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Repair A Rear Bumper Cover?

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Old 07-12-14, 11:04 AM
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Default Repair A Rear Bumper Cover?

My wife came in with a "hang dog" look on her face a couple of weeks ago and said "Go look at the car." There was a deep scratch along the driver's rocker panel and extending to the left quarter part of the rear bumper cover. It's about $375 to replace the rocker panel but a new bumper cover is almost 4 times that. The scratches are deep enough that the primer is exposed.

Can these be repaired economically or will it always look like it's been fixed?

Old 07-12-14, 11:38 AM
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That cover can be repaired no problem, they'll paint it, blend it into the rest of the bumper and then clear cost the whole bumper cover. Probably $700 or so.
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Yeah like SW13GS said its repairable, when I had my accident it was repaired, mine wasnt as bad as that but had close hole from the person's license plate and they fixed it.
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Spotrepair, should cost no more than 200....
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Originally Posted by hube
Spotrepair, should cost no more than 200....
Wish I lived near you. I was quote over $700 for a repair job.
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Originally Posted by hube
Spotrepair, should cost no more than 200....
For a cheap on the car repair job. If you want it to look right, especially on silver it needs to be done right, cover has to come off the car. $700.
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Yeah to add make sure they paint your car the right color, make sure you see it in light and in dark.
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