Hole in bumper

colino

One thousand , three hundred pounds to replace a Megane bumper? What did they do, sell you another Megane and switch the number plates?
Sounds like the guy who ran into the back of a lovely 230TE I had and insisted I use his village repairer to have a look. The car needed the chrome, outer bumper replaced, his preferred repairer wanted £3000 to swap all of it for new. Only in the mystical world of bodyshops selling to privateers do those figures exist.

Bambi_

Thanks for all your responses! Guess I'll just have to see what the body shop says on Monday.

Fingers crossed it's nowhere near £1,300! :eek:

glentoran99

colino wrote: »

One thousand , three hundred pounds to replace a Megane bumper? What did they do, sell you another Megane and switch the number plates?
Sounds like the guy who ran into the back of a lovely 230TE I had and insisted I use his village repairer to have a look. The car needed the chrome, outer bumper replaced, his preferred repairer wanted £3000 to swap all of it for new. Only in the mystical world of bodyshops selling to privateers do those figures exist.

yep, was an insurance job though, not my fault so i didnt care

1366.33 inc vat

Parts and labour,

Strider590

A dent can usually be knocked back out by getting the area nice and warm and pushing from behind, you may find the hole closes itself up a lot when the bumper is bent the right way.

Bambi_

Thanks for all replies. I know it's a vague question without seeing the damage- I could potentially add a picture if that would be helpful?

I took it to the dealer today who've quoted £410.86 to replace the rear bumper, including spraying and fitting :eek:

I got another quote from an independent bodyshop for £250 to weld the plastic back together and spray it. He says it will look brand new.

I'm going to call a couple more shops tomorrow but I'm happy to go with £250 as am wary to go too cheap in case it's poor quality work!

Thanks for all the help and advice.

mttylad

Bambi, you have not said how big the hole is?

Is is small enough that it could be reamed out and used for reversing sensors?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

mttylad wrote: »

Bambi, you have not said how big the hole is?

Is is small enough that it could be reamed out and used for reversing sensors?

Then she would have to inform her insurers of the modification of parking sensors costing her a admin fee and possibly a price hike depending on how an insurer looks at it.

enfield_freddy

they allow GB stickers tho ,,:rotfl:

xHannahx

enfield_freddy wrote: »

they allow GB stickers tho ,,:rotfl:

Ours has a strategically placed GB sticker. The best bit was we knocked the seller down £200 due to the damage and expected repair costs.

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atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

Then she would have to inform her insurers of the modification of parking sensors costing her a admin fee and possibly a price hike depending on how an insurer looks at it.

I would've thought reversing sensors would've brought the premium down, due to the reduced risk of backing into something.