vital

I skid the side of my rear bumper onto this wooden foundation at my apartment parking space! I've backed up into my space hundreds of times w/o problems but was talking to my girl and then heard the noise when it touched. I only had one week left in this apartment too after 2.5 years living here!

Here's the pic


Here's what I back into everyday.. the wooden foundation on the right was the culprit. Anyone know how much this will cost? My deductible is like $500

Nelly

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you might be able to buff that out?

vital

I'm not too familiar with buffing a car. Does that require repainting?

Gymniac

I assume nothing got bent or anything? They seem to be pretty shallow scratches. If so, a good body shop should be able to buff it out without repainting. $50-$100 depending on their rate.

markrivers

Thats easy to fix. I wouldn't use my insurance if I were you. It's going to go on your record and they WILL RAISE your premimum for that.
My Guesstimate is around 350.

tedward88

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if the scratches arn't too deep, a good detailer should be able to buff that right out. you got lucky, i got rear ended by some crappy SF parker that left not only a scratch, but clearly took some paint out

whitebeast

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look like it could be buff out.

brociouz

iTrader: (65)

^+1 for a little compound & polish as a first step.

BamaIS

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Another vote for buffing. They don't appear to be through the paint, so maybe they are all surface scratches and you are lucky.

rookieIS

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dont buff/paint it. keep it for memories!

516IS

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I too vote for Buffing it out. should come off easily too.

KillaIS250

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Buff it out. I bet a local detailer would do it for cheap if you don't know how or don't have the stuff to do so.

guacamole

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wrd, deff looks like it can be buffed out. i would do it if you lived in TX lol

Sffd103

iTrader: (16)

If it can't be buffed out, it may be able to be blended in with paint. Or repaint your entire rear bumper for about $400-$500.

SCWB

Another believer that those scratches could be buffed out.. Even though not 100% of them, but the majority will be gone I think.