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Fixing a car bumper

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I see a lot of handy type users posting tips and techniques for car and other repairs in the forums. Dumb blonde that I am I drove into my home today, scratching the front bumper to co-ordinate with the brick work.

Is it easy to repair? I did a quick internet check and picked-up masking off areas you don't want to paint, sanding down, filling any indentations - which may take a number of fills, sanding again, priming and then painting with the the paint, possibly a number of times. Then adding a lacquer, as it's metallic paint.

OK, it sounds a time consuming process, and my artistic abilities don't stretch to spray cans - though maybe a little brushing could follow the scratch lines that the rough bricks have indented onto it. But I don't fancy a car that looks like it's faced an equivalent fate to that of the Spanish Church Ecce Homo fresco painting by the old lady who thought she was 'restoring' it, even though Jesus became transformed into a zombie like creature.

What would you do? Anyone used people who do scratch and dent restoration?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They charge about £150 for a bumper "corner" repair. They'll come to your home or work and they'll have it done in a couple of hours.

Look online for a local, send them a photo and they'll usually give you a budget price.

They are quite good

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Thanks for the tip - it certainly would be easier than me trying to do it. When it comes to cars I can put fuel and oil in, and know which bit the engine is, and not a lot more.

And claiming on insurance isn't worth it, to lose no claims bonus.

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

What do you think a budget price is for a corner?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you not got any spare nail varnish you could just work into the cracks?

Suitable colour of course.

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By *ayercakeMan
over a year ago

Gateshead

not a job to do yourself as it sounds like you haven't an igloo! metallic paint is difficult to match so unless it is a cheap car you would be better using a proper paint shop, they would blend the new paint into adjacent panels better than those mobile repairers.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

a guy in the next unit to us at work had a bumper scuff done on his BMW and they charged him £150. This was in April this year. The week after, his missus scraped the other side

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I think I've given up on fixing it myself! It's silver/gold and not a nail varnish colour I use often, plus I decided to make these 'go faster' stripe scatches quite a few inches in length - think sky remote. I've only looked at it once, as I was giving a neighbour a lift and was distracted, and not feeling in a rush to scare myself again.

At the time it was a little like the worst car crash in history - but the shocks gone now, and I'm just left feeling a bit dumb.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset


"a guy in the next unit to us at work had a bumper scuff done on his BMW and they charged him £150. This was in April this year. The week after, his missus scraped the other side "

There's a lesson to be learnt there!

And it's not 'don't buy a Beemer' or 'don't get it fixed by the guy in the next unit'!!

A

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Thankfully it's not a Porsche, otherwise I guess they bump the quotes up.

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I'm guessing £150 is likely the worst case, which isn't a tiny amount, but it's better than increasing insurance premiums.

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall

look for the company with the word Angels in the title national advertising campaign on now (Well it is on the higher sky channels)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've just been quoted £150-200 for a full bumper spray (non metallic) including bumper removal, cut, spray, mop and refit, on a car i'm looking at buying - which has been poorly fixed when the current owner scuffed the wall pulling into the drive......sounds like a common problem

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ideally you need to remove the whole bumper (often much easier than you'd imagine), fill and sand any deep scratches, prime using a high build primer (because bumpers are plastic) sand again using wet n dry paper (wet, with soap), wipe down with panel wipe, spray with the correct colour paint (body shops can colour match rattle cans for you), sand with wet n dry again (wet), more panel wipe, apply the lacquer coat and finally more (very fine) wet n dry (wet).

That's the condensed version anyway. If you're doing it at home it could take several days due to the paint curing. Body shops have ovens to cure the paint.

Another thing you can do is buy a used bumper in the correct colour from eBay or a scrap yard, it could save you money.

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By *ophieslut OP   TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Thanks everyone, inc MrWho - hadnt thought of trying to get a spare old one. The cars not quite 3 years old, so probably a few of them about.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Thanks everyone, inc MrWho - hadnt thought of trying to get a spare old one. The cars not quite 3 years old, so probably a few of them about. "
just a quick one, if your model of car has only been on the market for three years(as opposed to the age of the car) you won,t find secondhand bodyparts for it (at reasonable £££) but the longer the model's been on sale it becomes far easier

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get a pro to do it as it will work out cheaper and look better.

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