Many of you will remember when I scraped/gouged/ripped my rear bumper after putting up the garage door with the car touching it, resulting in this beauty:



As you can imagine (or remember), I wanted to kill myself and at least one or two random other people. I rubbed it, buffed it, compounded it, and prayed over it. All to no avail. Eventually, I was able to fix it the old-fashioned way: have your cousin marry a woman who owns a body shop and get the family discount. The result:





I am much happier with how my rear end looks now.

 

lol, nice way to resolve the problem. Paint job looks OEM!

 

Man, i wish i get my rear fix right now. What was the family discount? I wish i knew someone that owns a shop.

 

did he detail ur car too? looks like the swirls from old pic are gone...

 

well, He probably repainted the bumper so there shouldnt be any swirl marks.

 

Looks flawless.

 

looks good, i have several "imperfections" on various parts of my car. i'd love to get the whole thing looking brand new again.

just not sure i want it badly enough to pay for it. rather spend money on stuff i dont need like JDM headlights, LOL

 

Wow, they did an awesome job!

 

They did repaint the bumper so no swirls there, but you're right that there were also swirls on the trunk lid. I detailed the car myself using some Sonus polishes, a P/C polisher, and then Meguiars NXT. Did a terrific job removing the swirls from a "weed whipper" style car wash -- another bonehead learn-the-hard-way move on my part.

Next will probably be a hood respray after this winter, and a clear bra. The friggin' hood is ridiculous with a ton of little white nicks. The family discount was substantial -- basically paid for the paint.

 

Yeah, because i got quoted $600 to fix mine.