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covance · 03-08-2018, 02:30 PM

Hello all,

In early 2016 someone hit my car in our apartment garage. I went through insurance to get it repaired and worked with a full price, all over the table body shop to do it. They worked with my insurer and took money from GEICO as well as my deductible, coming to about a $1,000 total. This included ordering and painting a new bumper cover for my 2015 BRZ Series.Blue in white, as well as the black section above the bumper (name escapes me at the moment).

I recently noticed that there are about 7 spots on the bumper where the paint is peeling off.

If images don't load:
https://imgur.com/a/zUjXy
https://imgur.com/ar3z35D

I think the peeling means they did not prepare the bumper properly before painting?

I feel like I don't have any good options here. If I go to another shop who will do things the right way (from my understanding, the right way is to buy a new bumper cover and paint the whole thing, since the labor of removing all of the paint on the existing piece will be more than the cost of a new part) I will be out I am guessing ~$700.

If I go back to the original shop, assuming they do agree to correct their mistake, my guess is they would go for the cheapest fix of just sanding and painting the problem area.

The invoice from the shop says their work is only good for a year (at the end of this saga I will be posting a full review of the shop in the Mid-Atlantic section) which means I can't go to court to get a refund and then pay a different shop to fix the problem. I called GEICO as a long shot to see if there was anything they could do, but no luck.

03-08-2018, 02:30 PM	#1
covance Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 BRZ series.blue Location: VA Posts: 182 Thanks: 216 Thanked 59 Times in 40 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Non-fun adventures in paint repair and bad body shops Hello all, In early 2016 someone hit my car in our apartment garage. I went through insurance to get it repaired and worked with a full price, all over the table body shop to do it. They worked with my insurer and took money from GEICO as well as my deductible, coming to about a $1,000 total. This included ordering and painting a new bumper cover for my 2015 BRZ Series.Blue in white, as well as the black section above the bumper (name escapes me at the moment). I recently noticed that there are about 7 spots on the bumper where the paint is peeling off. If images don't load: https://imgur.com/a/zUjXy https://imgur.com/ar3z35D I think the peeling means they did not prepare the bumper properly before painting? I feel like I don't have any good options here. If I go to another shop who will do things the right way (from my understanding, the right way is to buy a new bumper cover and paint the whole thing, since the labor of removing all of the paint on the existing piece will be more than the cost of a new part) I will be out I am guessing ~$700. If I go back to the original shop, assuming they do agree to correct their mistake, my guess is they would go for the cheapest fix of just sanding and painting the problem area. The invoice from the shop says their work is only good for a year (at the end of this saga I will be posting a full review of the shop in the Mid-Atlantic section) which means I can't go to court to get a refund and then pay a different shop to fix the problem. I called GEICO as a long shot to see if there was anything they could do, but no luck.