Advice ( pricing and what to ask for ) on having a bumper painted

[jacksnodgrass]

I've never had to have any thing painted on my cars
before.

I'm thinking about getting a rear bumper ( $150-ish )
and having it painted to match my indigo ink truck.
I am under the impressions ( still verifying ) that you
can get a new, full bumper for around $250 or you can
get just the metal, outside part that needs painting
for $150 and then you take the parts off your old
bumper ( bar, pads, rubber top, etc ) and put it on the
new painted part..... something like that...

Before I start calling body shops and getting a price,
does anyone have a ballpark figure for what it should
cost? $50, $100, $150, $200, etc?

Are the paint colors ( Indigo Ink Pearl ) standard that
any body shop can paint, or do I have to go to a Toyota
body shop to get an exact match?

I know that there is some process called powder coating....
I think that this process actually melts the
paint to the metal surface and it bonds the paint to
the metal parts.

For a bumper... do I want to get it painted or powder
coated.... what are the pricing and color issues there...
2x-3x the cost and less color choices or what....

I assume that I can drop off the metal part of the
bumper that I want painted, have them paint it and
then I can pick it up and disassemble the existing
chrome bumper and re-assemble the new painted
bumper afterwards....


Any info or pointers or 'that won't work' information
would be appreciated.

jack

[lightningxb12]

Any reptible paint and body shop will be able to mix the proper color for you. They will take the paint code off of your drivers door. Figure about 3 hours labor and the cost of the paint and clear coat. You should be in the $250 to $300 range to have it done right. Your truck is new and I would stay far away from discount paint shops. Though some of them have good painters, just like everything else you get what you pay for. Persionally I would go to the dealership. Just my .02 and experiance. ( I have had several cars painted over the years.)

[RTFM]

Here in the land of ridiculuously priced things, bumper painting and reinstall is $380 to $420, depending on the shop

DAMHIKT

[Marc M]

Many dealers don't have body shops, they farm their work out to a local shop.

Marc M