haul@ss Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 After years of driving, the truck as accumulated a lot of minor scratches and paint chips. Ive tried touch up paint but we all know how great that works... and i am no artist by any means.. If I was to get these fixed at a shop, would they have to respray the whole damaged body part? or would they isolate the damage n work on the particular spot? Here's what i need done: Front bumper cover: 5-7 rock chips and 2 small scratches. Plus i want to remove plate bracket n get the holes filled n painted. (I'm assuming the whole bumper would need to be resprayed) Tonneau cover: there is one chip on the very tip of the speedstur wing where i accidentally dropped the power washer "gun" . its prolly half an inch in diameter. I think i know the answer to this, but will they have to respray the WHOLE lid for the small part? also how much will this all cost, together and separate? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 (edited) Having a good shop fill the nicks with touchup paint and polish them works pretty well......you will still see them a little up close and personal, but a competent body shop should be able to perform this no problem, and it will probably cost you $100 or so. In your case since you are gonna remove the LP bracket I would just sand and respray the whole bumper...........they could probably do a spot repair on your tonneau too, they can blend the fresh sprayed area with the old paint, will probably cost $300 or so to complete Edited October 4, 2007 by Fireman31 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BAD2K Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 i would bite the bullitt and have the entire front bumper taken care of including shaving the hole. as for the tonneau, i have had very very good results by mixing the paint code with some clear and touching up then a little wet sanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rays B4U Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I just had my front bumper lic plate bracket holes filled and the whole bumper painted, it cost me $200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haul@ss Posted October 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 thanks for the info guys, now i know how much ill be lookin to pay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverado6.0 Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 I duno bout rates in ur area, but to spary a bumper we would charge 200 or so, and prolly 300 plus sum wetsand buff time to do the cover. So prolly a package deal for 500 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 (edited) I hit a deer with my front bumper - no body work was required, the sanding/prep/repaint cost $400. Mr. P. AND - if you can wait, take it in during Dec/Jan/Feb because most auto shops are starving for work then and you are likely to get a good deal especially if you can pay cash if ya know what I mean. Edited October 7, 2007 by Mr. P. (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haul@ss Posted October 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 ok screw the cover, imma just try some touch up paint, its barely noticeable anyway and i just took a look again and its not even 1/4 of an inch big.. Being up here in alaska, i'm guessing body shops are gonna be busy due to all the winter accidents... i could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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