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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / July 2006Body Repair and Paint
Hello, for some reason, my Toyota Corrola (2001)'s paint on the front bumper is peeling off. Almost the entire bumper is affected. Probably the previous owner had banged it and repainted it before selling it. At any rate, any guesses/experiences on how much it might cost to get just the affected area painted? Also, there's a small dent (about 4 inches in diameter) at the back of the car from a parking lot hit and run case. Any guesses/experiences on how much it might cost to get the dent fixed? I'm thinking of going to a dealer's body shop. Go_Getter007 > Hello, for some reason, my Toyota Corrola (2001)'s paint on the front > bumper is peeling off. Almost the entire bumper is affected. Probably [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Go_Getter007 In my area, last year, it was basically $350to $400 to make any type of collision repair to a bumper.. The bumper has to be removed, fixed/not fixed, and then painted. The painting and the remove replace are the $$$ areas. > Hello, for some reason, my Toyota Corrola (2001)'s paint on the front > bumper is peeling off. Almost the entire bumper is affected. Probably [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > case. Any guesses/experiences on how much it might cost to get the dent > fixed? I'm thinking of going to a dealer's body shop. Hard to say. Anyone who talks of going to a dealershop bodyshop apparently doesn't worry about money anyway. Seriously, go out and get some estimates. Avoid the franchise bodyshops and dealership dentmongers. > > Hello, for some reason, my Toyota Corrola (2001)'s paint on the front > > bumper is peeling off. Almost the entire bumper is affected. Probably [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Seriously, go out and get some estimates. Avoid the franchise bodyshops and > dealership dentmongers. While I agree that the dealership is probably not the most "cost-effective" route, with a teen driver last year and "three accidents" of varying intensity and bumper damage, it didn't seem to matter much.....the price was always about $380 for a bumper repair. If, of course the bumper was totally destroyed, that is probably a different matter. But I was told they had to pull the bumper, fix the owie and paint the entire bumper in each case and pretty much the "no-cost" part of the repair was fixing the owie. YMMV |
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