One of them day's - Repair or Replace ?

[K9Torro]

Well fellow P-can's it was " one of those day's ".

I parked my car in a spot big enough for a semi to park in, then proceeded to earn my day's wage little as it may be....lol

At appx 9:30 I went out to the parking area to retrieve something from my car and low and behold a kindly native had decorated my front bumper for me,,,

It appears that something roughly the size of a " reese " hitch without the ball attachment pushed into my bumper, this is the only damage that I have noted,

Have already lined up a repairman who is treating me more than fairly but thought I would seek advice on this repair, should I let him just repair the fiberglass and prime/paint and buff to match or should I purchase a whole new bumper cover, and if so, who has the bestest deals...haha.

Todd

[Kemo]

if its fiberglass...repair and paint. ive toasted a couple of Jetskis and glassed them backup no problem. If you get a good body guy, he should be able get it back to original shape without a hitch. (no pun intended )

[wholberg]

Given that the impact was isolated to such a small area, if the rest of the bumper is undamaged, I would patch it and repaint.

[nut11]

That suchs... Do a patch. Damn, the're out there.....

[K9Torro]

Hey guy's ,

Thanks for the word's , got a body guy that works for the city that is going to do it for me at his house, for $100 plus materials.

I have to take the bumper cover off and take it to him , seems like a fair deal to me so guess I will do that.

Sure messed up my work day though,

Todd

[Joe Bob]

Patch it.....

My ride has a temblor switch with a beeper. Someone smacks, tries to get in it I get an alert.......it even has a "radar" when the top is down and someone reaches inside.

I rarely use it except when I'm in a strange lot...the PO put it in.

[Par911]

Its a minor crack, as others said patch it, sand, and paint. The money you would spend for a new bumper can be used for other upgrades on the p-car.

[K9Torro]

After about seven weeks finally got my car back together again, the part got " hung " up at the body shop but they did a really good job fixing the front cover.

Todd





The " white " spots in both pic's are from the flash on the camera.

[emcdan]

Looks great....now if just find the piece of ____ that did it!

[Dantilla]

Originally posted by emcdan
Looks great....now if just find the piece of ____ that did it!

It will come back to them.

A while back I got rear-ended in my truck. Just happened to have the ball in the reciever from towing the day before.

Old beater motor home couldn't stop in time, and got a 2"ball-sized hole in his front bumper.

Glad I wasn't driving the 911.

[azasadny]

Nice work, that bumper looks great!

[75blkcarrera]

Now you know what those corvette guys go through all the time!!!!!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Looks very good Todd. Picking the "silver lining" in this freakin rain cloud, it gave you a chance to clean up the front end from small rock chips.

There is a particulalry hot little corner of hell waiting for people who damge a man's car and don't own up to it. Accidents are one thing, slinking off without making a sound like a cockroach is quite another.

[K9Torro]

Hey Dan -

You are absolutely right about the rock chips, funny I never noticed how bad there were until I got the bumper cover back and compared photos of the before and after.

Other than a serious coat of wax is there any other way to prevent these from happening again without going to a " bra "?

Todd

[K9Torro]

Hey guy's -

Finally got around to taking a pic in the sunlight of my front end repair, it actually matches fairly well I think

What do you think about having the whole hood repainted the same way to get rid of the rock chips ???

Todd

[K9Torro]

Couple more pic's of the new paint on the front -





And an engine pic





Todd

[coldstart]

I think that the cop has caught a really nce looking car. The aftermarket bumpers (and the new paintjob) look great!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Todd, You can protect that new front end with the clear mask bra stuff. Do a search and you'll find plenty of info about it. I think it'd be a great idea to have the hood reshot to get rid of the rock chips....but then DEFINITELY do the clear plastic stuff, otherwise why bother?

[CarreraS2]

that's the kind of bumper that is perfect for a clear film.

do a search on this site using "xpel" for a lot of info.

[Puka Puncha]

Hey Todd,
What kind of bumper is that? Where's you get it from? How much?

Thanks,
David