Cost on repainting bumper
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Cost on repainting bumper
friend backed up onto my car and scratched the bumper. he doesn't have insurance and is trying to pay me out of pocket. does any one know around how much it costs to get a 2013 C63 bumper repainted? thanks
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$3-500 seems a good estimate. Smart not to turn it in to insurance as it may be less than his deductable, and you don't want an accident to show up on Carfax etc. which it likely would if it is reported. The good news for you is that Polar white should be one of the easiest and cheapest paints to match up.
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$3-500 seems a good estimate. Smart not to turn it in to insurance as it may be less than his deductable, and you don't want an accident to show up on Carfax etc. which it likely would if it is reported. The good news for you is that Polar white should be one of the easiest and cheapest paints to match up.
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just came back from the shop. they said they're gonna take off the entire bumper, paint it and put it back on and quoted me 600. but my friend said he will give me cash so im not really going to argue
and would it really come up on carfax if the bumper just got scratched?? yeah im probably wayy better off just taking my friends money.
and would it really come up on carfax if the bumper just got scratched?? yeah im probably wayy better off just taking my friends money.
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If it goes through insurance, it'll show up on CarFax.
If you're going to pay $600, might as well take it to a dealership. They'll use factory paint. A generic body shop should be able to do it for closer to $300.
If you're going to pay $600, might as well take it to a dealership. They'll use factory paint. A generic body shop should be able to do it for closer to $300.
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CoolBDPhenom03 recommended me his guy, and he does good work. I paid $300 when I had the front license plate mount removed. They had to fill in the holes and repaint the whole bumper.
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I rebuild wrecked cars and $600 to throw a little filler, primer and paint is a rip off. Should be $300 max. My body shop charges me $200 and does mainly high line vehicles. MB white paint is cheap. If your friend is paying, go somewhere more reasonable. There are 2 or 3 German paints that are best for MB/Audi/BMW.
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wow i probably should of read this before i paid. so i just got my car back. dropped it off when i made this post and they just finished. you can def tell the front bumper has been repainted. to be honest not to happy with the job. i might just take it to the dealership and just have them redo the entire thing after thanks giving break. sure learned my lesson this time.
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Take it back to them and make them repaint it if it is not a good color match. No reason to accept mediocre quality at a premium price. Request German paint, not the color match paint from their machine.
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I rebuild wrecked cars and $600 to throw a little filler, primer and paint is a rip off. Should be $300 max. My body shop charges me $200 and does mainly high line vehicles. MB white paint is cheap. If your friend is paying, go somewhere more reasonable. There are 2 or 3 German paints that are best for MB/Audi/BMW.
Where do you go to buy wrecked cars?
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wow i probably should of read this before i paid. so i just got my car back. dropped it off when i made this post and they just finished. you can def tell the front bumper has been repainted. to be honest not to happy with the job. i might just take it to the dealership and just have them redo the entire thing after thanks giving break. sure learned my lesson this time.
Did an excellent job. You get what you pay for sometimes. There are some things you can go cheap on, body work is not one of them. You are paying more for the skill of the autobody specialists over the cost of the materials.
