I just want to make sure when it's all fixed again that it will look nice, if I have to spend $500 in deductibles it might as well be for mods to improve the look

 

Completely understand, deer hits are real fun on liability

 

Two words. Road armour. That bumper will protect the hell out of your truck. Or build a custom one

And insurance most of the time just covers factory pieces, maybe get them replaced then sell them. There's a lot of people who will buy stock headlights and other front pieces. Then use the money to upgrade

 

Do you know how those lightning grills attach? I'm hoping I can just get the surround and have them leave the grill out so I can install one or buy one and give it to them before I bring the truck in.

 

I was told I might be able to bring in parts and have them take the amount off of the deductible so hopefully it will all work out.

Those road armor ones are sweet but I don't think they would match the lines to my truck very well

 

They clip in like the honeycomb, it's the same surround with a different insert. But I'm not following what you're wanting to do here... If you want a grille surround by itself just buy it, but you can't hardly find just the lightning insert

 

if the aftermarket parts your wanting to get are same price as the factory parts i dont see why body shop wouldnt get them and install them. when worked at bodyshop we would replace parts long as was same price as factory if was more person paid difference out of pocket cause insurance paid certain ammount

 

If you want insurance to pay for a lightning grille I'd just remove your honeycomb insert and tell them that's what it had and it got nocked out lol

 

I wish I could have but I already got the appraisal for the repairs

 

You can just pay whatever excess. Some bodyshops will work it out where the price difference kinda disappears. Just depends on who you deal with