gaaaaahhh!!! I messed up my bumper

[knvs]

Ok so I've had the car lowered for about 2 weeks and its been great, but now its harder to drive around town and I was parking in a lot and scraped my bumper over the concrete block infront of the parking spaces. The thing is that I didn't notice that I scraped it at first so when I was leaving, the bumper got caught on the concrete block thing and almost pulled my bumper off! So now there is a gap between the fender and the bumper on teh passenger side. There is no crack or anything, but it doesn't line up with the fender. Can I realine it? Do i need to just pop off the bumper and see if i can realine it? Also how much would it cost to respay/ paint the front bumper.

[knvs]

k, well i played with the bumper today and got it realined again. I may want to completely take it off so i can set it properly. also got a quote of $550 to respray the front bumper. Does that sound reasonable?

[djdoughboy]

are you in the sacramento area? my friends have a body shop and they could hook it up with the respray...


if you arent in the sac area... that deal sounds reasonable if it includes... sanding chip/crack repair... primer... and paint...




Sean

[knvs]

Originally posted by djdoughboy
are you in the sacramento area? my friends have a body shop and they could hook it up with the respray...


if you arent in the sac area... that deal sounds reasonable if it includes... sanding chip/crack repair... primer... and paint...




Sean
I'm in SF but my gf goes to school in davis and i'll be moving up there this fall. the quote i got was for everything, sanding and primer and filling in rock chips etc. What kinda deal are we talking about? Ballpark? If its considerably less I'd be willing to wait til the fall. Also whats the quality of work? Does he match paint well? BTW my car is obsidian black so its metalic. Email me ta djkev28@sbcglobal.net if you don't want to post details online

[KenzBenz]

Originally posted by djdoughboy
are you in the sacramento area? my friends have a body shop and they could hook it up with the respray...


if you arent in the sac area... that deal sounds reasonable if it includes... sanding chip/crack repair... primer... and paint...




Sean

hey sean, how much would they charge to do a bumper? im sorta looking around for a place.

[JonC43]

You may of not hit it at first. I had a friend with a similar problem. She barely cleared a concrete block and them almost took her bumper off when leaving.

It seems that to a small degree, when you are driving your car the air in the tire is hot and expanded. This expanded air will, although barely at all, raise your car. After the air/tire cools, then the car may lower enough to catch you on something.

[djdoughboy]

ken and KNVS... for a bumper they will charge about 300... normally it would be 500 but these guys are my best friends since i was a little doughboy... so they will hook it up... as far as quality... top notch... factory job... let me know if you are interested...



Sean

[knvs]

Originally posted by djdoughboy
ken and KNVS... for a bumper they will charge about 300... normally it would be 500 but these guys are my best friends since i was a little doughboy... so they will hook it up... as far as quality... top notch... factory job... let me know if you are interested...



Sean
Sean, I am interested. But like i said I'd have to wait til aug/sept when i move up to davis. If thats possible let me know.

[djdoughboy]

koo man just let me know...









also... once you are out in davis... you got to start coming out to our sac meets!




Sean