Bumper crack cost?

always_sunny

I found a crack on the rear bumper of my car, nothing huge but annoys me.
Something like this:


How much would it cost to get it fixed? Roughly?

BeenThroughItAll

£278.63, roughly.

foxy-stoat

Take it to a local body repair garage, at least they will have the benefit of knowing what car it is.

I would either live with it or get a secondhand bumper of the ebay and get it painted. Either way, the above reply isnt too far off.

Rain_Shadow

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

£278.63, roughly.

foxy-stoat wrote: »

Either way, the above reply isnt too far off.

I agree. Around £300 for a proper job.

Mercdriver

I had my front bumper cracked through someone else's negligence. Mercedes wanted over £1000 for it. My brother in law ordered a new bumper from Ebay and got someone to spray it and he fitted it for a fraction of the MB bodyshop. How easy it will be will depend on what car it is. The biggest struggle I had was getting the correct paint codes.

always_sunny

thank you... so round £300 then! when I was googling there few of these MrBumper, DentDoctor, etc franchises, are they any good or really better to go to the local body repair garage?

seatbeltnoob

Mercdriver wrote: »

I had my front bumper cracked through someone else's negligence. Mercedes wanted over £1000 for it. My brother in law ordered a new bumper from Ebay and got someone to spray it and he fitted it for a fraction of the MB bodyshop. How easy it will be will depend on what car it is. The biggest struggle I had was getting the correct paint codes.

If I got a penny every time a merc owner complained about merc costs.

always_sunny

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

If I got a penny every time a merc owner complained about merc costs.

how many pennies would you have?

Mercdriver

always_sunny wrote: »

how many pennies would you have?

27,863, roughly.

foxy-stoat

always_sunny wrote: »

thank you... so round £300 then! when I was googling there few of these MrBumper, DentDoctor, etc franchises, are they any good or really better to go to the local body repair garage?

Better to find a cheap secondhand bumper and get it painted than trying to repair it.

AdrianC

always_sunny wrote: »

thank you... so round £300 then! when I was googling there few of these MrBumper, DentDoctor, etc franchises, are they any good or really better to go to the local body repair garage?

It's all down to how good your local franchisee is. Many of the better ones will have sacked the franchise, and gone out on their own - talk to your local second-hand car sales place, they're their best customers.

But, yes, it's eminently doable for a localised repair guy - push the flap out, plastic-weld it, fill it, spot-paint it.