JetBlack25

Hey all,

Wish I was writing this post as good news, but I accidentally bumped my aunt's car today while back out of the garage.

The good news is I was just backing the car out of the driveway so I was barely moving. But the right side of my rear bumper and part of the right rear quarter panel were scuffed & there is a shallow dent.

I was able to buff out most of the scuffing, but a few spots stripped the paint.

Looking for some advice on:

1) What body shop to take it to here in Orange County Ca?

2) Rough guesstimate of what the $$$$ damage will be to repair it

3) If its better to order a new bumper and if so if there's any after market ones that users here have or recommend?

I looked up some prices online for replacement bumpers that weren't painted and it was pretty expensive as expected. Ahhh such a bummer, its hard to tell from the pics. Its not that bad, but its definitely noticeable.

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Thanks guys,

itsmejon

Sewell has OE painted bumpers for sale with Club Lexus member pricing. If its not in a noticeable spot just have a touch up done on it.

DansonISF

Remember you can always go to junk yard and finding a good shape bumper to buy therefore its much more cheaper then all you need is finding a good paint shop to panted.

Justin2JZ

Lol what are the odds of finding a F in a junkyard

itsmejon

I have hard enough time finding them period. At least local.

chris07is

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not O.C. but call kennedy at platvip!, let him that youre cl member...send a him a pix too..

RedlineAZ

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I just replaced the rear bumper on my IS-F, it wasn't bad. If you don't want to pay the shipping from sewell print out the pricing and bring it to your local dealer and speak to a parts manager and see if they can price match. My local dealer was $50 more expensive then sewell, that was the best they could do for me but it saved me $150 in shipping so I didn't mind. Painting a brand new rear bumper should run you $200 (if its a simple color like black, I think the other colors all have pearl or metallic flakes in it).

dvarapala

FWIW, I have taken several vehicles to Autobahn over in Costa Mesa. My C6 Corvette was broad-sided by an inattentive soccer-mom in a Yukon back in 2008; the repair was so good you couldn't even tell it had ever been hit, and the paint match remained superb even after 6 years.They do excellent work and they have never reported any of my vehicles to Carfax.