Can this be fixed without body work?

[imported_tuffluck]

I'm very frustrated, I have a 2012 Camaro.  My dad backed into me 6 months ago and I got this same bumper fixed, then a couple of days ago some truck backed into me in the parking lot and drove off.  It's going to cost about $500 to fix and I guess because I just had this done coupled with the fact that someone did it and didn't own up to it, I don't want to spend $500 on it again.  My insurance deductible is $500 also.


 


Is it possible to bend this out by hand with a heat gun or something?  It looks better in person actually, and I think most of the white stuff is paint residue from the car that struck me, which can probably be buffed out pretty decently.  The dents are what I am more concerned about.  FWIW this stretch of bumper is about 3 inches up and down, and about 5 inches across.

 

[Accumulator]

tuffluck- Bummer...and all too fitting with your username!


 


I have no idea about the "heat it up" idea (though I wouldn't try it myself), but FWIW my first priority would be cleaning off the white stuff (presumably paint transfer) and then seeing what you're really dealing with in terms of damage.  I bet it'll at least need some touchup paint, but who knows...if you touch it up and live with it for a while, maybe it won't bug you as much as you'd expect.  That's how some of the damage to  my vehicles has worked out, not always, but it kinda surprises me how stuff that *drove me nuts* gradually got to be no big deal.


 


If it turns out that it *does* continue to bug you, you'll need to talk with a body/paint shop and hope they do a good job (refinished off the vehicle, of course if they don't replace it).