armadillo meets altima coupe fm fiberglass front fascia

[08altima35]

The damage isn't insane, but i'll be busy next weekend with fiberglass repair which i've got some skills or i might just order the e.d. front (which is identical, but not fiberglass).An oversized armadillo decided to cross I-37 tonight (it was dark) on my drive from Dallas to Corpus Christi. I was doing about 75 and my decision was to either take out the car in the right lane or take the armadillo. Needless to say the armadillo is no longer with us and a memorial service will not be held. Anyway, the front middle bottom of my front fascia is just barely holding together. I have to say this fiberglass (unlike most) is tuff because by the sound of the impact and knowing it was an armadillo i thought i'd be on the side of the road all night making roadside repairs just so i could get home or removing the whole thing and leaving it on the side of the highway. I'll take some pics tomorrow during the day and will try to post tomorrow night.

edit:I still can't believe why it held together and it just came to mind that the bottom portion of my fascia is backed by aluminum charge piping. That was probably what saved me because i believe any material would have snapped at such an impact. Oh well, sh*t happens sometimes

[mcheddadi]

The damage isn't insane, but i'll be busy next weekend with fiberglass repair which i've got some skills or i might just order the e.d. front (which is identical, but not fiberglass).An oversized armadillo decided to cross I-37 tonight (it was dark) on my drive from Dallas to Corpus Christi. I was doing about 75 and my decision was to either take out the car in the right lane or take the armadillo. Needless to say the armadillo is no longer with us and a memorial service will not be held. Anyway, the front middle bottom of my front fascia is just barely holding together. I have to say this fiberglass (unlike most) is tuff because by the sound of the impact and knowing it was an armadillo i thought i'd be on the side of the road all night making roadside repairs just so i could get home or removing the whole thing and leaving it on the side of the highway. I'll take some pics tomorrow during the day and will try to post tomorrow night.

edit:I still can't believe why it held together and it just came to mind that the bottom portion of my fascia is backed by aluminum charge piping. That was probably what saved me because i believe any material would have snapped at such an impact. Oh well, sh*t happens sometimes

wow thats crazy! Can't wait for pics

[Bmore-coupe]

That sucks I always liked the FM kit on your car. Like Mehdi said, post pics asap.

[ThatGuyRoger]

damn that sucks, i was in corpus over the weekend

pics!

[marlin29311]

Pics or it didn't happen

J/k - that sucks though dude...good thing about the metal piping - an animal that size could have caused some serious damage - just look what a rabbit did to ferguson's car!

[Ferguson]

That FM fascia must be one mighty strong piece!

[XXplosive990]

gotta watch out for those suicidal animals, im glad i dont have any armadillos or Mutant Bunnys to deal with where i live

[Rob.Vegan]

I was doing about 75 and my decision was to either take out the car in the right lane or take the armadillo. Needless to say the armadillo is no longer with us and a memorial service will not be held.

Can't wait for pics, glad your car held up nice though, We would all hate to see that engine bay of yours take a beating

[dangeris]

Sorry to hear about that bro. Hitting an animal with your car has to suck big time. I know Ferguson's boy took out a big azz rabbit up where they live. None the less that sucks.!