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Old 10-14-2012, 06:32 PM
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Default My poor bumper
I've only owned my z for a little over 2 months and tonight I had a small fox run under my car doing 65. I pay good attention while driving but this thing came out of nowhere and straight under the bumper before I could even touch the brakes.

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Thankfully I have full coverage and I'm going to get it fixed soon. I can't stand looking at my car in this condition and it's sad I've barely got to know my z before this happened.
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Old 10-14-2012, 07:33 PM
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I bet that Fox dosnt have the guts to do that again
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^lol that undershroud drug him a good distance before I stopped. Shitty this happened, last car I bought I had a deer run into passenger quarter panel within a couple of months.
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damn, that sucks. At least you're okay. Could have been worse.
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^ Exactly. Thankfully it didn't lead to a wreck or anything worse than just a front bumper!
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Originally Posted by RandyK1
I bet that Fox dosnt have the guts to do that again
Haha this made my day
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Does anybody have any experience in turning something like this into their insurance company? I called them and they said go get an estimate at some auto body shops and to let them know what I find out.

How long will it take to get the ball rolling on something like this so I don't have to feel pain every time I look at the z?
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Old 10-15-2012, 01:59 AM
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Is the fox alright?
But seriously... that sucks dude.
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I bet that Fox dosnt have the guts to do that again
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Your insurance company will try to pay out the lowest quote.

That sucks about the Z. On the plus side, you'll get a real coat of paint on your bumper now instead of the paper thin coat Nissan gave you.
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sorry to hear/see this happen.
try to obtain a aerosync or nismo v2 poly.
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Old 10-15-2012, 07:24 AM
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Hahah I hit an oppossum at 92, big ficker too, no problems
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Old 10-15-2012, 07:26 AM
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Then I had brake fade from q mountain and hit a pickup in mn. Fresh hood and bumper and paint. It's like ownong a new one you'll love it I'm interlagos too.
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my poor fox....
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Yikes, poor fox. I hit an opossum a while ago and totally destroyed my front as well. That's no fun.
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Yikes, poor fox. I hit an opossum a while ago and totally destroyed my front as well. That's no fun.
HAH I got lucky on that 'possom
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I finally managed to be able to ziptie that undercarriage plastic up. It was dragging as it is barely held on by a few screws and most places the plastic just ripped away from the screws rendering the holes useless.

Gonna ask about some good body shops today at work and go get estimates tomorrow
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just be glad you werent dumb and reversing out f your drive way and scraped your bumber on a pull and it fell off
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Thankfully it didn't lead to a wreck or anything worse than just a front bumper!
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Old 10-15-2012, 06:16 PM
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when you sell it, make sure you give the car fox LOL

on a sidenote, glad youre okay man couldve been worse
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