I just scraped the edge of my front bumper on a concrete pole. I've parked in this spot a thousand times and for some reason cut it too close this time... small spot, poles on both sides, etc. All of this to save me from door dings...

Anybody have any idea how much it would cost to get something like this fixed? I'm hoping I don't have to get the bumper cover replaced. Its a vertical line of scrapes about an inch wide at the edge of the front bumper. I'm pretty bummed about it...

Thanks
texasGJ

 

Any pics? Can you just put a Nismo sticker over the scratch to hide it?

 

or put a bra over it

 

Here are two pics of the damage... I am considering the bra depending on how expensive this ends up being...


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[IMG]scrape2.jpg[/IMG]

 

sorry to see that...You're probably looking at around $400 to get it repainted. A good bra will run you about 150-200 (I think). It sucks, but I'd just get it repainted.

 

I scraped my bumper also, but not to that extent. Brought it to an excellent body shop and as I understand it, to do it right you would have to blend the paint up unto the hood and the fenders. This is becuse your scrapes appear to extend all the way up to the top of the bumper. If you just paint the bumper, you may see a difference in the color.

 

anybody have pics of their Z's with bras? i'm doing some searches but not having much luck. not sure if I can afford a repaint right now...

 

Do it to the other side then tell people you were going so fast that the paint was stripping off.

 

This is a great idea! ........and the most economical too!

 

you can try the local bumper refinishing service. They are mobile and can come to your place to do the work.

 

To be fair, it IS Nissan paint so it'll strip off going 25 into a headwind.

 

I did the exact same thing, except I also clipped the front fender and rim!
Put a small dent into the fender as well. I misjudged the width of the fender completly. I just ended up fixing it myself, not too pretty, but passable for now. In my case I'm sure it would cost 1k+.

 

I did the same thing only my scratches were a lil longer then his on the front bumper, dented the fender, then chipped the fender.... was not pretty.... But i ended up just having them repaint my fender.. and i got a custom body kit, so that replaced the bumper... I was quoted $250 to repaint bumper and $200 to repaint fender.

 

The damage on mine was much worse than yours, i just left it and wait for the front bumpers got a chipped up and repaint it. Well now i don't need that because of the accident i had earlier

 

Mike did u get ur car back yet?