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08-28-2011, 04:26 PM
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Drives: 2011 LT (SW) Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: tucson, az
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Help, advice needed on repair!
Made this huge mistake this morning, not sure if I should do one of the following:
1. replace front bumper cover only, touch-up paint metal panel - notice that the metal part is actually bent inwards now 2. repair front bumper cover with touch-up paint only and replace metal panel 3. pull front bumper cover off, touch-up, and have metal (where bent) attempted to be bumped out to fix curve in it, and touch-up paint that, too If you have experience with the costs involved, I'm a college student, and can't afford to have both the front fascia AND the metal panel replaced, so tell me what you would do if you have do choose, and what cost it would be to repair (I'd be taking it to a local dealer). Thanks so much for your advice. |
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08-28-2011, 04:31 PM
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What the hell happened?
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08-28-2011, 04:32 PM
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300-400$ in paint repair??? I dont know. Front replacement and paint probably around 8-900$ i would assume.
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08-28-2011, 04:33 PM
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Drives: 2011 LT (SW) Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: tucson, az
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I got into a scuffle with a pole. I know, my bad. I just can't afford to spend $1000 fixing this mistake at the moment....
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08-28-2011, 04:34 PM
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Go to 3 mechanic shops and get estimates.
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08-28-2011, 04:42 PM
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Drives: 2011 LT (SW) Join Date: Mar 2011
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I think I will do that, thanks...tomorrow afternoon! Too bad no one is open on Sundays!
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08-28-2011, 04:47 PM
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Course of Action 4: Take to body shop for estimate. Call insurance company.
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08-28-2011, 04:49 PM
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Drives: 2 LT/RS YELLOW, AUTO., VIN NO. 602 Join Date: May 2010
Location: LAVAL (10 min. north of Montreal), CANADA
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A good body shop will fix that for a few hundreds only.
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08-28-2011, 04:51 PM
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Quote:
I hate that places are usually closed on sunday. Thats the day I have free time.
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08-28-2011, 04:54 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT RS Convertible Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: USAREUR, CONUS/DOD-A, VA
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I would NOT report this to your insurance co. This is cosmetic rather than a "functional" impairment.
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08-28-2011, 04:54 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2LT RS in Red Jewel Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Modesto, CA
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You MAY want to check with your dealer. We have a guy that does bumper touch-ups to all of our used cars and you could get that fixed for probably under $250.00. Our guy charges us $125.00 and does all of our bumpers.
White is a pretty forgiving color if the bumper guy is good. They can shoot and blend that in with little problem.
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08-28-2011, 04:54 PM
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Drives: FAST Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: CA
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The bumper doesn't look too screwed up from what I can tell. I had a PDR guy and his buddy come out and take out a ding and respray the majority of the door (of my previous car) for $250...That's the way I would go about doing it.
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08-28-2011, 05:45 PM
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Drives: 2011 LT (SW) Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: tucson, az
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Thanks everyone. My car will be scoped out tomorrow by a number of repair shops and hopefully will be repaired by the end of this week.
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08-28-2011, 05:59 PM
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Don't ask to pop my hood!
Drives: it's loud....... Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: southern cali,
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have bf pay for it, you know you let him drive it sometimes
 even tho he didn't do it, just say be early xmas present 
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