BRZ hit and run in rear bumper, what do?
 

I was at school for an hour, went back to my car to get stuff and some asshole did a hit and run on my series.blue BRZ. The damage to the bumper is a disaster :mad0259:. Any ideas on how to fix it myself? My friend recommended me to use Dr. ColorChip. I don't want to take it to an autobody shop as it'll be too much $$$ and my comprehensive insurance has a $1000 deductible.

I've attached the picture below :/
Any tips would be appreciated, thanks

in before totaled (its a running joke around here)

Sorry to hear, but I would clean it up best you can then maybe go buy some touch up paint and try to fill it in best you can if you are worried about the $$$. It really shouldn't cost more then $400-$500 to have it fixed at a bodyshop though

I live in the Bay Area in California, last time my brother's Mazda 3 had scrapes along the rear bumper and a hit on a fender resulted in $3500, with insurance verification too... Everything here is too expensive :iono:

I'm worried that those touch up paints will be extremely obvious as it's not a chip, but a whole damn scrape with some scratches around it :(

DAMMM!!!! :eyebulge:

and yeah it will stand out alot

they have color matched spray cans too. my dad's camry got swiped in the same spot as yours and I bought the base coat spray can for like $20 and a clear coat can for like $10. also, I am not a professional painter or anything, but even with my bad spraying skills it looks about 70% good as new lol. I got a slight run in the paint but as long as you work slow and spray even coats, it should be fine. I bought my cans from automotive touchup

70% doesn't sound too good lol, on a beater camry maybe, but not on my baby :000 ( I'm sure you guys feel )

well with my poor painting skills, 70% is good for me. plus a $30 investment compared to $500 is good enough for me lol. granted, if it was my BRZ, I would probably pay a bodyshop to get it done right.

Just looked at some pricing for around my area, saw quotes as high as $1800 for rear bumper painting :iono:

maybe that price is to paint the whole bumper? I highly doubt you will need that for the corner damage. they should be able to blend it in with the original paint

I'd perodically check ebay for people selling their bumper covers. In my brief search, I found a couple (red and black) for a couple hundred bucks. Might be an Avenue to keep your eyes trained on.

Dude! You can't have it both ways. You can have cheap and 70% or expensive and 99% (never hit 100 on white).
Take it to some shops and ask them you may get a break if cash and no receipt.

Could be blended, then clear the entire bumper. $1800 is outrageous, might as well throw an extra grand in and repaint the whole car.

I would never colorchip that, it would forever look tainted to me.

Believe me I did, the cheapest was $1000 and I buy my own paint, most expensive was $1800 so far
It's BS for a bumper and I have to pay this crap cause idiots at school can't drive

Drive a couple of hours away? May be a pain but could be a pile cheaper. There is no do it yourself method that is going to be all that great in a spot like that.

A dime dent in my bumper to a hit and run, drunk driver, costed me $950.

THIS.

Ridiculous, I'll probably just let it stay there and call it a battle scar
I could get half a house painted for that money

Now that is the spirit!

I have gotten rear-ended 2 times. Actually, my car is at the body shop right now getting fixed for the 2nd crash. Both times, there were literally a few scratches. From a few feet away, you wouldn't even be able to tell it was hit. It looked way better than yours does now. First time, $8000 cost to fix. This time, $6700. Yours probably doesn't have much or any damage behind the bumper but mine was completely smashed in to the trunk. Just unbelievable damage.

Yep. They are designed to sacrifice themselves to keep you safe. It works.

Wait, your bumper looked better than mine before the fix? How much did that individual part cost, and your fixed are more than half the cars worth :bonk:

Yes my bumper looked barely touched. But it totally depends how they hit you. If they were just slowly dragging their car along your car, you probably don't have any damage other than what you can see. But it might have some broken clips or something and it is not aligned like it should be. From what I can see on my estimate, the rear bumper cover costs $270. But I don't think you will need to replace yours. Is that what you were asking for?

try calling garageworks in hayward. I've gotten my bumpers painted there before and it just cost me $200 and paint match was perfect

If you purchased the car knowing you wouldn't be able to pay for repairs, nothing you can really do. I'd just leave it until you can afford it.

It's not that I can't afford it, it's just heartbreaking to have to drop 10% of a months paycheck/allowance cause some idiot did some dumbass move in 10seconds

find some hill that has traffic light.
when light turns green, let your car roll back and hit a car behind you.
claim that car hits you, get free bumper paint.

for suggestion, i will order new bumper and get it painted then sell that old bumper on forum to save few bucks.

Holy fucknutsery batman. Seriously though it really shouldn't be that much especially in the US(although color matching whites is a bitch) . Hell for 1800 cdn$, on my IS300, I had my bumper painted, fender straightened and painted, all the gaps straightened, trunk floor redone and rad support straightened.

1800 = 10% of your monthly income? just get it painted then lol, 1800$ is over 30% of my monthly income :(

If it's only 10% of your monthly income and you don't want to do it then it clearly doesn't mean that much to you? However, if you missed a zero that would make a lot more sense.

God damn I wish I had ANY allowance as a kid. 1800 is 10% of your allowance?!

But wow wtf, why does it cost $1800 for a bumper repair. Brand new unpainted OEM rear bumper is $270 straight from Subaru, cheaper if you look around. $1800 is insane...

I'd just go buy the new bumper and ask a random shop to paint it for me.

I have some damage to my bumpers from people that park by braille. One of these days I'll have some extra cash and will look around at salvage yards and if I'm lucky will find bumper covers in the right color. Until I have the money and it has nothing better to do I'm not gonna worry about it too much because it's bound to happen again anyway.

^^^^This, or get on the used parts exchange.

They seem to be going for $150 to $300 on car-part.com. In fact, there's a white one listed right now at MID Auto Dismantling in Wilmington, CA for $150. It says "NO INS QLTY" in the listing, so I'm not sure if that means it's also damaged. Since all three of that company's bumpers have that same designation, it may be that they list all their parts that way to avoid dealing with insurance repairs. It's also listed as just "white," so who knows if it will match.

If it were me, I'd give them a call. And if that one doesn't work, I'd leave it alone for now and keep an eye on car-part.com, Ebay and Craigslist for others.

That looks like a pull and respray. Probably a few hundred dollars. Instead of talking about it on the internet go get a quote from a decent bodyshop.

If you want it to be repaired right then you have to spend $$$.

Your mistake was making your insurance deductible so high, its expensive for you to fix it.

Insurance companies love when people increase their deductibles because that means they are less likely to submit a claim.

Personally, I always try to set my deductible at $500 or less. My FRS is off insurance now.... has been on jack stands for a few months now while I install some upgrades. When I put it back on the road I will be going for a $500 or even $250 deductible.

hey OP, I faced same situation before with some asshole swiped and ran on the same side like you. I decided to park my car right outside my house and some guy hit it and ran. Luckily, a body shop that I knew re-painted my rear bumper for free. Try to get it painted somewhere, sorry if i'm not much of a help. I know how this feels and this sucks.