My front bumper had a few road rashes from the winter, so I brought it to the local 'Acura-Referred' bodyshop and they quoted me $1400+ and 5+ days of work to remove bumper, sand down, removed front plate holes, repaint, and reinstall.

I think I could buy a new OEM bumper from Acura for 1/3 of that.

Crazy.

 

What kind of road rashes would determine how much work is required to repaint the bumper, or maybe the bumper is a major pain to remove to paint but if it is just paint chip repair and a repaint (filling the holes shouldn't require much) $600-800 would be more realistic.

 

that is expensive, i got a quite of around $1200 to repaint front and back bumper and front left and right rear fender piece.

 

I foudn a shop down here that got a new bumper and re-shot it for $500.

$1400 to repaint and not even replace is ludacris.

 

that price is retarded high

 

I just brought my TSX in as well for some scratch repair, and was quoted $477 for the repaint. Well, I knew about a crack on the bottom anyway, so I decided to just get a new bumper and ended up also having to replace the shields underneath too, that were ripped. Ended up costing $954 for the new bumper and everything, so yeah, $1400 is very high for just a repaint. Would have been $763 for just a new OEM repainted bumper without the shields.

 

That is AT MOST a $350 job at a very good high end shop, at least around here. They probably saw your fancy wheels and thought they could take advantage.

 

Psh, you can get a brand new bumper cover for 250 for the 2G TL and I usually pay 250 bucks for the paintjob. I say usually because I've gone through like 4 bumper covers on this car alone.

 

they are ripping you off man. I'd say maybe 350-400 at the most. BTW: 5 days to do that IS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to long. I'd say 1 day at the most 1.5 day (if they stop for a beer break ever hour)

 

ridiculous!!!

as pure adrenaline said. i can get a bumper cover oe replica for 250 then an awesome clean paint job for 200 dollars.. a grand total of 450, takes no longer than 2 days altogether and you dont even need to leave the car in the shop!!

 

I wish I could find a paint job that looks good for 200 for my 3rd gen...I was quoted 500 to paint a new bumper cover

 

how hard could it be?? i mean.. we just got our Murano front bumper cover fully painted with OE silver and clear coated to match the factory.. plus the murano bumper is HUGE! that thing is like the size of three of my tl bumpers! haha

we got it painted for 200 dollars. dropped it off one day and picked it up the next day before they closed.

and most of the paint shops i went to quoted anywhere from 220-300.. i dont think i was ever quoted more than 300 just to paint a front bumper cover.

 

New OEM bumper $180

New paint job $350

3-6 days depending on shipping and how busy the shop is.

Its not a major job.

Hes trying to make a quick dollar. Playing ya for a fool

 

i also got a brand new bumper +paint job for 500 at an acura dealer...you're getting rapped...

 

$1,400 is WAY too much scratch yo...

you should be able to get it done for less than $500....at the very most....

 

The shop likely doesn't want to do it so they quoted a high price knowing that you'll refuse it.
I've seen it happen many times.

 

A 2003 TL-S bumper from www.oemacuraparts.com is $204.80, probably unpainted, but that's still way less than $1400. I'd go to another shop if I were you. They are ripping you off.

 

I would say $500 is an accurate price for a new bumper cover and paint. Front or rear.