Hey Guys,

My front bumper is pretty messed up... It's mostly paint that chipped off due to rocks hitting the bumper... I bought it like that knowing that it would cost a couple of hundreds to repaint....

Do you guys know any good body shops that you would recommend? I'm in the SFV, Los Angeles Area.

I need to do the front bumper repainted and also full buffing and detail. Don;t want to be cheap but most places want to charge $400-500 Just because it;s an Infiniti.

Any feedback will be appreciated

 

From the couple of quotes I got for similar amount of work, I'd say that is reasonable for a quality paint job.

 

Yeah, I dont mind paying $400 for a good quality work. But this shops usually do bumpers for 150-200 and as soon as I say infiniti they double their price... Where i come from that's call a rip off...

Just like when I needed to do my brakes. It's usually $60-$70 at the usual place... As soon as I said infiniti they increased it to $150.- Fudge that I did the brakes myself.

 

DTM on El Monte, CA?

 

One reason for having to pay more is because of the tri-coat pearl paint. It is more labor intensive and the pearl paint is also more expensive. Pay the money and get a good job done

 

R&J in Carson, if you're willing to make the drive. I believe it's $300-350 for a front bumper. Quality work.

 

My bud has custom trucks and always takes them to this guys body shop, it's close to you in San Fernando. Reasonable prices and high quality work, can't be beat....Sammy 818-652-0387 You can tell Sammy that Lynn Guthrie recommended him!
Gary

 

If you can get it done for $350, you'd better grab that deal. I live in Wisconsin by no means by any metro area and checked with two differnent shops to do a small repair on my repair bumber and the cheapest was $325. No cracks, just blocking sanding and blending paint from bad area to good area. Mostly because of the expensive paint and tri-coat

 

But your name is Gary??!!

 

You might want to consider looking into a clear bra after the repaint. It will keep your bumper looking new for years.

 

Thanks Guys!!! I'm fixing it after Thanksgiving Weekend.

 

There's a time gap between paint and installing the clear bra, believe it's 90 days. The paint must be totally dry or bad things will happen....Gary