Re: Cost to paint the front bumper
Maybe - time will tell, but the choice was mine. The bumper was pristine except for the two screw holes so they were able to trim the shredded plastic, heat them so they depressed slightly, and filled them. Then they masked off just the area around the bolt holes and repainted. Since I was having a door fixed, they had all the right paint and clearcoat.
PS - The cost of my door fix doubled because the original owner had had the side clear coated (for reasons we could not figure out, there was no other damage) and did not remove the mirror or window trim. So the clear was definitely starting to peel in a couple places. I had all that fixed properly,