A deer day, help with front end damage

[tom rowe]

Firstly I'm new to the forum so i hope I've posted this in the correct part of the forum. Very kindly a deer decided to run out into the road yesterday and do its best to damage my S-line B8.5 estate, ****** gutted, I'd only polished and waxed it that morning.

Anyways I'm hoping to repair the car myself, i have a basic mechanical understanding but love a go at this sort of thing. I'm hoping in by creating this thread people will be able to assist me along the way as i inevitably get stuck with things.

Already im finding lots of front bumpers advertised for B8's but I think I'm correct in that they wont fit my B8.5 (62 plate).

At the moment the damage looks to include the front bumper, drivers side wing, drivers side head and fog lights, air conditioning condenser, the front washer motor and components and a whole host of brackets. Where is the best place to find all the part numbers for these items? If anyone knows of any of these parts been available that would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

Tom

 

[jdp1962]

@Simon :

 

[Simon]

Ouch.

8K0821105J + 8K0821106J +8K0853823 + 8K0853824 Front wings and stone protector trims
8K0821135H + 8K0821136J + 8K0807283H + 8K0807284H Front wing supports and plastic mounting pieces to the end of the support brackets
8K0805607B + 8K0805608B + 8T0941453D + 8T0941454D Headlight support pieces (2pcs for each light)
2pcs 8K0807333B Headlight support mounting pieces
Bumper with grilles and fog lights. Many part numbers depending on version.
8K0807647A Grill for "splitter"
8K0941043B & 8K0941044B Xenon headlights without curve-light function.
8K0807081B & 8K0807611B Plastic parts for under & top of the bumper (between bumper and radiator)
8K0821171L + 8K0821172L Arch liners

don't ask which part no is for which side as I couldn't tell you without looking it up! http://www.realoem.me/Audi/RDW should be a real help there.

Simon

 

[Dippy]

https://audi.7zap.com/en/rdw/audi+a4+s4+avant+quattro/a4q/2012-636/

That's a small deer. The one I hit in my B5 S4 was several times that size and although I had to have the bonnet replaced as well, the car didn't suffer as much internal damage as yours. Maybe B5s were tougher than B8s.

 

[Zig M]

Did you keep the deer?

Venison steak is good

 

[tom rowe]

https://audi.7zap.com/en/rdw/audi+a4+s4+avant+quattro/a4q/2012-636/

That's a small deer. The one I hit in my B5 S4 was several times that size and although I had to have the bonnet replaced as well, the car didn't suffer as much internal damage as yours. Maybe B5s were tougher than B8s.

I would certainly agree, i had a B7 before this and it was a much sturdier car IMO.

 

[tom rowe]

Did you keep the deer?

Venison steak is good

I certainly did, as nice as it is, i think it would have been cheaper to buy the venison than source it myself with the car haha

 

[tom rowe]

Ouch.

8K0821105J + 8K0821106J +8K0853823 + 8K0853824 Front wings and stone protector trims
8K0821135H + 8K0821136J + 8K0807283H + 8K0807284H Front wing supports and plastic mounting pieces to the end of the support brackets
8K0805607B + 8K0805608B + 8T0941453D + 8T0941454D Headlight support pieces (2pcs for each light)
2pcs 8K0807333B Headlight support mounting pieces
Bumper with grilles and fog lights. Many part numbers depending on version.
8K0807647A Grill for "splitter"
8K0941043B & 8K0941044B Xenon headlights without curve-light function.
8K0807081B & 8K0807611B Plastic parts for under & top of the bumper (between bumper and radiator)
8K0821171L + 8K0821172L Arch liners

don't ask which part no is for which side as I couldn't tell you without looking it up! http://www.realoem.me/Audi/RDW should be a real help there.

Simon

You've gone above and beyond there mate, thank you very much.

 

[Simon]

I can't take a lot of credit, I just cut and paste it from my project thread One thing worth noting is that buying a pattern wing isn't super expensive, don't do what I did and buy a wing from a breakers for more money than the pattern part, have it turn up damaged, fail to get your money back and then buy a pattern part that fit better anyway...

good luck with your rebuild!

ps #justsayin

https://www.dm-autoteile.de/navi.php?type=fahrzeugsuche&q=100&id=92

 

[tom rowe]

It's funny you say that Simon, i used a pattern wing on my B7 and i was pleasantly surprised with it. I had planned on buying a pattern front bumper but I've been advised from a lad i trust, not to use pattern front bumpers. Have you any experience with these?

 

[Simon]

I bought an rs4 style bumper from the place I linked too, fit was perfect.

 

[quattrogone]

Why is that deer trying to eat your grille

 

[spartacus 68]

Any reason not to go through your own insurance? My daughter did the same thing on her Fiat 500. Granted, the cars are poles apart, but I did the work myself, but the car was 2009. Ended up fibre-glassing the front bumper crack from behind to avoid a paint-job.

2-3 winters ago I literally grazed a wall at work after the car skidded in the car park (learnt my lesson so switched to Michelin CrossClimate+ tyres). The point I'm making is that the Xenon headlight unit is £700 alone.

 

[Simon]

If you buy new yes, I bought two for less than that.

 

[rum4mo]

One thing about part numbers, if given part numbers for each side, the one with the odd number is always for the LHS.

 

[tom rowe]

Any reason not to go through your own insurance? My daughter did the same thing on her Fiat 500. Granted, the cars are poles apart, but I did the work myself, but the car was 2009. Ended up fibre-glassing the front bumper crack from behind to avoid a paint-job.

2-3 winters ago I literally grazed a wall at work after the car skidded in the car park (learnt my lesson so switched to Michelin CrossClimate+ tyres). The point I'm making is that the Xenon headlight unit is £700 alone.

Third part, fire and theft, that's why. Live and learn i suppose.