So couple weeks ago I hit a deer In my x308 XJ8. or the deer hit me. (airbags did not deploy) But it smashed into the drivers side front, damaging the grille and the whole headlamp assembly and the turn signal. I was going 50mph and the deer stopped the car. The car runs perfectly just some weird things happened like the i started the car and the car was shaking/vibrating and i revved it and it stalled. and while the car was running it was making a ticking noise while running. (all in cold start). So a body shop estimated $7500 ( with parts ) and I said forget it. I bought the parts off eBay. New turn signal, used headlamps, chrome grille with chrome inserts, and headlamp trim bezel - For $245. I went to a body shop couple days ago and he told me $800 and we made a deal for $700. I'll post some pics of the car before. And after once i received the car from the shop!

 

Sorry to hear that....
For your stall condition, check your MAF connection to include the hoses up to the connection at the throttle body. Make sure nothing was knocked loose and is sucking air. Check the battery, be sure its sitting proper and hasn't grounded out somehow. Other than that, I would do a reset and see if that clears it up.

 

I will check that first thing in the morning

 

It's funny (ironic) my boss just hit a deer last week with his brand new Silverado 1500 at approx. the same speed, hit the brakes before hitting the deer, and the whole grill, bumper, and hood were messed up, it's amazing that these older vehicles seem to hold up so much better in terms of amount of damage sustained.

 

I hope he's Okay! that sucks doe. But these jags (x308) were made of aluminum which is light-weight but very strong.

 

No, the X308's are steel, the X350 is aluminum.
Vector

 

I would have your gearbox checked out too if it went to a dead stop from 50mph, a great deal of strain will have been placed upon it and it's associated parts.

When I had an accident in one of my old XJ8's, it wrote the car off, the engine was still running after the crash. I found that impressive.

 

i feel dumb lol

 

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll get that checked out.

 

I think using aluminum is dumb if steel is stronger and cheaper. Obviously, I'm not concerned over gas mileage nor weight savings. Saving a few hundred pounds of vehicle weight is easy, just skip carpooling your fat friends...

 

omg lol

 

Rust?
Vector

 

true.

 

Good point, but none yet on my Jag.

My prior steel Cadillac rusted aplenty...

 

ok so couple month later and now i have hood panel gaps from the body shop that said "thats the best I can do" attitude. Before going to any other body shop is there a way I can go about doing this my self?

 

Well, first off, did you pay... Mr That's the best I can do, already? If so, I would be asking for about 4 hrs of work back.
For the hood itself, it appears to be shifted to the right about 1/8-3/16". Did they take the fenders off to complete their work? Because the hood looks pinched between them pretty good. The passenger headlights don't look quite right, like their not aligned, yet they shouldn't had been touched, it was the other side?
Didn't you say the hood didn't latch well in your other thread? Until that hood gets moved over, it won't latch well. Offhand I would say the passenger fender looks to be the culprit. Getting it moved will allow the front of the hood to move that way and square it up better all around and allow the pins to seat properly.
You need to get behind that grill and see how its aligned or its fruitless for any of us to contemplate much more of this.
More pics would be valuable, pics from the hinging behind the grill, pics directly in line with the hood/fender alignment, pics of the hinges with the hood up and pics of the fenders (from above as best possible) with the hood up. If you see something else you feel needs a pic of it, do so. No guarantees of fixable responses, but its a start of their so-called finished product.

 

"Best they can do?" It looks like they didn't even try to align the panels properly.

That is the worst I have ever seen come out of a "professional" body shop.

Correct panel alignment is one of the minimum requirements for a job like this.

No way I would accept that.

These pics and a bit of your time in small claims court would be a definite winner for you, if it goes that far.
Vector

 

I'm having a hard time believing that for $800 the body shop said anything except "we will do the best we can"

To properly fix that damage required a new hood .. and I'm guessing a new fender. Did they paint anything? don't see how $800 gets any painting.

 

The passenger fender had a huge dent which was fixed close to the headlight. And yes I did pay him.

 

Yup, I went to him last Thursday and he said he will fix it Monday (today) so I said alrighty. BUT last night I recived a phone call from him saying he will not do the work because the way I talked to him and I showed him every nook and cranny and how the hood is not adjusted and he also said that " I did my job " and " I am not working on this car again ".