So, I was driving down a little back road in my town at the end of January, I came around a corner and WAM! bambi jumps out of the woods and into the front of my mini then tumbles down the side. After stopping to collect parts I determined it was still fine to drive. Heres the damage.




The deer had claimed my hood, bumper, radiator support, splash shield, grille, hood scoop and headlight, and also managed to put a big dent in the rear quarter. I decided I wanted a carbon fiber hood so I got one. Sent the car off to the body shop and they spent over a month fixing the thing. Overall I'm just really happy to have the car back and looking better than ever!

 

Looks good. At least the deer didnt go up and over instead of to the side.

 

Your MINI looked downright sad and beat-up after the deer collision.

Looks real good after the repair!

 

I feel your pain. I ran into a deer while at MOTD a couple of ago. I was pretty lucky that the deer didn't go up into the windshield either.

Your car looks great now.

 

Glad the Mini is back together and back in your hands. After a similar incident for me last fall, I came up with the badge below. Enjoy your deer smacker status!

 

love the carbon fiber hood!!!!!.....awesome

 

I was curious...did the deer survive?

Glad you've got the car back, and I agree with the general sentiment--the new hood looks great. Glad you've been reunited.

 

Looks good. The bumper doesn't look too beat up though? Is whatever broke fixable?

 

Car looks great. I love the BBS-RGR's

 

thanks for the compliments everybody, wandrur no the deer didnt survive but it did make a nice addition to my freezer , and wake I ended up getting a new bumper because one of the tabs where it mounts on top snapped off and the screws on the bottom of it pulled through. Oh yea and jcauseyfd that badge is awsome!

 

Car looks beautiful in person Just picked up a VIS CF hood myself We'll have to meet up again soon!

 

That badge is the ultimate CO Mountain Road Badge! I def. need to add this to the list! Haven't hit a deer with the mini but I have with an eclipse, twice.

 

Ooo thats unfortunate. The hood looks a bit warped still. Thats too bad. Its nice anyway though!

 

I think that's how CF hoods look when they fit well!
The car looks great, and I'm glad you have it back on the road, riding and looking fine.

 

altho not in a MINI, a couple weeks ago I hit a 150 lb white tail deer straight on at 65 mph on a deserted road in Nebraska with a brand new Ford Focus. Just jumped out of the shoulder, and I hit it with no time to react dead-center grille, where it then rolled under the front clip, tore that apart, then ran it over with my pass side tires.

trashed the grille plastic and hood pretty bad, and bent the radiator in slightly, yet I was still able to drive the 250 miles home OK.

Cop that took the report (had to, it was a gov vehicle) said I did the right thing by not swerving or trying to avoid it, that's where people roll their cars and end up in the ditch.

 

Do you still have your front aero bumper? How much damage did it have?

 

looks very nice !