Taxi vs bumper!

[Tackleberry]

Park up the car to go into the flat on my lunch break, pick up my mail when i hear a lovely loud crunching from outside. Turns out my car had been assulted by a mercedes!

 

Got the boys details, address, number (made sure it worked!) pictures including registered taxi number. Sure hes legit but never going to take his word for it until i see payment! SO

 

I need a new bumper! Wanted to swap to the N1 bumper anyway and there's very little price difference, (on ebay at least) not fussed about replicas.

 

Any idea what front end respray and bumper will sting me? Will be doing the rounds later today.

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Ouch! Contact Taras at RT performance.

[ioneabee]

He got you good and proper there

[JEMAN]

What a pain in the arse.......or should i say front ! Sorry to here that mate Front end respray (if you wanted to have bonnet, wings bumper) done. Im not a sprayer, but i did have a couple of Quotes to do mine. They ranged from £550 up to £750 ! + your new bumper costs. I did find one that did the job for £400 so went with them and they did a fantastic job Defo shop around

[CrumbMC]

I just got a Nismo V2 from EP racing and got it fitted and sprayed (with black middle bit & cannards) by a local body shop for £180

[dave_c]

Taxi are strong

[GT Driver]

Hardluck tackleberry.

 

I presume that this can't be repaired seeing as the plastic has been perforated?

[Tackleberry]

Well i've had one quote so far and that was £800 from a local place called paint technic. They have mixed reviews but speaking to the guy he seems nice enough but, i guess they all do when they want your business! That was £800 with a replacement bumper or half that if they repair it. It could be repaired at half that price, would include smoothing the badge and getting a new number plate thats a bit more tucked away.

 

Waiting to hear back from a top end sprayer with their estimate, mates have recommended http://www.kinghornbodyshop.co.uk Totally different end of the spectrum in terms of establishment so would expect a very high standard, not one bad review. So will see, chasing them for a quote today.

Edited April 24, 2013 by Tackleberry

[Diab2005]

Is wrapping worth considering?

[Mikesding]

wow how fast was he going!?

[TomS]

I'm selling my OEM gunmetal bumper this week if its any good to you

[Tackleberry]

So finally got my car back! Taken the paint shop a few weeks to actually sort the thing out and get the correct plate. Very disorganized! What counts is they made a decent job!

 

 

[DoogyRev]

Very nice, looks like a good job