350zjimbo Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Well I finally washed my car at the weekend after all the snow and ice to wash off all the salt when I noticed someone had very kindly scraped along the rear bumper. Luckily enough it hasn't actually got the metalwork. Has anyone else had to get the bumpers resprayed? I am unsure whether to let them repair the scratches and blow it in to the rest of the bumper or just repray the whole bumper? Any previous experiences would be appreciated. Cheers Quote
Stew Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Fist of all a picture paints a thousand words! You'd be lucky to get to the metalwork of the bumper! What do the scratches look like? Does your fingernails catch in them? Quote
350zjimbo Posted January 22, 2010 Author Posted January 22, 2010 Fist of all a picture paints a thousand words! You'd be lucky to get to the metalwork of the bumper! What do the scratches look like? Does your fingernails catch in them? I meant it was lucky that it didn't actually catch the rear wing as thats where the scratches stop. Yes you can get your finger nails in them it won't just polish out. I've had scratches repaired before on previous cars and ones guy made it a real mess. Sorry I don't have any pics Quote
V88 REG Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 My experience of having my bumper sprayed when an old bugga hit me was making sure the panels matched. bumper being plastic and body work metal. that was all really . that was a whole respray mind not just a dink. Quote
gunmetalzgt Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Thats harsh man Hate it when barstewards scrape someones car and then fook off!!! if i ever caught someone doing that to my car there would be hell to pay!! Hope you get it sorted. may need to blow the paint into the sides to get a proper match. Quote
narcotix Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 That's very unlucky mate ... Get some pics posted up if you can ... You might be alright just having the bumper painted ... my rear bumper looks a slightly different shade to the rear quarter panel and it's not even been re-painted ... LoL Quote
Vik54 Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 I had to get my rear bumper sprayed about three weeks after I got the car..........was heart broken - but was just the bumper so only had that done - mine's Azure- would always recommend to an Azure owner to go for full blend/ blow over as well - because now I have ever so slightly different shade bumper in bright light. Really depends on if you can find reputable paint shop who will GAURANTEE a match Quote
stanski Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 No one can be certain of a perfect paint match unless they have been in the job for years and do it properly - ie paint let dry then check against the car in different lights? A good mixer will be worth their weight in gold. But lets be honest its got to be better than the standard Nissan paint match! Seriously take some pcitures of it - it will probably be enough to blend in but if your bumper has pits and scratches all over might be worth a full bumper respray. I know how p***d off you must be - been there too - but at least its an easy fix Quote
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