I recently came out to the parking lot and see this on my rear bumper. Now I'm in a tough situation on deciding if I should try to color match this or paint the whole car. I plan on keeping this car forever so painting the whole car wouldn't be a bad idea. It is brilliant silver but I would prefer the Diamond Graphite more. How much would a good paint job be? Thanks ! This is my first post and it's a 2003 6MT Coupe, love this car!

 

Welcome to the G35 Driver Forums Montzster! In my town we have bumper specific body shops where that and paintless dent removal is all they do. The cost of repaing just the bumper should'nt cost you that much! Body shops charge $4K+ to repaint your entire car, is the color change worth it to you? I'm off to my body shop myself next Monday, hope your G turns out well...Gary

 

Thanks! The only reason I would want to repaint the whole car is because my rear fender has a weird fade going on, if I repainted it the same color code, would that be cheaper?

 

Painting the whole car would be extremely silly for this. People put on their aftermarket bumpers/sides all the time. Can you spending 4k+ to paint your whole car for putting on a new bumper?!

That fix looks extremely easy and not costly.. 500 at tops

Not to mention, I totaled my car, I replaced my passenger side fender, had my hood, driver side fender and front bumper repaired and repainted in ivory pearl. You cant even tell a accident happened or aftermarket paint was used. Youll be fine by just having a reputable body shop repair that and repainting it bro

 

Yeah it would probably be the best just to get the bumper done, I've just read and seen horror stories of color matching silver, that's my only concern, I'll look around for some quotes, thanks

 

There are most likely an equal amount of horror stories for ivory pearl since its a 3 stage paint as well. Just take it to a reputable shop and your problems will be gone

 

Will do, thanks