Weird Accident , The Ranger vs. A Seagull , with a poll too

[WNY964x4]

On my way to work this morning , doin 60 , right near one of the back enterances to the campground a seagull was on the side of the road and decided to fly in front of my truck

here is the aftermath

knocked the tranny cooler out of the bracket

actually bent the core support

feather behind the headlight

found a chunk of the grille behind the cooler

that d&^% bird took the other part



so , now i am considering my options , stay stock or go aftermarket

 

[Boggin]

is this a street truck or offroad?

 

[WNY964x4]

its a mall crawler to put it simply , getting a lift for it , and some other offroad goodies , gonna do trail rides from time to time , but mainly just my dd commuter truck

 

[Boggin]

well unless it was a street truck i dont feel the greatest on a billet, but its all up to you

 

[WNY964x4]

this is what i mean by billet , this was my 96 4x4

 

[Boggin]

ok i was getting the wrong idea, i like that grill, i would go for one of those.

and BTW what did the gull look like? haha

 

[WNY964x4]

idk , the weird part was i didnt see it fall ont the road after i hit it and i didnt see it on the side of the road on my drive home , i thought it was stuck under my truck , but it aint there either , its really weird

 

[Boggin]

maybe he was a REALLY tough bird and made through it? haha

 

[WNY964x4]

i highly doubt it , though it is possible , but there was a decent chunk of my grille missing , but i looked up a billet one and it is way too expensive , gonna put a stock one in

 

[Boggin]

theys can be expensive eh

 

[Jay FX4]

I thought Randy Johnson taught these birds a lesson.... guess not.

 

[Brandon12]

I thought Randy Johnson taught these birds a lesson.... guess not.

I have seen some billet grills at junkyards before. Go take a gander, never know what you will find.

 

[WNY964x4]

well actually i just got a stock one off a 98 for 10 bucks , gonna go out and take a pic now

 

[WNY964x4]

the new grille , from a 98

the original for comparison

 

[triumphrider-1]

You could do the grill mod, have the look of an OE with a billet also: