Me being the genius that I am, I didn't follow my spiritual guidance, or should I say my inner voice. To make a long story short against my better judgement I backed into a hidden fire hydrant and damaged my rear bumper.
I called a couple of auto body shops and they all said the same thing, that the bumper could not be repaired, and that it needed to be replaced.
At first I was kind of annoyed, because I had previously spent about $350 to repair and paint just one quadrant of the bumper. So I was wondering well if it cost that much to repair it, how much is it going to cost to paint and replace it.
Well little did I know that my bumper not being repairable would not only save me a bundle of cash, but it would also educate me about the gross overcharging of auto body shops.
I googled a few auto body party sellers online and I was kind of shocked at the prices I saw, between $62 - $76. I also called the Thief-in-chief (Nissan dealer) and they wanted over $300.
But I had no intention of paying for shipping, I wanted to find the part locally. Then finally my googling paid off and I found Certifit, not only were they local, but the part was only $47 plus tax. http://bit.ly/2C1aYgD
After I picked up the part, I was going to get an auto body shop to paint it, but why waste $200 on a paint job when I can do it myself, I just need to get the paint code off of my car and buy the spray paint.
After I paint and install my bumper I'll upload a picture.
++ it's really simply to replace the bumper cover, it just a few clip-on's and screws.
-- auto body shops want to charge over $700 to to paint & replace a bumper cover read more