Rear Bumper... Replacement Or Cut And Polish

[diana_k]

I know it's not cosmetic, it's damage, but I couldn't find anything about damaged skylines Help would be awesome

Well here is my situation; I was backing out of my friends driveway and they have a stone pillar which is on it's last legs. A kid slowly cruises past on his bike and waits for me to back out of the driveway, and leans on the stone pillar. You can guess what happened next. And yes the kid was fine. My car and temper weren't. So now I have a vertical approx 10 cm scratch on the corner of my back bumper. It's deepish it cuts about 3 mm into the bumper, and underneath the bumper (where it isn't visible) about 7 mm. Do you think I could cut and polish this, or would I need to replace the entire bumper bar?

Any help would be awesome

[PM-R33]

If you can fit a fingernail into it than unforuntunately you won't be able to buff it out.

[diana_k]

If you can fit a fingernail into it than unforuntunately you won't be able to buff it out.

I can

Do you know how much it would cost to get a new bumper?

[PM-R33]

Start searching through the for sale section on this site if you want a genuine plastic replacement, they usually pop up every now and then when some one is wrecking a car.

[diana_k]

 Awesome thanks

[89CAL]

you sure it cant just be resprayed? maybe it is able to be filled with some hi fill primer, sanded and re-sprayed

[PM-R33]

Yep just get it resprayed, I wouldn't bother with a new bumper unless you really wanted to.

[GUN_METAL_GTR32]

op u clearly have no idea

its a lil scratch dude.

just get it patched up and painted.

my front bar on my 34 was f**ked up after i hit one of those lil concrete blocks in a car park.

i stithed it all up with cable ties underneath and it came out perfectly from the panel shop after i got my car resprayed.

wtf would u need a whole new bumper for

[diana_k]

It's a fairly deep and wide scratch, and yeh I'm going to go with fill and spray, which will probably cost as much as buying a new bumper

I wanted to do a DIY but no place I've been to has pearl white.

[GUN_METAL_GTR32]

what kind of pearl white is it.

my 34 is also pearl white (custom)

post up a pic

i see ur in victoria. take it to dt panels in springvale and vu will take care of it.

Edited June 27, 2010 by GUN_METAL_GTR32

[R34 -_-]

new bumper is $100, respray will cost $300-400 if you don't have mates rates

Does your bumper have the "SKYLINE" and 25GT badges? the only reason i bought a new bumper was coz i wanted those badges lol.

Rule of thumb is if you can see black its not able to be fixed without having it resprayed as its taken the paint right off and dug into the plastic.

and if your planning on buying a body kit, do it before you fix the bumper as your going to be paying for a respray anyway you may as well put an aftermarket kit on and spray that instead.

Edited June 27, 2010 by R34 -_-