I got a big 10 pt buck on Monday night

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11-12-2017, 06:59 PM

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bigjake88

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I would say you're fairly close on the 10k estimate, mine was just shy of that, I had a Malibu make a left turn in front of me at about 40 mph. My bags didn't blow either, body shop said the computer makes the call on whether it will be beneficial or not anymore

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11-12-2017, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BadAV

It's a comprehensive claim and I have $0 deductible.

Yeah, My wife's in insurance, always makes us pay a little as it lowers the premiums.

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11-13-2017, 01:04 AM

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Trick is, where's the sensor. If the impact doesn't hit the sensor, the truck is blissfully unaware that an impact might have happened. Some vehicles use multiple sensors to determine the severity of the impact to help the RCS figure out if the airbags need to be deployed or not, or which airbags to deploy.

Of course without having the truck here to actually see it.. Looks like 20k to me. Fender, fender support, wheel well liner, wiring harness, headlight assembly, looks like the rad support is damaged, hood, grille, active shutter system, rh mirror, rad valence, headlamp support bracket.

Not exaftly how the air bag system works. The impact doesn’t need to hit a sensor. The sensors detect deceleration (technically negative acceleration). So just body panels crushing would not cause a high enough rate of negative acceleration to set off the air bags.

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11-15-2017, 05:22 PM

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Took mine to the body shop, was estimated at about $1,600 (including labor). Estimator agreed that the deer couldn't have picked a better spot to hit, everything is bolt off/on, no paint or other body work.

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11-15-2017, 05:43 PM

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Looks like one of these would have left you with limited or no damage. It's heavy and ugly as sin but will deflect most Missouri deer. Glad you were not harmed except in the wallet'

I searched diligently for one that would NOT interfere with the forward sensors (Collision Avoidance) and they are not available for the 2017 model. I called several makers and that was the common answer.