Estimation on BRZ damage to front & back bumper

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Trovez

I'm scared it'll cost like 700-1300$, which I don't have atm!

Plus, I planned on getting mods done anyways, if i were to just cover it with something, kill 2 birds with 1 stone!

Don't have money for repairs but have money for mods?

Fender will need work regardless. It may be OK to wait, it doesn't really look like it's through to the metal. Rust would be the issue to watch for.

I'd personally live with the bumper - in fact, I did that on my '14 on like day 2... just wasn't used to how long the nose is. Never fixed it, because it's easy to do again.

[becausethexo]

Originally Posted by Slammillionaire

Your mom takes your car out and damages it and won't pay for it to be fixed?

She's in debt.

[becausethexo]

Originally Posted by cjd

Don't have money for repairs but have money for mods?

Fender will need work regardless. It may be OK to wait, it doesn't really look like it's through to the metal. Rust would be the issue to watch for.

I'd personally live with the bumper - in fact, I did that on my '14 on like day 2... just wasn't used to how long the nose is. Never fixed it, because it's easy to do again.

Yea the fender I'll leave as is for now. The two tips of the front bumper (especially the right one) is very visible and ugly and needs to be repaired, except I was thinking if there's something clever to just conceal it while looking like a mod or something.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Trovez

Yea the fender I'll leave as is for now. The two tips of the front bumper (especially the right one) is very visible and ugly and needs to be repaired, except I was thinking if there's something clever to just conceal it while looking like a mod or something.

I installed a lip to my damaged bumper, and it never quite fit right. Even if you cover it, there's a good chance it will need some work to get it to fit in the deformed spots.

The bumper really does not need to be repaired though - I get that it bugs the heck out of you, but... that's all it's doing. It's low to the ground and less visible than the fender; also less likely to result in further damage if ignored (scratches through paint to steel need to be repaired soonish).

New bumper cover to fix. People sell them here and there, you can probably get one someone swapped off at a pretty decent price. Have it painted when the fender is done. The paint work done right is the money.

[becausethexo]

Originally Posted by cjd

I installed a lip to my damaged bumper, and it never quite fit right. Even if you cover it, there's a good chance it will need some work to get it to fit in the deformed spots.

The bumper really does not need to be repaired though - I get that it bugs the heck out of you, but... that's all it's doing. It's low to the ground and less visible than the fender; also less likely to result in further damage if ignored (scratches through paint to steel need to be repaired soonish).

New bumper cover to fix. People sell them here and there, you can probably get one someone swapped off at a pretty decent price. Have it painted when the fender is done. The paint work done right is the money.

It's supremely noticeable, I'm referring to the one in the bottom pic (3rd pic). It looks like a huge white mark on a black car, your eyes get drawn in to it.

Doesn't a bumper lip go UNDER, therefore it'd still be visible?

[cjd]

Originally Posted by Trovez

It's supremely noticeable, I'm referring to the one in the bottom pic (3rd pic). It looks like a huge white mark on a black car, your eyes get drawn in to it.

Doesn't a bumper lip go UNDER, therefore it'd still be visible?

Yes, I'm talking about whether it's an actual problem... not whether it bothers you. The damage won't get notably worse, it won't rust, it won't be a safety issue.

Lip goes under, yes. I don't care about visibility, I broke front lips hitting cones. I was just using that experience as an example - it assumes a good bumper, and anything that fits over and covers the dinged areas may not quite fit right.

[86geek]

Get the bumper wrapped with carbon fiber or any other color vinyl wrap or check your local FT86 club for buy and sell section. Members mod their cars all the time and you could buy another front bumper. If you have no $$$$ to fix the bumper and such you shouldn't even be thinking of buying mods right now. Just my 2 freaking cents!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Trovez

Yea the fender I'll leave as is for now. The two tips of the front bumper (especially the right one) is very visible and ugly and needs to be repaired, except I was thinking if there's something clever to just conceal it while looking like a mod or something.

If just looking for a down and dirty fix you could get the spray on touch up paint. A little Bondo or putty to smooth things out, tape off the area and give it a spray. Not the best but would look better than the damage until you do whatever mods you planned.


https://www.paintscratch.com/cgi-bin/order-form.cgi

[Lynxis]

In terms of cost of getting everything fixed by a professional, they will want to repaint the entire front bumper because blending it probably won't look right so expect around $1200 for the bumper. They will probably blend the rear quarter panel though so expect around $600 for that. In total, I'd budget around $2000 for quality work.

My personal opinion, the front bumper is the one I'd be more liable to leave alone. It's plastic so no need to worry about rust or anything. The fender however is metal and being scraped up like that could lead to rust down the road, especially if you drive it during the winter and assuming this is recent then I'd guess that you are.

Getting the fender fixed is probably cheaper than anything you could realistically do yourself. You could put on a wide body kit that covers that area then all you need to do is hit it with some corrosion inhibiting paint and be good to go. Of course, the widebody kits are very expensive and you either need huge wheel spacers or special made/fit tires to go under the widebody kit. Either way, it will be more expensive than just getting it fixed.

Regarding covering the bumper damage up cheap, you can get a lower section bumper cover kind of like this:



Note that it will come unpainted so you'll need to pay for that. (edit: This particular part is C-WEST and I guess you can get it pre-painted to match your color code?)

Alternatively and much cheaper, I've seen some pretty fancy work with plastidip before. I saw one guy who taped off that bottom section of his bumper and did the entire bottom part in black plastidip to match his STi front lip and it looked really good as long as you didn't get too close. Maybe you could do something like that. That said, his car is red so I'd be concerned how that colour scheme would look on yours.

[becausethexo]

Originally Posted by Lynxis

In terms of cost of getting everything fixed by a professional, they will want to repaint the entire front bumper because blending it probably won't look right so expect around $1200 for the bumper. They will probably blend the rear quarter panel though so expect around $600 for that. In total, I'd budget around $2000 for quality work.

My personal opinion, the front bumper is the one I'd be more liable to leave alone. It's plastic so no need to worry about rust or anything. The fender however is metal and being scraped up like that could lead to rust down the road, especially if you drive it during the winter and assuming this is recent then I'd guess that you are.

Getting the fender fixed is probably cheaper than anything you could realistically do yourself. You could put on a wide body kit that covers that area then all you need to do is hit it with some corrosion inhibiting paint and be good to go. Of course, the widebody kits are very expensive and you either need huge wheel spacers or special made/fit tires to go under the widebody kit. Either way, it will be more expensive than just getting it fixed.

Regarding covering the bumper damage up cheap, you can get a lower section bumper cover kind of like this:



Note that it will come unpainted so you'll need to pay for that. (edit: This particular part is C-WEST and I guess you can get it pre-painted to match your color code?)

Alternatively and much cheaper, I've seen some pretty fancy work with plastidip before. I saw one guy who taped off that bottom section of his bumper and did the entire bottom part in black plastidip to match his STi front lip and it looked really good as long as you didn't get too close. Maybe you could do something like that. That said, his car is red so I'd be concerned how that colour scheme would look on yours.

Thank you! Exactly the type of thing I was looking for.

BRZ FRONT HALF SPOILER ABS Crystal Black Silica (D4S) would match my car.

I don't see an order or buy option on this website though.