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I think your lucky they missed the quarter panel because that would have made things significantly more expensive
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03-23-2014, 11:05 AM | #16 |
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Yea if this HAD to happen I'm glad it was only on the bumper. Yea it does look silver, so I'll have to look Monday at all the cars. I just don't get it. I work at a smaller facility. Everyone knows each other. And everyone knows me as the guy with the new camaro And I've been there 6 years and know almost everyone personally. Damn this is gonna be tough if I find out who it was.
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03-23-2014, 12:10 PM | #17 |
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I hope everything goes well for you! Sometimes metallic paint can be very hard to match.
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03-23-2014, 12:13 PM | #18 |
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If its metallic its 3 stage no?
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03-23-2014, 02:50 PM | #19 |
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I have a ding on my car that needs to be fixed as well. My friend from back home owns a shop and told me it was stage 2. Anyways I took to a body shop here in houston and the guy wanted to charge me for a stage 3. I told him it was a 2, and he looked it up and said I was right lol I have inferno orange metallic. Could be different for you.
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03-24-2014, 02:15 PM | #20 |
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UPDATE:
So I checked the cameras and of course with my luck, I couldn't see anything. We have two cameras, one on each end of the parking lot. I always park at the furthest end of the lot, right by camera number 2. Well, apparently that camera is tilted too high up to catch the last couple spots, which is right where I park. The first camera is about 30-40 spots away so it's too far to see my car clearly. All in all, in basically shit outta luck. With that being said, does anyone in the Chicago area recommend a body shop that does good work? I really want to be sure that my metallic paint blends perfectly. I really don't want to get caught up in the not matching bumper and repainting fiasco. I know metallic paint can be tricky so I'm willing to pay for perfection. Thanks a lot for all the replies |
03-24-2014, 02:30 PM | #21 | |
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good luck... sucks that it happened... same thing here the folks here at work know that I super careful with my car... 5 months and aside from rock dings in the front fascia the car is in perfect condition... very very little swirling. ( that was taken care of this weekend after 4 ours of detailing but if someone was to bump my car they might as well quit!
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03-28-2014, 09:00 AM | #22 |
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Update:
Checked the cameras here at work, and of course, my car is out of view. I park at the end of the parking lot (obviously) and our "second camera" doesn't actually work. So I thought I was parking next to a camera, when actually the nearest camera is at the front door ~200ft away. So basically I'm SOL. Got quoted $900 to replace bumper and repaint. Thank you all for the responses! And make sure the cameras in your parking lot work! |
03-28-2014, 02:49 PM | #23 |
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ha I would start walking the lot trying to find black paint on any of the bumpers there!
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03-28-2014, 07:12 PM | #24 |
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Is the bumper torn at all? or have any holes in it? if not, there probably isn't a need to replace the bumper. They should be able to heat and re-form the bumper to get it roughed out and use minimal filler/ primer to smooth it out good as new. The blue ray metallic is not a 3 stage paint, and it isn't a real difficult color to match. $900 doesn't seam too bad as long as that is including a genuine GM rear bumper cover and not some aftermarket reproduction one.
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03-28-2014, 07:44 PM | #25 | |
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And the bumper is dented but not broken. They said they could reform it, but I think they quoted me like 100$ less, so for that, I'll just take the whole new bumper lol |
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