Body shop estimated this damage at over $800... am I getting ripped off? (photos)

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danforz

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Hey guys, as I mentioned before I rear ended someone and caused some damage. Body shop is suggesting that it'll cost over $800 to fix this. I'm curious what your estimates are?



As one addition bit of information, after I hit her she mentioned that the scrape towards the center wasn't my damage, though I don't know how something like that will play out when the accident was indeed my fault and their probably going to get all the damage fixed.
 
WAY TOO HIGH.



Is the alignment of the bumper still correct? If so, I cant imagine paying more than $400 to have that repainted. He needs to spray VERY little color on that, and of course he will clear the entire bumper.
 
If the Body Shop is going to replace the bumper then I think the price is good.

If there going to over haul it then you may have damaged some parts behind the bumper you cant see. The damage close to the trunk on the edge is a time consuming repair. The bumper has basically been folded there. They will have to strip it and use heat to reshape the bumper in that area and probably use a little filler. Let the insurance company's duke it out.
 
What you are looking at is chips in the paint and stress cracks from the impact.



It's What is behind the plastic bumper cover is what counts. The materials used to absorb the impact may be compromised, the bumper shocks may need replacing, and the labor to remove, repair and.or replace plus paintwork prep , the cost of the paint, flex agents, labor involved and hazmat disposal fees can easily run the bill for repair up to $800.



When my wife had her 1988 Chevy Celebrity Eurosport wagon, she got tapped by a car in her workplace's parking lot. She thought there was no damage and that I wouldn't notice...



The damage was $1200. The entire rear bumper assembly needed to be replaced.
 
One of my cars got rear ended and the damage was something like that but a little more severe as in more paint cracks. The bodyshop charged the insurance company $875 for everything. I'm not sure if they replaced the bumper or whatever they did to it.
 
Danford - Give me the make, model and year of your car and I'll tell how much it should cost. Does the shop want to repair or replace the bumper cover?
 
seems about right they would probably find some other stuff after the teardown. if you're going through your insurance they will cost control the labor and parts. if your car is fairly new about 2 years old and under certain mileage you will most likely get OEM rather than LKQ parts.
 
jsatek said:
David - I think that cover is over 8 bucks.



Whats that a 530i? R and R a bumper cover, how many hours?
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Do we know what kind of car this is? A rear cover for a 535I is $450 just the part itself.
 
I just got an entire new hood put on my Ford ZX2, along with the bumper removed and both were repainted with 2 stage paint (color and clear) with the respray blended into the front fenders. The whole thing came out to $900 including tax. If they don't have to replace any parts, I can't imagine how it would cost that much. The hood for my car was $250, the rest was in labor and paint.



This is in Florida.
 
1st off, I feel (based on the pictures) that the bumper is repairable(properly). The cost to replace it with a brand new OEM rear bumper cover is about $625 complete. The bumper cover itself is $315. You could easily use a reconditioned OEM bumper through someone like Keystone and save $80 for the same thing. Unless the shop removed the bumper to access all the damage, $800 is way too much.
 
David Fermani said:
1st off, I feel (based on the pictures) that the bumper is repairable(properly). The cost to replace it with a brand new OEM rear bumper cover is about $625 complete. The bumper cover itself is $315. You could easily use a reconditioned OEM bumper through someone like Keystone and save $80 for the same thing. Unless the shop removed the bumper to access all the damage, $800 is way too much.
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Yes, it is an Accord. Heres the email I received:



They will have to replace the bumper cover and there may be damage to the bumper beneath, but they can't check that until we pay them to remove the bumper cover.
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David Fermani said:
Are they charging you more based on the possibility of hidden damage? That's not right.
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No, but they won't look for extra damage until we pay for the replacement of the bumper first.
 
Danforz said:
No, but they won't look for extra damage until we pay for the replacement of the bumper first.
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Is this being covered by insurance or out of pocket? If you're not comfortable with the estimate, then by all means get another one or two. By looking at the damage it doesn't appear that there would be any hidden damage. Also, I'm not familiar with the Honda bumper cover but many are easily replaced for the mechanically inclined and by doing so could save you a fair amount of money as all you would have to have done is the bumper painted. I did that with my Navigator and it turned out to be less than an hour job.



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