After owning my 2004 Crossfire since October of 2003, I had avoided most all of the little dents and dings that one tends to accumulate while driving and parking each day.

Then, I had one of those days where it would have been better just to stay in bed. The day was capped off when I came home from work and was parking my car in the garage. As I was turning in, I hit the brake about 1/2" too late and put a nice 5" or so column of about 6 black gouge marks in the plastic front bumper. Now, truthfully, it's not all that bad. The largest spot is probably about 1/2" - 3/4" wide. And, in most places, only about 1/16" - 1/8" divot where the plastic was scratched off.

My question to all of you experts or anyone else who may have had a similar incident...what kind of cost might I expect to fix this? It seems like it is something that could be relatively easy to fill in, sand smooth, and touch-up. Others have told me they might want to replace the entire front fender and then paint the front as necessary to make it match. I have an appointment at the dealership today to get my car serviced and get an estimate.

Yep, I just might cry. Well, no, maybe I'll just be sick. Hmm, maybe I'll do both.

 

I spent $300 to fix a lightly scuffed bumper. That was just paint work. Mine is Black Clearcoat which is actually 2 separate paints. Good Luck.

BTW, you gotta be the king of the lurkers. 3 posts since Oct 03. Didn't you ever have anything to say?

 

To be honest...I forgot all about being on this forum. I was looking around for places that might have info about the bumper fiasco. I went to register, and it said my e-mail was in use already!

 

Add $200 more replace it with an SRT-6 bumper! Much more aggressive looking.

 

If I had purchased the car instead of leasing it, I might consider that option. But, the lease is up in 9 months, and I'll probably have the car parked a lot of the time during the winter months. Drove it all winter last year, and I definitely appreciate having an SUV this winter!

 

Cyril: I think my SRT6 front fascia was a bit more, but I would have to dig-up the invoice. I want to say $385... And it is delivered primer grey... I think the whole cost with painting was somewhere in the range of $750... and a few hours of my time replacing it...

I've since found a cheaper vendor for Crossfire parts that was willing to give a 25% discount for members of this forum...

I'm sure his scrapes could be fixed with some light bondo and a touch-up paint job.