Cost to paint front bumper?

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by boggtown

Im painting my GT3 bumper myself. The bumper I bought was already black, so Im just going to sand past the clear, bondo or urethane the damage, sand it all smooth, paint, sand, clear coat, sand, glaze and buff. Honestly, you could get a bumper painted for 200 from a local shop, might not be the best, but cheap. 400-500 is reasonable for a damn good paint job with oem paint, wait untill you go chameleon or candy paint... then you get into the thousands.

Whoops, forgot to mention. Unless you have a profesional spray gun, dont attempt to do it yourself. I think they cost like 100 bucks but its worth it cost wise if you do a lot of stuff. My grandpa painted our old jeep, factory finish, for a couple hundred in supplies. If you do go that route, paint will cost a pretty penny, but nothing like 400-600. You will need paint, clear, hardener, measuring cups, paint filters, mask, sand paper, tack cloths, and an orbital buffer for the clear coat.

FYI, My bodyman, who is excellent, told me any repair to the Urethane bumper cover will most likely crack again, you should never buy a cover used...

[Grizzly]

O.K., I'm back. I took the car to a gentleman I've used many times before. We decided to shoot the bumper cover, hood and passenger side fender to fix some stone chips and an annoying ding with paint loss near the gas filler door. He says $400-500, depending on whether or not he needs to blend into the passenger door to get the silver to match correctly.

I asked him how much to shoot just a bumper cover and he told me that $250- $300 is fair.

[djomlas]

someone on rennlist is selling a 996 front bumper for 175 if anyone is interested

[blinkwatt]

Oh boy,this just showed up on eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AL%3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1&viewitem=&item=270064613094&rd=1

What do you think the odds are of finding one in Zenith Blue like my Boxster considering that it was only available from 98-00'. That's exactly what I want,I would have to do some work to it though. Does anyone know if filling the scratches are as easy as sanding it down and filling? I would be willing to try and do it on my own if that's the case. I called the shop and they said there are no cracks/dents/indentations that I would have to worry about,just scratches. Any links to D.I.Y. scratch filling would be appreciated.

[blinkwatt]

Bump,the auctions ends in the next couple of days so any advice will be appreciated.

HOLY ********************,this is my 1,000 post! :dance:

[blinkwatt]

Now I'm pissed,just got back from PCA sponsored body shop.....quoted @ $1k to sand and repaint my bumper.

Thats crazy high. My body shop had to take my bumper, sand it down, fill in everything, fix some fiberglass, fill everyhting again, primer it, and paint it. I got all that, rear diffusers (which had to be painted twice due to the previous paint hated the new paint, lol), and bumperettes (primered many times to make them smooth) for $420. Id keep looking, tell them that you want a show quality finish and your willing to wait and pay for it, but you wont pay more than 500-600 (which is pretty reasonable for a great bumper painting)