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Deep Stretch in the front bumper

Old Aug 20, 2023 | 08:15 PM
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Angry Deep Stretch in the front bumper

I turned into my garage like an idiot and scraped the front bumper, should I go through insurance or take it to the body shop and repair it out of pocket? any ideas as to what the damage could be? do I need a bumper replacement?




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Old Aug 20, 2023 | 08:41 PM
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I would drive around and get 3-5 qoutes from reputable shops and fix it myself, probably not worth the insurance hassle. You could probably get that taken care of fixed and repainted entire bumper for under 1k
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Old Aug 20, 2023 | 09:04 PM
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Uyuni White paint on my GV80 bumper was off color so much some people thought it was repainted when it really wasn't. Like he said ^ Nobody will ever know. Plastic parts never match the metal parts perfectly anyways.
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Old Aug 21, 2023 | 09:40 AM
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I got quoted around 2k for much less in the front bumper.

That's also from the "pay a lot but fix a lot" shop.

I'd really not recommend going through your insurance if you can afford to fix it yourself because insurance premiums are out of this world already.
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Old Aug 22, 2023 | 06:32 PM
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got quotes from over 7 body shops and all of them recommend a patch and not bumper replacement, the cheapest quote I got is 600$ the quotes varied from 600-1200$ so i guess ill just patch.
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Old Aug 23, 2023 | 09:38 AM
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That sucks man! Sorry for your luck. Let us know what you end up doing and post an after photo.
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