jonas's RX

Hi Gang

I am away on a business trip for 1 week and when I return ,
guess what happens to my RX ... my wife backs into the UPS truck
when she backs out of our driveway :0

anyway.. I got the RX repaired

here is the before and after pics.. my Mobil bumper guy
fixed her back and the RX now has a repaired bumper !

happy motoring

thomas1

So is that the same bumper after the repair? Never heard of Mobil bumper....

Spimley

I think mobil bumper is a CA thing, but most cities have one or more mobile dent repair guys, we have a "ding king" down here that people have used with good results and I sent my parents to a "dent wizard" up in North Carolina when mom hit the mailbox while backing up.

About a year ago I had a guy that is an independent contractor for several dealerships do similar work on my daughters hyundai bumper and for $180 I was absolutely shocked at how good it looked, then stupid me lost the dude's business card because I could use him now for my RX that has a couple of spots that need touch-up. Its frustrating when you find the right guy then lose the contact info.

jonas's RX

Hi gang

I apologize for the grammatical error. What I meant in my early
Post was the bumper " was repaired "by a mobile bumper
service. The guy who came over took 2 hours and I would say
the work as far as paint match is as good as a body shop.

I didn't have to bring the car to a shop and most of the original
Paint was preserved. The paint guy spot painted and blended
the bumper quite well. It cost a total of $350 ( which included the
Plastic bumper guard top piece)

Overall, I am pretty happy with the work.

Cheers

thomas1

great job...my son needs that on one of his cars...

hayafalcon

Nice write up, Jonas's Rx. My Mrs. was having a hectic day with the kids and all. Well that day went from bad to worse when she backed our Highlander out of the garage but forgot to open the garage door. Yikes. The car was pretty much undamaged but the door was totaled. So I though I'd just find a couple of matching panels to replace the damaged ones. These are the older wood three-panel style. Well guess what? they don't make those anymore. Great, now we not only need to replace the entire door but the matching one next to it too otherwise it's gonna look funny. Both doors = Big bucks.
Not to give in that easily I embarked upon reconstruction of the garage door jigsaw-puzzle. Went out and bought some heavy duty nylon ratchet straps (used for clamping), a couple of pounds of bugle head screws of various lengths, some bondo-type body filler, sanding tools, primer and paint. Oh and a big bottle of Gorilla wood glue. Amazing stuff.
Yep, took me two full days of piecing, screwing, clamping and finishing but you know what.....the thing came out looking really good. So much so I had to repaint the other door so it looked as nice. That was about eight years ago and my puzzle-piecing job has held up just fine. Women and reverse gear...they just don't mix do they. Haya....