Hit a Fox

[Farnham182black]

Hi all, Hit a fox at speed a few nights back which has completely destroyed my front offside bumper and fog light on my clio 182. Any suggestions on getting it sorted rather than going through insurance resulting in a fault claim?

I'm in Surrey if anyone knows of any reliable garages.

Cheers

 

[Knuckles]

Buy a new front bumper and fit it? Got any pics of the damage?

 

[Don Shaleone]

I did the the other day on the a46 in the mrs focus, smash the bumper in half, the grill, fog light, bent the radiator support and the radiator itself. I felt sorry for the fox until I saw the damage it made.

 

[johnny182]

I did the same in November last year such an annoying thing. Bumper was the most expensive part. I found a lot of parts on eBay and a seller that does body parts. Al try find the name

 

[Craigus]

Buy a new bumper and foglight?

 

[fletch8]

hows the fox?

 

[mugglesquop]

did you contact the owner of the fox? did it have a collar?

RSPCA?

 

[DaveDreads]

I did the the other day on the a46 in the mrs focus, smash the bumper in half, the grill, fog light, bent the radiator support and the radiator itself. I felt sorry for the fox until I saw the damage it made.

I drive down that road almost every day, I saw a dead fox next to a barrier the other day,
only one on the road from Stratford to Cov and I did think 'that wasn't there yesterday'
I wouldn't be surprised if it was the one you hit, it was pretty big aswell, like a medium sized dog.

 

[mugglesquop]

I drive down that road almost every day, I saw a dead fox next to a barrier the other day,
only one on the road from Stratford to Cov and I did think 'that wasn't there yesterday'
I wouldn't be surprised if it was the one you hit, it was pretty big aswell, like a medium sized dog.

lol, you dont get to see foxes often then?

badgers are worse, they are lower and can take a sump and radiator out :dead:

 

[DaveDreads]

Haha no, not with a large German Sheperd, nothing goes in my garden without him knowing about it,
i've been quite lucky so far, nothing more than a cat has stepped out in front of my car
and i've managed to miss them all so far.

I've seen a few lads at meets with badger sized holes in their front bumpers, solid little buggers cause a right mess.

 

[Jonny1*2]

lol, you dont get to see foxes often then?

badgers are worse, they are lower and can take a sump and radiator out :dead:

I'll give you radiator, but no way would it take the sump out.

 

[GiT]

did you contact the owner of the fox? did it have a collar?

RSPCA?

LOL -

 

[Don Shaleone]

I drive down that road almost every day, I saw a dead fox next to a barrier the other day,
only one on the road from Stratford to Cov and I did think 'that wasn't there yesterday'
I wouldn't be surprised if it was the one you hit, it was pretty big aswell, like a medium sized dog.

That's where it was, right by the barrier in the left hand lane, the damage is quite bad a was very loud, I did actually catch a glimpse of the fox and it was the size of a medium dog.

Even found a bit a fox hair on the rad lol