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Amj2020 · 05-27-2016, 12:13 PM

Fill and blend will not look perfect, you need to take the paint off, prep the surface, and correct the waves caused by the plate. Those waves, dimples, and holes are not good, and can not be fixed "professionally" with some bondo and spray paint. You need to fill in the holes and smooth the entire surface of the unpainted bumper. That is if you want it to be done right. Repainting and refinishing should probably run you somewhere around 1k (this is just an estimate, everyplace varies). They also may want to blend other panels around the front bumper, but nissan itself does a poor job of this...I also think the car is a magnetic black like mine. Honestly nissan parts are blended like crap from the factory so you can probably get away with just painting the front bumper and going with no blending.
I would trust what they are saying, taking paint off and then fixing the damage, followed by a repainting IS the best way to get a perfect result.

05-27-2016, 12:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
Amj2020 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NY/LI Posts: 393 Drives: MB Z,Jeep,BMW Rep Power: 13	Fill and blend will not look perfect, you need to take the paint off, prep the surface, and correct the waves caused by the plate. Those waves, dimples, and holes are not good, and can not be fixed "professionally" with some bondo and spray paint. You need to fill in the holes and smooth the entire surface of the unpainted bumper. That is if you want it to be done right. Repainting and refinishing should probably run you somewhere around 1k (this is just an estimate, everyplace varies). They also may want to blend other panels around the front bumper, but nissan itself does a poor job of this...I also think the car is a magnetic black like mine. Honestly nissan parts are blended like crap from the factory so you can probably get away with just painting the front bumper and going with no blending. I would trust what they are saying, taking paint off and then fixing the damage, followed by a repainting IS the best way to get a perfect result. __________________ 2012 Magnetic Black 370z \| Fast Intentions CBE \| Stillen G3 \| Motordyne ART \| H&R Coilovers \| Work Emotion \| Fujimura \| Uprev \| Amuse\| GT-R Start Last edited by Amj2020; 05-27-2016 at 12:17 PM.