Someone with body shop experience? Need a ruff idea please..

[Kevin Palmer]

Have a friend that is going thru a divorce. She did get her car back but.... it is damaged. It was her dream car and has never driven it since the day she bought it.



It is a 2003 Mustang Convertible GT. The damage is to the right front bumper area. There is a gouge in it but it is not torn all the way thru.



What do you feel it would cost to repair the following pictures?



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[Tom Schindler]

Kevin,



Email S'Terriffic. He owns a body shop.





Tom

 

[Kevin Palmer]

I thought that too. Just wasn't sure he was still around...



Will do though, thanks.

 

[Kevin Palmer]

I must not be spelling his name correctly. Can not find him via the search option???

 

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Coastie- I am emailing you his email addy right now.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Olaf beat me to it. Thanks Olaf.



Coastie, if you can't reach him, email Michelle. She keeps in touch with David since they live close to each other.





Tom

 

[GccST]

I have had a similar mark repaired twice before. It will probably run between $200-400.

 

[Trent Replogle]

if u haven't already got a hold of him i will tell him to stop by the site

 

[Kevin Palmer]

I did send an email. Have not heard back as of yet. If you get a chance I would appreciate it Trent.

Thanks...

 

[Kevin Palmer]

OK, suggested she rub it out and see what it looks like to get a better view of what she is up against. Not to bad considering her future ex hit a house with it.. LOL



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[b b]

just a suggestion maybe you could cover the damage with either a decal (kinda like the stripe on the hood of our sport tracs) or maybe some body molding like what is used:blink: on car doors or bumper pads

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Heck, that looks like a paint rub from the inside of a garage door frame...my wife does those at least twice a year, and each time I just buff them out.



Seriously.



TJR

 

[Kevin Palmer]

Your close,,, he hit the house. There is a gouge in it as well. She wants to fix it so that it looks nice so I ma guessing it will require the gouge to be filled and then pain the general area.

 

[Can Trac]

looks like she needs a bra....$40

 

[Jared Strube]

Coastie,



I hit an antelope in my parents 01 Mustang GT a few years ago and ripped up the bumper cover to shreds. The insurance people were being difficult so I just fixed it myself. I ordered a full bumper skin replacement from eBay that was the exact same color. It was OEM, I assume they took it off of something that got hit in the rear. It went on quite easily, took about 1.5 hours.



Anyway, I know her bumper isn't as bad, and I don't know about budgets, but I believe it was about $280 shipped, which I found cheap compared to the body shop's quote.



Edit: the eBay user I bought the bumper from was "bumpersandgrilles"



~strube