Curb Damage...370z Nismo Front chin Bumper

Slynky · 11-22-2010, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chops

depending on how deep..likely a wet sand and a nice polish. doubt it could have been painted/blended for 160.

Heck, his looked WAY past the paint coat...

EValentin1 · 11-24-2010, 02:59 AM

Well I guess I should have mentioned it was an old family friend that did the work. Ie that's how I got such a good deal. I was more than impressed with the fix. The gash was deep... He used an epoxy mix to fill both the lip and the bottom panel. Paint was $56. The morning I went to lick up the at I brought $300 to pay him and he refused to take the money. Finally got him to take at least $100. He will be getting the rest in an Xmas card! There's no doubt that if I went to a different shop I would have paid a small fortune to get the same work done.

Slynky · 11-24-2010, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EValentin1

Well I guess I should have mentioned it was an old family friend that did the work. Ie that's how I got such a good deal. I was more than impressed with the fix. The gash was deep... He used an epoxy mix to fill both the lip and the bottom panel. Paint was $56. The morning I went to lick up the at I brought $300 to pay him and he refused to take the money. Finally got him to take at least $100. He will be getting the rest in an Xmas card! There's no doubt that if I went to a different shop I would have paid a small fortune to get the same work done.

Thanks for the info. Wish I had more detail of the process so I could approach some collision place with a more exact idea of what to tell them I'm looking for. I'm hoping for $300-$400 and me having the paint afterwards (so I can have my strut done by some painters I hooked up with last year).

The BlueMax · 11-25-2010, 09:14 PM

Yea those scrapes were pretty deep I would of started by buffing and polishing it down as far as I could go, then a good quick fix is filling with black pigment wax. That would have been the way if you didn't want to spend any money. I have already scraped my black "sport Package" spoiler once or twice.

11-25-2010, 09:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
The BlueMax Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Louisville Posts: 337 Drives: 09 370/97 T/A 01 ZRX Rep Power: 26	Yea those scrapes were pretty deep I would of started by buffing and polishing it down as far as I could go, then a good quick fix is filling with black pigment wax. That would have been the way if you didn't want to spend any money. I have already scraped my black "sport Package" spoiler once or twice. __________________ The Blue Max

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11-24-2010, 02:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
EValentin1 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 51 Drives: 370z Nismo Rep Power: 15	Well I guess I should have mentioned it was an old family friend that did the work. Ie that's how I got such a good deal. I was more than impressed with the fix. The gash was deep... He used an epoxy mix to fill both the lip and the bottom panel. Paint was $56. The morning I went to lick up the at I brought $300 to pay him and he refused to take the money. Finally got him to take at least $100. He will be getting the rest in an Xmas card! There's no doubt that if I went to a different shop I would have paid a small fortune to get the same work done.