04-16-2020, 01:22 PM | #1 |
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Scratched Bumper this Morning Any Advise?
Hey Guys,
I scratched my front bumper this morning... I live in the LA area.. any advise on getting this fixed? Seems like it would need a repaint.. can anyone suggest if I should go the BMW to get this fixed.. I have attached the picture here.. |
04-16-2020, 02:03 PM | #2 |
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Any bodyshop can fix that. Just find one that's reputable.
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04-16-2020, 02:57 PM | #3 |
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You might find one of those bumper medic types to fix but they would have to be really good since it's scratch to raw bumper.
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04-16-2020, 05:08 PM | #4 |
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Maybe you can just accessorize
Available on eBay - maybe you just throw this bad boy on top of it.
https://www.ebay.com/i/182474287863?...hoC46cQAvD_BwE |
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04-16-2020, 08:14 PM | #7 |
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Just find a reputable body shop in the neighborhood with good reviews, or if you have garage and time (well a lot of us got time these days) you can fix it yourself.
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04-16-2020, 09:10 PM | #9 |
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04-16-2020, 09:27 PM | #10 |
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$1300? 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚔🚓🚓🚔🚓🚔🚓👮*♂️😂😂😂😂
Oh (BMW), I get it. We have (BMW)to remove(BMW) your bumper (BMW)sand it match the (BMW) paint blah blah (BMW) blah blah (BMW) $1300....🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️🏃*♂️ lol $500 at BEST. It's only one section. |
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04-16-2020, 09:38 PM | #12 |
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I was quoted $3500 from a very reputable body shop to replace mine. Previous owner had a love of all things curbed. Asked about repair, but since mine was actually cracked in a couple of places, and scratched in others, was told repair not really advised. I’m sure part of the quote was taking the vehicle back to the dealer to reprogram cameras and sensors in the front bumper.
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04-17-2020, 08:01 PM | #15 |
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Touch it up yourself and you’ll learn to live with it.
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04-18-2020, 06:54 AM | #16 |
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I would touch it up or have a body shop touch it up for you and get a 3M film put over it and it's done..
If repainted, you will never match the paint right so leave that repair until you really need it If just the corner is repaired, the clear coat will start peeling in few years making it look even worse. |
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Mine wasn't that bad 😁 Mchughs automotive group is wrapping up my car this week🔥 They did an outstanding job on the interior. |
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04-18-2020, 12:59 PM | #18 |
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1300$ is a bit steep but not too off from a reputable shop. If done by a quality shop your looking at 600$+ using at the least a spies hecker paint system and thats just for the bumper, if you have paint thats hard to match such as mineral white your looking at a 1000$ to have fenders/hood correctly blended in.
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04-18-2020, 05:24 PM | #20 |
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Agreed a good shop would cost $800 plus, I learned the hard way by going the cheaper route. Before I traded in the wifes F16 had the bumper repsrayed for 450$ at a decently reviewed shop what I didn't know till later was they used low to mid tier products car was mineral white and at first paint matched perfectly but within a year bumper started to turn creamish yellow and was an eye sore I couldn't find any other pic than this but you can clearly see the color distortion from bumper to there attempt of a shitty blend to quarter panel.
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04-18-2020, 05:26 PM | #21 |
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Try these guys.
https://www.greenreconditioning.com/ |
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04-18-2020, 10:02 PM | #22 |
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This ^^^. It's all in the prep work my friend.
These guys make great paint with factory colors: automotivetouchup |
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