is there any way I can fix it or do I need a new hood?

The damage is surprisingly not bad. Broke both my front turn signals, messed up my passenger side fog light (I think I just need to adjust it, they are not original, just OEM look-a-likes), the plastic housing on my driver side head light motor is cracked, and dented my hood.

 

I think you should get another hood. There is no way you will ever get that straight, and a good used one shouldn't cost you that much. Did the core support get pushed in? It looks like the bumper cover is slightly under the hood.

 

call your insurance company file a claim and get a new hood lights ect and probably still have cash left over

 

deffinately not worth putting in the time to fix that hood. the dent is on the crease some and that'll be some major time into getting it straight and may not ever. Another hood is a cheaper and easier option. I would report to my insurance agency for sure.

 

If he has full coverage...

 

What happened to the poor deer?

 

dinner



I learned my lesson after 3 month resto on my car 6 hours on the road and I got hit and the kid didnt have insurance so I had to pay for my own repairs

 

you came out better than me...lol.... a year ago on patrol I hit a deer in my Crown Vic going about 70... nearly 10k worth of frontal damage...lol

 

The deer was fine.
She was running across the road so I tried to miss her but she jumped right in front of me and her butt landed on my hood. Then she bounced over the car and landed in the grass on the other side of the road. She wasn't there when I came back. lol

 

SCORE!
Got another hood with all of the louvers and vents for $75. It's in near perfect shape but it's black so I'll have to paint it, or maybe I won't?

 

If you paint the hood go ahead and paint the underside as well, else it'll be a dead giveaway that it has been replaced (if anyone looks under there). I'd also try to take a good pic of any stickers under the old hood before disposing of it, once they're gone they're gone.

 

That's the damage for a deer? Musta been small or you were going really slow. id just replace it and save your time.

 

Wow thats the least destructive dear hit ever. Around here they are like the plague people hit them daily. Trucks drive around all fall just to pick up the bodies.

 

I would have said get insurance money and buy a raim air II hood! Upgrade, no?

 

It was an adult doe, her legs were taller than my front end and her butt landed on my hood. I was doing about 60-70 mph when I saw her and hammered the brakes. There's a 10-15 foot skid mark before we met but I never stopped completely. She actually bounced off of the hood and went over the car and landed in the ditch on the side of the road. I got lucky, she didn't come through my windshield.

 

I've seen worse when it comes to deers, so glad to hear and see it isnt really bad, should be an easy fix, it does suck that it even happened, but just saying it could have been worse

 

Ya had pritty much the same thing happen when i was driving a 90 cutless. I'd pencil out the insureance before telling them. You'll have your deductable and probably and insureance jump...I know its illegal to do that from a deer but it happened to me. might just be better off sweeping it under the rug and not dealing with the mess.

 

Wow that's like the least amount of damage I've ever seen from hitting a deer. You got LUCKY. I'd get a new (used) hood for sure, you can probably have one sourced, painted, and on the car for well under $1,000.