2015 Hyundai Bumper

This car belonged to a kid in the neighborhood. Body shop wanted $1000 for a new bumper and to paint it. His parents were making him pay out of pocket for it to learn a lesson. I decided to help him out. I had him come by and I supervised him and is friend in the prep. I had him supply the materials and I painted and installed it for him for free with his help.

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Awesome man. That`s how I learned a lot of my fundamentals back when I was a young teen. My neighbors owned a body shop and they taught me how to sand, paint, buff. Brings back great memories.

Good on you for helping the kid out - "learned his lesson" and got a bonus in added skills.

So... what was his actual cost?

Nice gesture. That right there is what people need to do more often. Help each other out:)

Curious too, what did it cost the kid in materials?

paying it forward ... hopefully some day he will be a position to help some one out of bind in the future :)

I`m not sure how much the bumper was. It was OEM so probably $300-$400. I think I got a pint of paint and it was probably $70. I honestly don`t think I charged him for the adhesion promoter, sealer or clear. If I did it was only like $20.

Good on everybody for how this was handled.

Nice thing to do for the lad. Your other repair/paint threads definitely show talent. I appreciate that especially because I have none in that area.

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Originally Posted by RTexasF

Your other repair/paint threads definitely show talent. I appreciate that especially because I have none in that area.

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Yes indeed, xtremekustomz has skills! IME it`s a lot harder than one might think to get good results with DIY paint/body work.