suprachica79

Alright. You all know my struggles with my back bumper and how it needs paint badly. I've decided before I do anything else costly with the car, I want to fix this bumper because it has been an eye soar for over a year and I'm sick of it. I want to try and get a used Inza Red back bumper, any ideas where I could go? Otherwise, I'm just going to get my painted at a shop but I figured I'd might save money doing it this way.

I only have $250 to spend on this, and I don't want to resort to maaco but for a temporary fix for a little bit until I get a full paint job, I might have to. So any ideas guys? Any good places to go in the CT/MA area that can do it for that price? Let me know plz, thx

jumpmanbsktbll

go to paintscratch.com and enter your vehicle info and color code and they supply you with a paint kit...runs around 50$ for a spray can with liquid rubbing compound, clearcoat, and some other things
thats what im doing for the corner of my front bumper
it might match perfect so then you wont even need to get it repainted

suprachica79

I think maybe this would be my best option since I plan to get some new body panels and get the whole car resprayed in a year or so..

97BlackAckCL

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Finally taking my advice ay? :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-99...QQcmdZViewItem

You know you love me

suprachica79

haha, yes blackack, I do lol, but thats almost $350 and I only have 250 so I'm thinking of going to this paintscratch place, its $100 for a full kit -base coat, clear coat, rubbing compound, flexible bumper repair kit, acrylic lacquer thinner, wax and grease remover, adhesion promoter, and rubberized primer. Is the paint of good quality? Anyone know?

hornyleprechaun

I ordered one of these and have had it for a little over a week waiting to put it on. I feel it is worth the money to have someone do it professionally.

Just some advice.. click the Make offer button and give them an offer that you would want to afford. I think I got it for $40 cheaper than what they ask for "Buy It Now". I should of started lower to see how low they would go, but I was stupid and they accepted my offer right away

Dan3952

You didn't say how much paint but it won't be too good for $100.. the cheap DuPont stuff is $118 a gallon just for the clear. I'm going to go with Dupont if they will try to match the car, I figure if it's worth painting it's worth doing it right. I used a cheapo clear last time and there's a million rock chips on the rear bumper cover. The repair kit I can get locally

suprachica79

I'm not getting a gallon of clear, I'm getting a kit to do the corner of my back bumper, so I don't need much paint, this si the price for everything needed for a 6 sq. ft. section of my car

Horny- How does it match the color of your existing paint? What color paint is your car? Im worried that a brand new paint job on one piece, like a bumper, will stand out from the 10-year-old faded paint thats on the rest of the car. What do you think? I guess I could offer $170 plus shipping and see if they are insulted lol

97BlackAckCL

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It is worth the money to have it done professionaly, but you can always DIY

suprachica79

lol I'm all about the DIY but my buddy tried to DIY it and ruined it in the process, which is why I have to do this now, so I'm debating bothering to do it again or just go and get another bumper which I would prefer, if money were there to do it

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Just gather the extra $100 and buy a painted one then

jumpmanbsktbll

I plan on repairing my front bumper as soon as I receive my paint which should be in a few days. SO maybe by this weekend Ill do it and post some pics of before/after to give you an idea on how it matches up.

suprachica79

Well, I put up parts requests on a bunch of those used parts places online that junkyards search through and just got an email from a company that has my bumper and will charge $250 shipped for it which is what I have so I think I might go with that. Im assuming its used to I'm thinking it will be faded to match the rest of my paint.

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

If it's the same color paint, you hopefully should be good, congrats

suprachica79

yea, I just emailed them back, asking for pics and to make sure its got my paint code R-96P-5, hopefully it is cuz I really want this whole mess to be over and fixed

suprachica79

yea, they jsut got back to me and it isnt in my color so that sucks

saiko_cl_duck

that sucks.


Good luck. If only you could wait til I'm up there, I'd hook you up.

suprachica79

when are you going to be up here? I want this done by the show, but I guess I can do a quick fix until you're here. I really just want to repaint the whole car this summer after I get the turbo kit on. How bout you pm me with what you can do, and how much it'll cost lol, thx

saiko_cl_duck

I'll see, but that's if the Air Force lets me off my short leash to go home to MA.

suprachica79

k, let me know

hornyleprechaun

Well my car is black and I haven't installed it yet.. but I put it up against the car and it looked like it matched well enough You give them your paint code from the drivers door panel and they will paint the bumper that.. I'm going to try and install my bumper this week so I'll take some pictures.

hornyleprechaun

Let me guess it was a silver or primrose color? I'm pretty sure it was the same junkyard I got a response back from. I specified my color and they still sent me an e-mail claiming they had my part.

suprachica79

yea, they didnt say what color, just that it wasnt red, I found a bunch of other ones tho on car-part.com so hopefully one of them will work out

PS-Also found a ton of rsx seats in my area, is there a difference between type-s seats and regular rsx seats?

<syphers>

Bill's Auto said they'd do it for $250 he'll take the bumper off sand it prime and paint it he does a real good job he did my bumpers and you'll get it back before the 15th

suprachica79

yea, but he charged you $250 for the front and back, and now he's charging me $250 for just the back? Thats kinda shitty... and the bumper doesnt sit perfect so idk if I wanna spend that money on this bumper when I plan to get another one in a few months...

Dan3952

Maybe you are missing some of the plastic fasteners for that bumper if it looks like it doesn't fit right.. I remember I broke $70 worth of plastic plugs just getting the rear off. I think I spent $140 for the paint materials when I painted mine and at S-W they gave me choice of 4 variations of the factory colour ie. to match the fading. People who don't wax their cars will have lower gloss and more colour shift over the years if you use a wrecker one

suprachica79

Well when I backed into my brothers car, I put a massive dent straight in the corner of the bumper, so I took it off and kicked out the dent and so the bumper is a bit bowed, I don't think it has to do with the clips.

<syphers>

i kno the guy thats y he did it for me real cheap he usually charges 350 per bumper so you are getting a discount

herbalist

Someone in a Dodge 3500 reversed into me making a hole in my front bumper with his trailer hitch. Does anyone know where I can get an already painted front bumper cover?

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

There was a body shop on ebay that used to sell them, but I can't find them anymore. You may wanna hit up this guy

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Acura...em130189244897

herbalist

Zero feedback but its worth a shot. Any idea how much it would be to get it painted?

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

1-200 would be my guess

leetuser

I emailed that guy about the bumper, shipping to northeastern PA is 150 so it doesn't seem worth it if I have to have it painted too. I'm trying to find an already white front bumper..

hornyleprechaun

You can search google for used car parts or junkyard parts. It will bring up a bunch of sites that you can input information in as what you want. You will get a bunch of e-mails and/or calls concerning your information.

I got a lot of calls about rear bumpers, but none of them were black at the time.