Had my G for about 3 month..
got 8000 miles on it and today... she got a big scratch...

careless mistake.. and... don't drive when you are too tired... .

anyone got an idea on how much a paint job on such scratch will be?

 

Something like that you are looking at about $200-$250 for a good body shop to repair. IMHO, this is a perfect opportunity to go with an aftermarket bumper. If you want the stock bumper, perhaps you can find a g-owner selling theirs in your color. A new bumper you might be able to find for the same cost to repair yours.

 

What makes this bad is that it was driver's error. I've had a few like that myself, so I know how it feels to misjudge a distance and then hit something! Doh... I've been there, so I feel for you. Hopefully you can get if fixed up without any issues.

 

What did you hit? If its just black rubber or paint on the surface, you can get some polish or light rubbing compound and work it off.

I had a guy run right into the side of my Ford ranger with the wheels of a trailer once. I went to 3 different body shops to get estimates for the damage. One was $380, one was $531. The last guy I went to looked at it and said "wait a minute". He went inside and came back out with some polish and a rag. He polished the marks right off! Told me "have a nice day".

 

Thanks for all the info..
the scrach is deep, and it is not something i can polish it off.. cuz the paint is not there anymore...
well, i will try to polish the minor one with scrach remover and get some paint touch up and fill it in to see how it work, if not looking well, I will go to body shop and have them done professionally..

 

I'd say 400$ and 600 if you replace the bumper. Too bad I hear IP is the hardest color to match.

 

This is my MAJOR concern, if they can match the color ...

still thinking what I should do...

 

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin...

Still upset over the scratch, I see. Hope it didn't ruin your b-day too much...I had fun, by the way! Thanks for dinner...^-^

So, stuffing all those travel bags yet? Hehehe....

-UKNOWWHO

 

if u want i'll tell u this body shop i go to... i think they do a hella clean work... i recently got my Gialla grill painted there which is also plastic or watever it is... paint matched pretty well and they didn't keep my car just gave grill itself and installed myself. if u let them keep ur ride i'm sure they can match it pretty well... i'll ask him to give u a good deal... let me know if ur interested. oh but only thing is that the shop is located in LA....

 

Thanks david...

but LA isn't that convenient for me at the moment..

I will wait and see what I want to do now..

but thanks for the info, if i ever decided to go with that, I will give you a PM, thanx!

 

haha... Jimmy , Jiimmy.. Jimmy...

well.. ya, it didn't ruin it much.. have to live with my own mistake.. glad it is not THAT BIG.. it is pretty big.. anyways.. glad you can make it that nite, well, as for teh bag... haha.. I will be needing them SOON... see ya around!

 

was your car at south bay infiniti on monday?

 

nope, that's not me...

i only goto Tustin to do services

someone got the same mark?...

 

the body shop I went to did a GREAT job mathching my paint when i got my kit, if u wanna check it out in person let me know,

heres a pic

 

Yea...someone had the same mark...