And the ******* in an SUV in front of me decides he should run straight over half of a tire. Guess what happens next? It flys into the air, straight at me, and into my front bumper.

I now have a ****ed up front bumper.

These are just from my phone, so you can't see all the details but you can see the main ones





There's a 3 inch gash, and scratches all over the place...you can see in the first pic they extend past the reflector towards the front too.


Now...I'm not sure what I should do. I was about to purchase the Nismo v1 body kit, which includes the front lip. But now my bumper looks horrible. They way I see it, I could

A) Buy a new bumper ($???) and front lip.
B) Repaint the bumper ($???) and buy front lip.
C) I've seen pictures, does someone make an entire Nismo v1 front bumper as opposed to just the lip? However I don't really like the molded look, I like the lines the lip creates.
D) ....fix the scratches? not likely


Anyone know about what these would cost? Mainly A&B, I'd prefer to have a clean stock bumper however possible and the v1 lip.

Thanks...

And no thanks to idiot drivers

 

wth, that doesn't look like LeMans, more like PPW lol. the same thing has happened to me before, except i could just rub it off with some quick detailer and some paint cleaner.

 

Yeah, it was cloudy and my phone doesn't pick up orange very well.

Forgot to mention, that's AFTER wiping all the rubber off. What's left is not tire.

 

How are your sidemarkers lit? Those look great! Doesn't look like LED's

 

flash?

 

They aren't lit, just clears that are reflecting.

Anyways this wasn't quite as bad as I thought. I went out scrubbing again....there are indeed tons of mini scratches, but they looked horrible because rubber was embedded in them pretty deep. Can't notice them as much unless you are within a few feet...except for the ****ing gash, that is.

 

in the first pics it looks like a smurf lol......

 

How deep are the scratches? If they are all surface scratches or even some deep ones a good detailer can get it looking really good.