Paint chipped in fender bender, repair estimate?

[awdark]

nt

[xrs22]

U can get those scuff marks w/ some paint thinner but the real dark spots have to be painted. Is that the only area? U can either spot it in, meaning using a big enough are if the damage isn't too big and just paint that portion. Or have the whole bumper sanded and 2 staged. 2 staged, 1 base coat and 1 clear coat.

[Jake25]

at most 50 bucks to buff it out

no repair is needed just wax and elbow grease, professional shops can do it too.

[xrs22]

Originally Posted by awdark

My mom's car:


How much should I expect to pay to fix it? The crash was probably less than 5mph and there's no body damage that I can tell, but people are telling em that it'll be a few hundred dollars. When my uncle scraped his new Corolla in his garage it cost him $800 at teh dealer . Should I avoid the dealer and get it painted at an independent shop?

Well the ? is was there paint taken off the bumper? If there was how is buffing if gonna take it out if paint is missing from it?

[awdark]

Yeah, the really dark spots are paint chips. Mom wants to go to the dealership because she doesn't trust other shops so I guess I'll see how it goes .

[xrs22]

Where in Cali. are u located?

[awdark]

Los Angeles around Monterey Park.

Dealer wants $600 to sand the entire thing and paint so we decided to just get a few bottles of touch-up paint .

[xrs22]

FUCK ME. Shit i'll do for u for less. It may be a little too big for touch up. My dad paints cars and does body work and i don't even think he does it for that much. If u can find descent body shop, u can sand it yourself w/ 300 grit paper or scotch pad(it's like a burgundy color) and it'll take the finish off. U can get paint at a local paint store(for cars) for cheap. If u do get the color code off the car and give them the info. and u should only use about a pint, get Omni. i'll finish the rest of this later i gotta go home.