View Poll Results: Should I buy this IS-F, despite the poor punctured bumper!
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I may have found my IS-F, but need some input on this car please!
#1
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I found my IS-F, thx for all your advice regarding the bumper, posting more pics now!
All,
I've been teetering between Obsidian and SGM. Well I found this SGM and got them down to $45k, plus tax. Great price, considering the car has 3900 miles on it. However, take a look at the pics. The car has the front license plate bracket, not required in my state. I very much dislike the look of a front plate and it'll be another 600 bucks to remove the plate and fill it and paint. Plus there are no guarantees paint would match. Deal-breaker? Should I keep looking? Or take the good price and enjoy the car?
Thanks!
I've been teetering between Obsidian and SGM. Well I found this SGM and got them down to $45k, plus tax. Great price, considering the car has 3900 miles on it. However, take a look at the pics. The car has the front license plate bracket, not required in my state. I very much dislike the look of a front plate and it'll be another 600 bucks to remove the plate and fill it and paint. Plus there are no guarantees paint would match. Deal-breaker? Should I keep looking? Or take the good price and enjoy the car?
Thanks!
Last edited by ES3; 02-15-09 at 01:36 PM.
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Get the plugs But, who quoted you $600 to patch the repaint the bumper It has been my experience that you can get it done for a little less than that. Some one backed into my last car, a G35 Coupe, and I had the bumper cover replaced. The costs for refinishing and painting the bumper cover were around $400.00. My wife had an incident on her car with the bumper cover that required some repair and a repaint, her costs were around $500.00. Both repairs were done at a good body shop, not the dealer.
BTW, IMHO, you are getting an excellent deal. I paid $7K more for mine last month It's a hellofacar
Lou
BTW, IMHO, you are getting an excellent deal. I paid $7K more for mine last month It's a hellofacar
Lou
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I agree with everyone else, go for it. That is an awesome price for an F albeit slightly used As far as the license plate bracket goes, I'd purchase it anyway and either get the bumper plugs or go to another body shop and have them quote you a price. The bracket is definitely not a deal breaker though
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hey to be honest, the front plate doesn't matter, the holes cheapest way to fix them up is www.bumperplugs.com, thats what i did, cause the dumb dealership drilled it when i specifically told them not to, go take a look its work it especially for its price, thats what i did.
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i would say go for it, and i had a experience with a front plate, i had purchased a 07 TL that had the front plate on, well i took it off and discovered that i had two holes , well i called acura dealership told them my problem and they had 2 silver plugs for my car pop them right in....