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DAMN RACCOON destroyed my SE lip

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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 08:04 AM
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Not of the raccoon, to messy. But I've got a couple pics of the damage to my car but I'm using an iPhone and can't post pics to the forum. It accutually ****ed my bumper cover up a little to but I think it can be fixed. It all gonna have to be repainted anyways cause there's some nasty spider webbing in the clear coat on the cover were I hit the raccoon.
Might be cheaper to just make a claim if you have full coverage ins.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by teribble
Might be cheaper to just make a claim if you have full coverage ins.
Man I wish I could but I've allready used my 1 "get out of jail free" card with my insurance co. Recently. Gonna have to bite the bullet and shell it out of my pocket for this one.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 08:18 AM
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One of my friends hit a raccon in his Caliber SRT4. It broke the lower mesh and lodged itself in there. He drove down the road a few miles with the raccon stuck in his lower grill. had to pull over and yank it out of there. He needed a new bumper cover. It caused alot of damage.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Discospeed
Did you get a fur coat on your car outta that lol? I still think I'd take a 5# rabbit at 80 over a 25# raccoon at 45 any day.
Nope..left side.. broke the lip off and the rest went under the front left and rear left tire... can you say pancake?
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jy951
One of my friends hit a raccon in his Caliber SRT4. It broke the lower mesh and lodged itself in there. He drove down the road a few miles with the raccon stuck in his lower grill. had to pull over and yank it out of there. He needed a new bumper cover. It caused alot of damage.
hopfully it was daed cause that would have been one pissed off raccoon! That's 8^
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Nope..left side.. broke the lip off and the rest went under the front left and rear left tire... can you say pancake?
So it tore up your lip to? I can feel your pain bro. F'ing critters
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Discospeed
Man I wish I could but I've allready used my 1 "get out of jail free" card with my insurance co. Recently. Gonna have to bite the bullet and shell it out of my pocket for this one.
Desire what happened to you sucked it's not worth going through insurance for something small as a lip. You can prob find a used one cheap on EvoM and get it painted cheap
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 06:29 PM
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I'd second the used option.

We hit a boar in Texas during the 2002 One Lap of America. Took out a turn signal and then dented every panel as is spun its way down the driver side of the Impreza. Ended up having to beat the arches out with a hammer on the side of the highway in order to provide clearance for the tires before getting back in and hammering the skinny pedal to make it to Road Atlanta in time.

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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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I hit a rabbit and the same thing happened..took like 45 minutes with the pressure washer to get everything off..it looked pretty suspicious rolling around with some blood on your bumper.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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I hit a bird, I saw it fly down and I knew I am gonna hit it, and I didn't see it on the road, I got out of the car and the head was stuck in the mesh by the oil cooler. it was a clean kill, no blood or anything messy.
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Old Sep 30, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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man that sucks, damn racoon lol time for a CF lip !
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 4g63Moon
man that sucks, damn racoon lol time for a CF lip !
Yeah I was actually considering an aftermarket lip. There's just so many I don't know were to even begin. Was wanting to put on an ARP front diffuser over the winter but I didn't know if it would work with the SE lip. Any thoughts fellows?
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 07:30 AM
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that sucks...could have been worse....atleast it was just lip damage. good luck on that
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