Very sad day… I dented & scraped a spot on the front fender on my brand new (1 1/2 months old) 2023 IS 500.

Any idea how much this might cost to repair? And should I take it to the Lexus body shop or to a good independent one? If I do the latter, would there be any issues with them matching the Cloudburst paint?

Pics aren’t great. I’ll try to take some better ones tomorrow when it’s light outside.

 

Bummer that sucks sorry.

Third party body shops use the same paint from Lexus or at least good ones will. This is probably a three stage paint (base, then sparkle dust, then clear coat) so supplies and labor aren’t cheap for the paint plus labor to do the fender. It’s more about skill when it comes to matching pearlescent paint.

Maybe let’s have a contest to see who’s closest? Im guessing $2,800 USD to repair.

 

$3150 blend the hood & bumper

 

This is not far off what the repairs on mine were. The initial estimate was around $2,500, but it escalated to over $3,000 when all was said and done. Mine was the rear fender, however. They had to blend the rear door, trunk lid, and the bumper.

 

Was that on your is500?

 

Yes. A tree branch fell on the car while I was parked.

 

Damn.. sorry to hear that. ... looks like paintless dent repair might have been an option.

 

At this point I am having deja vu. There were numerous micro-scratches on the fender, as well, meaning at the very least a paint correction would have been needed. So, I don't mind having it done right. It was in the shop for a full 30 days, but in the end, it looked almost as good as new. Other than some very slight waviness to the sheet metal which I guarantee you most people would never see, it looks fantastic. PDR or not, that problem would have existed.

 

Yeah, they probably still used the same technique, except for the scratches that would need to be painted over anyway.
Nice to hear it was fixed.

 

arrrrrrggggghhhh!