Modified by 1Tym at 10:18 PM 3/28/2004

 

definately gonna have to repaint it...i would say around $200 to paint front bumper...throw a lip on there while your at it(if you dont already have one)

 

Would they have to paint the whole front bumper or just the part I scratched, does anyone know? I will take my car out for estimates but I just wanted to see what H-T members think. As for a front lip, yea i already got one from the last gb. But, if I was gonna get this fixed, I would get my stock side skirts painted to match.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Tym &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Would they have to paint the whole front bumper or just the part I scratched, does anyone know? I will take my car out for estimates but I just wanted to see what H-T members think. As for a front lip, yea i already got one from the last gb. But, if I was gonna get this fixed, I would get my stock side skirts painted to match.</TD></TR></TABLE>

It depends on how faded/old your paint is on your bumper. If it's not too bad, most shops are able to paint the scratched up part and blend it in with the rest of the bumper.

 

take it to any touchup or dent removal place and tell them to blend that corner..they will sand,fill,prime, base, clear and blend the damage for about 70-100 bucks and you will never even know the damage was there..just look in your phone book for a touch up place

 

Thanks for all the insight and opinions. I just hope it won't cost too much cuz i really wanna paint it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Touge Panda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">take it to any touchup or dent removal place and tell them to blend that corner..they will sand,fill,prime, base, clear and blend the damage for about 70-100 bucks and you will never even know the damage was there..just look in your phone book for a touch up place</TD></TR></TABLE>word...we had a car at the dealership that got scratched...had it touched up and you could NOT tell where it was worked on. I second this recomendation.

 

White out.

 

I had a similar scratch on my teg's front bumper got it repainted as well with my ITR front lip for 150

 

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as for the spot in white is a easy color to spot in but it has to be a fresher paint job to spot it in. meaning the rest of the bumper might be a little faded</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh there's no white spot, that's just a reflection but thanks for the info.

 

from the pics i thought the cover was white but know that i look at it it looks to be silver

your best bet is just have them spray the whole cover

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GSR-T- &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">definately gonna have to repaint it...i would say around $200 to paint front bumper...throw a lip on there while your at it(if you dont already have one)</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow joe your a pro now

 

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wow joe your a pro now </TD></TR></TABLE>
yes i am

 

well here's an update:
does anyone know a good touch up shop in the orange county area? I took it out to the shop that my family has had other work done and they said they couldn't do it. Well they said they would just touch it up w/ dealer paint but i could just do it myself and that it would not blend in. Regarding integra stock sides, i've taken my car to 2 places and both say that they wouldn't suggest it because it wouldn't look good because the sides are textured like. The only place i've found that says they can do it and recommends it is Mobworks and they said it would cost around $140. What do u guys think?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Tym &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well here's an update:
does anyone know a good touch up shop in the orange county area? I took it out to the shop that my family has had other work done and they said they couldn't do it. Well they said they would just touch it up w/ dealer paint but i could just do it myself and that it would not blend in. Regarding integra stock sides, i've taken my car to 2 places and both say that they wouldn't suggest it because it wouldn't look good because the sides are textured like. The only place i've found that says they can do it and recommends it is Mobworks and they said it would cost around $140. What do u guys think?</TD></TR></TABLE>

So i got my stock side skirts painted at MOBworks and they did an ok job. I also got my front lip installed. As for the paint scratch, i guess i'll leave it like that until i can find a place that can do a touch up job.