Bumped my bumper!

[rscut]

Pulled out of my drive on Sunday and the guy across the road had parked his car outside my house across my drive (which he never does!) Anyway, slightly distracted i reversed into his car and more specifically his wheel, which has left a nasty mark on the bumper, which will require filling and spraying. My question is.....because its a white car, will the whole bumper need a respray to blend it in properly or is it less noticeable due to the 'basic' colour of the paint? If it needs respraying, i think i may take the opportunity to respray the diffuser section of the bumper black.

[Mark V]

It depends on what your looking for in the finished job. If its complete undetecablity it will need a complete bumper re-spray. I f you just want to disguise it/improve the damage then a 'smart' repair may do the trick. A lot of body shops seem to frown on the SMART system and insist on complete re-srays of damaged and adjacent areas. I was seelinga Golf V once - it had scuff on the bumper anf the local 'approved' shop wanted to re-spray the bumber and 'blend ot' in to the side of the car. Needles to say this was goinvg to cost hndrrds so I elevted for a Chips Away job which cost £60 and virtually restored it to as new - OK if you looked really carefully you could just about see work had been done - but as I said its all down to what standard you want at the end pf the job.

[christian_VW]

That doesnt sound too bad, ive just had to purchase a new bumper( well scrap dealer "new" there is a few light marks on it) and rear light cluster after my rocco rolled off my steep driveway into a wall! Great! Handbrake was on but obviously not enough and it happened to be the only time i didnt put it in gear ! Bummer! The scirocco fairies didnt save it!!

[rscut]

Just taken my car to the local paint shop and they will do a full bumper respray for 160 or 180 if i want the lower diffuser part gloss black. I don't think that's a bad price and they do a good job! Whilst the car is in, im going to get my wheels powder coated.

[Kev]

Is it too bad to get chipsaway or dentmaster to have a look?

[rscut]

I reckon, so as i'm a bit of a fussy bugger! The plastic has been pushed up so it would all need sanding down.