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ARB bull bar vs. deer
On the way to Disney via Reno last night my husband drove my FJ smack into Bambi's mom...then over her. 
He says that when he made contact he was running about 55-60mph (I was asleep after driving for 10 hours already.) He's not used to driving my FJ, so he didn't slam on the brakes like I would have, and hit the doe dead center on my new ARB bull bar. And then 5 seconds later she went under both right side wheels as he was pulling onto the shoulder to survey the damage. 
I got out, grabbed the Maglight, and went around to the front end only to find out that there is NO damage. I'm going to have to have a little meeting between a hammer and the license plate, but other than that there is NOTHING to show that we hit a deer. (Weeeell...there was a little blood on the bumper, but other than that and a teeny piece of skin on the plate, nothing.) Thank goodness we jumped on the $600 deal we found a month ago on Craigslist. Definitely saved us waaaay more than $600! 
(BTW, yes the deer was killed. No I didn't take pictures of her. No we didn't just leave her in the middle of the road.)
Here are a couple of pictures of the "damage." The bumper didn't shift at all front to back or side to side.
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-Jen
07 Voodoo 6MT--Icon 3" suspension setup, Nitto Terra Grapplers (285/70/17), ARB Bull Bar, Safari Snorkel, Big Bill Combo w/ 3' Firestick, Wet Okole seat covers, Nuvi 660, M-PAC side rack, Rasta skids, '08 side visor mod, 3 additional 12V outlets installed, M. Schrader roofrack flag mount clamp, ScanGauge II, SCUBA mod, A-TRAC hacked, Springtail cargo barrier, Sonoran Steel rear lower links.
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