So I've never done ANY bodywork in my life nor have I ever managed to mess up a bumper on a car. Two firsts. I was absolutely crushed after damaging my new bumper on a car with just a bit over 2,000 miles. I certainly felt like a complete jackass and I took lots of heat for it at the fr-s/brz Colorado meet up. Nonetheless, I took that anger and decided, AND after getting it quoted at a body work specialist - $563.48 - that I could fix it myself for less than $50.00.
SO that was my goal; make the car perfect on the cheap. All in all I spent $47.00 exactly to get my car back to normal and I feel like a furball for doing some damage. Nonetheless, we all make mistakes and perhaps I'm not the only one to do something to their new car.
1. how the damage looked:
2. tape damaged area and sand until your wrist hurts:
3. how it looked after sanding just the scratched area/paint.
4. apply lots of plastic weld, let it dry, sand for HOURS, apply a second coat. It will look something like this:
5. cover the car in lots of paper and tape and paint like they do in all the car shows:
5. post on a forum to get made fun of for messing up a new car. But I figured I would share as we all make mistakes, it is only how we recover that makes the biggest difference.
