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Nov 27, 2004

01civicexboy

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Bumper Damage

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I work at a grocery store and I walked out today to find out that my left back bumper had been tagged by a cart. The cart took off some of the paint and the paint surrounding it looks scratched. My questions to you all is should I get the bumper resprayed or should I just let it be and buy a new bumper when I can.

Nov 27, 2004

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Just let it be for now. Something else is bound to happen and it's not worth all the money to fix unless you have insurance. Even repainting it, there's no guarantee the new paint will be a perfect match due to fading.

Nov 27, 2004

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this makes me mad about getting a new bumper. I want the damn paint to match. But I need to replace mine due to all the deep scratches and holes in them.

Nov 27, 2004

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I was quoted at 600 to respray the bumper. The guy told me however that since the paint has a metallic flake in it, it would be very hard to match the color perfectly. I think I might just let it be for right now. Thanks for the replies!

Nov 27, 2004

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600!!!?...woOhha.....what a crazy shop... You can get a new bumper for like 100bucks painted from ebay or here (from da members)

Yea, just leave it for now...

Nov 27, 2004

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Chrisleecool....now that you brought that up, does anyone here have a paint booth or something? If anyopne does let me know maybe we can work out a deal or something

Nov 28, 2004

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just wait til someone rear ends you

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Nov 30, 2004

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haha, thats is what i always want to happen. Right after I got my car, 2 weeks after I got read ended and had to get a new bumper. I used Sterling Auto Body in Houston and they told me that the bumper would be just as good as new, but a few weeks ago I realized that the bumper was originally painted red and just repainted blue. Unfortunately this was in 2001 and they aparantly don't keep computer records and I don't have the receipt so they pretty much screwed me over since the bumper is spidering and cracking and they won't fix it. They also have a lifetime warranty on their work, which pisses me off. But anyways, im drunk and probably talking alot. I still hope someone rear ends me soon though.