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Old May 17, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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Unhappy Deer + XFire @ 80 MPH = Not happy owner

So yeah, as the title says and you have probably guess, I hit a deer last night in Iowa. The deer down there don't know how to use the crosswalks and I hit one on I-29 doing a good solid 80 MPH. Lucky for me, it appears that it has only messed up the front and didn't get into the hood. Screwed up the front rim and tire, bumper cover, grill, all the plastic in the fender well, the fog light block out, front turn signal, fender, and door. There is hair everywhere on my car but to my surprise, not much blood. Oh and it also looks like it pushed the front fender into the windshield surround on the bottom scratching it all up. The reason I bring all this up is I was contemplating putting on a ST or a SRT-6 front bumper and now since it's screwed up, and there is a tone of plastic under-body stuff that needs to be replaced as it is damaged, what are my options for installing a different bumper? Does anyone have the part numbers for them and the accompanying parts that are different between them?

Also, since I am probably going to be doing some pretty major modifications to the front end is a different grill I was also toying with the idea of fabbing the grates that are on the hoods above the front wheels on the vipers. Maybe I'm getting way in over my head but if I'm gonna be without my new toy for a week or two, I might as well get it all done at the same time if I can.

Thanks in advance!
 
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