Lady backed into my FRS
 

Some old lady didnt see my car behind her and hit my rear bumper.

Now my questions

How easy is to match the paint (pearl white)?
Can body shop get the bumper fast?
Do they have to replace diffuser too?

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Dont worry too much. It may take a week or two for the bumper. A good body shop can actually match paint better than the factory bumpers as factory bumpers are sprayed seperate from the car. They will also likely replace the diffuser if it is deformed or cracked. Try and keep in mind the bumper is just a giant piece of plastic nothing high tech

They will not replace the bumper. They will repair that one. Should be a easy repair with the plastic bumper being heated up and molded back into shape.

It will be noticiable?

sorry to hear man. glad everyone was ok. I got rear ended omw home from work tonight. gouged out some spots on the lower rear bumper. exchanged insurance and personal info.

If it is, then you complain to the insurance company to fix it until it looks like it never happened.

"pre wreck condition" is the phrase insurance companies use to get you to hire them, hold them to it. If it's noticeable then it obviously falls outside of their own parameters.

Its the curse FML

You can replace the whole bumper if YOU want to. Id say replace it...

Damn... a lot of these have been magnets for damage over the past couple of days. I'd say if it gets repaired and looks any different than the factory paint, take it back or talk to the insurance company and try and get a different shop if possible.

I have had a couple cars that have received plastic bumper damage and they have just been repaired. The repair shop said they preferred that over replacing. I do not know why.:iono:
Most cars now (BRZ & FR-S included) have vin# stickers on every body part. If you replace anything it will be readily apparent to anyone who checks for such things.

The Diffuser and the Bumper are all one piece. There is no seperation on it, looks seperate, but when looked at closely there is no seperation gap.

damn so that has to be replaced too?

will insurance company pay for the BRZ one lol i want the diffuser thing on the bottom

I don't know of any insurance company that would pay a second shop to correct a repair job that they had already paid the first shop to do. They would probably try to influence the shop to do it again and get it right. Insurance companies that are smart allow the owner of the car to determine where they want the car fixed. That way there is no implied warranty from the insurance company. It's all up to the shop and the owner of the car to work it out. Like I said, when they can, insurance companies will try and convince the shops to make it right but they have no real ramifications as they're not the customer getting a sloppy repair job.

Thats too much damage along with clips for the shop to spend the time on the labor to heat it up to get it back to shape. I just had damage to the rear of my car in near the same spot. And it was much less damage than that and it was replaced.

Aw man I'm sorry to see that =[

I'm not sure if these cars are "cursed" more like people just don't pay attention or don't know how to drive anymore. Coming home from school, I was slowed down by traffic on the freeway twice because of an accident, both involving an Prius, maybe they are cursed too..

The FR-S and BRZ bumpers are identical. They are all one piece. The black "diffuser" is just the rest of the same piece of plastic as the rest of the "bumper", except the bumper part has been painted to match the body, and the diffuser is matte black. The BRZ bottom diffuser is an add-on piece that can be added to either of the cars, for a hefty fee of course.

I went to a body shop and they told me that that they would have to re paint half my car to fix a small scratch because its 3 stage paint. Sucks!!!
But because its just the bumper I think they could do it with out painting some of the car because the paint on plastic and paint on metal almost always look deferent.

Does any one know how much will it cost to fix this
Replace bumper and repaint it?

If this old lady hit your car then the insurance should cover.
Why then would you ask about the price?

Just wanted to know how much will it cost

you should kill her.

Why is the old lady's head not on a stick right now?

Probably because they make more money that way? It takes more labor hours to repair than to swap them out..

Personally, I'd want a new bumper.

Im deff getting a new bumper

Yea I was thinking of that too. It just sucks if the first shop is in-capable of doing the job right. Maybe there is some way to get a refund.

600 for bumper, 150 for r/i. 150 for paint, 100 for blending, 100 is disposal fees etc.
$1100 total.

there is some damage under the bumper too smh
im pissed

idk man, my bumper got nailed and the replacement and paint and etc costed the woman $800 and that was from toyotas collision center.

but if theres chassis damage like you mentioned, the price will sky rocket

There is always going to extras to figure in. Like rear fender/wheel liner, brackets, clips etc.