deeply scratched paint :(
 

well my gf was leaving the doctor's office this morning. she was pulling out and bumped into another car, now the car has a hugggeee paint chip. it's pretty bad, it got under the paint, exposing the urethane. so my question is, do i have to repaint the whole rear bumper? or is there a possible way to patch that area.

tell ya what dood...you want to repaint the whole bumper. You can have a shop blend the area but depending on the color of the car, or how anal retentive you are about your paint, you may not be happy with the result. You can always see where they blended the clearcoat even if they get the color 100%. Have someone shoot the bumper...itll cost you between $200-$700 bucks.

pay someone $700 to shoot my bumper? i can do that for free. jk. i mean the scratch is about a thumb size..actually not even an inch. now i have to redo the whole bumper? jesus. theres goes the tax return.

like I said, depends on how anal retentive you are about your paint. Just fill it in with play-doh and coloer over the top with magic marker to blend in the color. Touch it up if you will. Or blend it....do you have the light silver car to hide the blend?

250 to remove front bumper and paint the whole thing, don't know about back.

One thing I've learned through this forum: NEVER NEVER NEVER let your GF / Wife drive your car.

Just get a kit...

note to self: get girlfriend, get body kit, don't let girlfriend drive it.

I took out a small chunk of the bumper on my VW GTI 337. I'm as anal as anyone, and was sure I'd need a new bumper. The body shop - a very good one - assured me they could fix it and blend the paint (Reflex Silver) and, what do you know, they did - perfectly. Could not tell it was done.

wow actually i was helping my gf by asking here about her 337 and not my 8. its not my car that's scratch but her 337. god forbid she scratched my car. haha. which shop in ny?

I took it to C&D Auto Body in So. Hackensack (973.779.0497). They cost more but they're really good. Talk to Matt (owner) if you go; tell 'em Richard with the red Mazdaspeed Miata sent you!

show a pix to see how bad the damage or damages