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Old 07-24-2007 | 06:36 PM
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From: Holland MI
Default Re: Scraped up the back bumper

A moron in Detroit tried following me through a stop sign, except I stopped and he didn't. He hit me at less than 5 mph. Just enough to scratch the rear bumper in a couple places. Fortunately no damage to the underlying foam.

I took it to both a quality repair shop (they did work for me on another car) and the dealer. Both were ~$500. Bumper had to be removed, sanded, repainted, and cleared. They thought they might have to put some filler on the damage but I told them no bondo and only enough filler to remove the scratches.

It's been 6 months and you cannot tell where the damage was.