I am thinking about getting the front bumper repainted on my 06 TSX PWP. I'm the third owner and the previous owner scraped the curb a few times plus the bumper has several dings from rocks. How much do you think the cost would be to have the bumper repainted? It's Pearl White.

Also, I had a minor rear end collision in July and ever since the rear end of my car doesn't seem right. It cost $1400 to repair and they simply repainted part of the bumper (on the left side), buffed the tail light, and repainted the quarter panel (I think that's what it's called). It was only a <5mph accident, but the back end was pushed in on the left side and had to be pulled. It just seems that the trunk is a bit crooked when looking at it closely. Does the rear of TSX look like it has an uneven curve with the trunk?

 

sounds like you got what you paid for.

 

well, by the looks of the pics... wait, never mind.

 

I posted this from my phone, so I couldn't upload pictures yesterday... the first photo is after getting the repair done for $1400 and the second photo is the damage (there was some damage further up as well, taillight scratches were buffed out and some paint work).





BTW, the $1400 estimate was more than my first estimate of $1100. I took the more expensive route, but I wonder whether or not the more expensive was more quality :/

 

at first glance this is what I see.

The trunk is not the same color (that may be a shadow)
The bottom where it meets the bumper looks off on the left
The drivers tail light lens does not look even with the lens on the trunk
Lastly is the A symbol off center?

From the looks of it they did a good job and probably made 50% profit IMO.

 

Sorry my red circles arent showing up well

 

I'm not sure about the "A"... I mean, that wasn't replaced (at least, not while I have owned the car). And I bought this car with a clean Car Fax, so I don't know why the Acura logo looks uncentered. I may have taken the picture at an angle and there was definitely a shadow.

 

honestly it could all be the camera angle.

 

I am most concerned about the unevenness in the last photo... It wasn't even like that after I was rear-ended. It only ended up like that after they did the pulling of the unibody...

Edit: Oh wow, I can't believe I named this thread "Reprint" opposed to "Repaint" -.-

 

nothing is ever perfect after a crash, I dont care how much you spend.

in that last pic, it looks like the lid needs to be loosened and pushed in a little.

Does it leak?

 

It doesn't leak and we had some pretty bad storms come through a few weeks ago, so that's not a problem at this point. I was never billed for them to reposition the trunk (I don't know why they didn't do that?), so I will see about getting that done.

 

I didnt think it would because of the channel in the trunk... have you washed the car i.e. spraying water at the seam?

yeah, I would look at the gap on both sides from a side view of the car and if its sticking out like it is in that last pic it should be obvious for them.