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Need some help.... Hit a goose

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by nickj718, Dec 7, 2016.

  1. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:06 PM
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    nickj718

    nickj718 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Can anyone tell me if the part that surrounds the backside of the grill is a replacement part? I cant find a number for it anywhere... Hit a bird on the way home today in a 50 mph zone and killed my front end along with large gouges in my radiator

    Looking for this part

    IMG_8071 (1).jpg


    Thanks for the help guys i appreciate it
     
  2. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:10 PM
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    nm4553

    nm4553 You had me at "Meat Tornado"

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  3. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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    Squirrelbomb

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    I want to hear the story. How do you hit a goose? I have never seen a duck or a goose not hit on purpose
     
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  4. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:26 PM
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    Were you monster truckin threw a corn field?
     
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  5. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:36 PM
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    over60

    over60 Over70 & still a "Grumpy Old Guy"

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    Those damn Canadian geese will do some damage.... A year or so ago, an Ontario Provincial Police motorcycle cop was hit broadside by a goose at Hwy. speed..(He was at Hwy speed...not the goose)hehe ..Damn near killed the officer by knocking him over and the slide and roll....!! Lucky he did not get run over by a big truck, etc... He was badly hurt, but survived...
     
  6. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:42 PM
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    Why'd it have to be Canadian? Could have been a snow goose
     
  7. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:45 PM
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    Because Canada geese are insane.
     
  8. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:48 PM
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    Was in my dads truck when I was younger and we hit a duck that took off from a pond on the side of the highway, it hit the top left of the windshield and flew about 50ft up haha! The irony is that we hunt ducks and geese and that duck was taken a few days before the season opener hahaha
     
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  9. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:52 PM
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    Op was it on purpose?
     
  10. Dec 7, 2016 at 4:53 PM
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    Let me guess..."I was going around this blind curve..."
     
  11. Dec 7, 2016 at 5:08 PM
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    On a family trip an owl hit the windshield of my dad's 84 toyota minivan and it scared the shit out of us ....nothing compared to my ex-in laws driving through a swarm of bees on a road trip and didn't think anything about it until they got home and almost couldn't open the truck doors or roll the windows down because of the dried honey
     
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  12. Dec 7, 2016 at 5:16 PM
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    Road with cornfield on both sides pitch black and not on purpose
     
  13. Dec 7, 2016 at 5:31 PM
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    Hit a goose? Make the best of it: slow cooker, a tad of apple vinegar, half a beer, 8-9 hours on low. Thank me later.
     
  14. Dec 7, 2016 at 5:33 PM
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    Must have been one BIG honking bird... :rimshot:
     
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  15. Dec 7, 2016 at 5:37 PM
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    Sorry OP, no help here. To those who question him, shit happens sometimes. I had a friend who got hit by a deer while riding a bicycle on a dirt road. Dude was scared to death of deer, afterward.
     
  16. Dec 7, 2016 at 5:46 PM
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    Goose tacos too!
     
  17. Dec 8, 2016 at 6:17 AM
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    So the only way to replace is to buy a new grill surrounding?

    This sucks
     
  18. Dec 8, 2016 at 6:18 AM
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    Poor Goose

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  19. Dec 8, 2016 at 6:29 AM
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    Screw tha damn goose!!! My truck has 1k in damage
     
  20. Dec 8, 2016 at 6:46 AM
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    I hit a goose in a rental car years ago. Almost had to take out a second mortgage to pay for the damage. "Would you like the supplemental insurance on this rental car" Hells yes!
    What's the difference in a 4X4 and a rental car?




    A rental car can go ANYWHERE
     
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