Front bumper scraped - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

eppisgood · 02-16-2013, 04:17 PM

Checked out the car a few days ago and became pretty sad. Not sure what caused this, I thought it could be a shopping cart but it's at an odd angle, so I think another car scraped mine (perhaps a truck with a higher clearance). Anyway, can it be repainted and approximately how much do you think it'd cost?

AddictedToBavarian · 02-16-2013, 04:19 PM

Is the paint actually scraped off or is that superficial? If it is then it can be buffed out. A repaint is $350-500.

eppisgood · 02-16-2013, 04:31 PM

Paint actually scraped off, rubbing my finger over it the paint is stripped off in that area, with small hairline cracks in the paint around the edges.

Bummer on the price of repainting. Guess I'll be looking for a used MTech pre-LCI front bumper (as from what I gather a new one is approx. $500 before prep/paint).

02-16-2013, 04:17 PM	#1
eppisgood Private First Class Drives: 2008 e90 335i Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 145 iTrader: (0)	Front bumper scraped Checked out the car a few days ago and became pretty sad. Not sure what caused this, I thought it could be a shopping cart but it's at an odd angle, so I think another car scraped mine (perhaps a truck with a higher clearance). Anyway, can it be repainted and approximately how much do you think it'd cost? __________________ 2008 e90 335i
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eppisgood Private First Class Drives: 2008 e90 335i Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 145 iTrader: (0)	Paint actually scraped off, rubbing my finger over it the paint is stripped off in that area, with small hairline cracks in the paint around the edges. Bummer on the price of repainting. Guess I'll be looking for a used MTech pre-LCI front bumper (as from what I gather a new one is approx. $500 before prep/paint). __________________ 2008 e90 335i

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02-16-2013, 04:19 PM	#2
AddictedToBavarian My other ride is a Bianchi Infinito Drives: E92 328xi Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North Jersey Posts: 2,567 iTrader: (0)	Is the paint actually scraped off or is that superficial? If it is then it can be buffed out. A repaint is $350-500.