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: Scraped my bumper, recommend a body shop?


Akinari
02-04-2014, 03:22 PM
Long story short, an idiot cut in front of me and to avoid hitting him, I didn't calculate the space between the wall and I properly and I scraped it quite well.

http://i.imgur.com/y3n7D2Nh.jpg

BJ BMW quoted me at 300-350, but I'd like to know my options and what's out there before I drop that kind of money. If anyone can suggest a reputable body shop please let me know!

Suprarz666
02-04-2014, 04:19 PM
300-350 is quite cheap to be honest. Does that price include R an I's?

dared3vil0
02-04-2014, 04:20 PM
Boyd Autobody in Burnaby near the Kingsway Whitespot.

Fafine
02-04-2014, 04:37 PM
you could probably buff most of it out if you dont want to spend money. srs

yray
02-04-2014, 04:42 PM
http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/wp-content/uploads/whiteout1.jpg

XplicitLuder
02-04-2014, 04:47 PM
300-350? wow i got quoted 400 to do my bumper on an old honda lmfao

edit : sentence made no sense

Recon604
02-04-2014, 04:59 PM
give A Jetway Bodyshop on main a call. (604)872-6222. The owner is Peter. He'll beat any price and does a great job

v_tec
02-04-2014, 05:35 PM
$300-350 is actually a really good deal.

That'st he kind of pricing you would expect from an Asia cash-only job.

JShifter
02-04-2014, 05:43 PM
You can always bring it to a school and the students will do it, its cheap but takes a long time

Phatmobile
02-04-2014, 05:46 PM
for $300-$350 make sure they don't use mobile repair shop like Color Works or so

J.C
02-04-2014, 06:08 PM
give A Jetway Bodyshop on main a call. (604)872-6222. The owner is Peter. He'll beat any price and does a great job

he painted my lip 3 times and a friends spoiler for half the price of other shops

would recommend :toot:

XplicitLuder
02-04-2014, 07:20 PM
^ :notbad: :considered:

Akinari
02-04-2014, 07:57 PM
Buffed out the surrounding area, honestly it's not that bad, just a huge strip of paint missing.

http://i.imgur.com/eYH0PcM.jpg

give A Jetway Bodyshop on main a call. (604)872-6222. The owner is Peter. He'll beat any price and does a great job

he painted my lip 3 times and a friends spoiler for half the price of other shops

would recommend :toot:

I'll give him a call. If he can do $250 or less and drive away on the same day I'll be a happy camper.

The service adviser at BMW looked at my damage and quoted me "$300-$350" and "bring it in in the morning and you can drive it away in a few hours" however I smell bs, especially when the cash-only Asian body shops also quoted me at about the same price, give or take some.

dared3vil0
02-04-2014, 08:03 PM
He's probably thinking touch up paint with some wet sanding... Not going to be repaired properly in a "few hours".

Suprarz666
02-04-2014, 08:20 PM
I think the 300-350 quote is going to be a color works type of job.
(mask off bumper, paint just the corner and blend it within the bumper)

J.C
02-04-2014, 08:23 PM
^ :notbad: :considered:

curbs can go burn in hell :derp:

mb_
02-04-2014, 08:30 PM
Just tell your mom to deal with it cause it's her car :troll:
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Louhasnocash
02-04-2014, 08:37 PM
Boyd Autobody in Burnaby near the Kingsway Whitespot.

I got almost the same scrape as he does on my 2012 TSX, just a little shorter. and i went the Boyd, the guy quoted me $700.

donot521
02-04-2014, 08:51 PM
TwinStar collision on kingsway is great...they do a lot of BMW, guarantee color match.. Ask for Tim or Ben
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Akinari
02-04-2014, 09:03 PM
He's probably thinking touch up paint with some wet sanding... Not going to be repaired properly in a "few hours".

I think the 300-350 quote is going to be a color works type of job.
(mask off bumper, paint just the corner and blend it within the bumper)
Service adviser at BJ BMW told me it'd be sanding + repainting + buffing. It's a lease after all and it's going back in December, so it makes sense for me to do it at BMW to save any potential crap when the car is being returned. They're not doing it in-house either, sending it out to a shop up the street which is the shop Boundary Mercedes sends their cars out too, called something One, forgot the name.

EDIT: It's called No.1 Collision

http://www.no1collision.com/

sauceking88
02-04-2014, 09:34 PM
TwinStar collision on kingsway is great...they do a lot of BMW, guarantee color match.. Ask for Tim or Ben
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I 2nd TwinStar!

jaemc
02-05-2014, 07:37 AM
That price is not bad at all.

VR6GTI
02-05-2014, 10:26 AM
You should go to No 1 and get an estimate from them. It will be more than $350 to do it properly at No 1, unless they are just going to spot paint it. Which is the incorrect way to fix it but if BJBMW doesn't care about there lease returns, whatever.

white rocket
02-05-2014, 12:38 PM
Personally I'd just buy a touch-up pen from BMW, touch it up and then see what happens when you return it. Maybe this happens again before the lease is up and you'll be spending the money again.

No. 1 Collision is noted as the designated shop for most BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, etc however when they repaired and repainted my ITR it was single-handedly the worst job I have ever seen in my entire life. EVER. I actually chose them specifically because of the all the high end work they are known for. A mistake I will hopefully never make again.

j3welz
02-05-2014, 04:43 PM
Personally I'd just buy a touch-up pen from BMW, touch it up and then see what happens when you return it. Maybe this happens again before the lease is up and you'll be spending the money again.

No. 1 Collision is noted as the designated shop for most BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, etc however when they repaired and repainted my ITR it was single-handedly the worst job I have ever seen in my entire life. EVER. I actually chose them specifically because of the all the high end work they are known for. A mistake I will hopefully never make again.

Agreed, No.1 Collision gave me one of the worst paint jobs I've seen on my trunk lid. Another time, they didn't even clean up all the broken glass when my car got broken into, there were still a ton of glass pieces under my carpet. Just really sloppy.

Mr.JDM
02-05-2014, 04:57 PM
Try Rich City Collision in Ironwood. They are icbc valet shop and do most of the work for richmond automall. Ie. Richmond honda, Autowest Infiniti. Benz. Mini Cooper and Autowest Bmw.
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hi-revs
02-05-2014, 05:27 PM
I'll be taking my car to Fast Track in Richmond next week, or when they get a courtesy car in.
Anyone recommend them before I drop off?

Akinari
02-05-2014, 10:29 PM
Talked to Peter at Jetway and got a pretty positive response. Seems like a real genuinely nice guy who's willing to help out. $300, drop it off in the morning get it in the evening. Done deal :thumbs:

Recon604
02-05-2014, 10:31 PM
Talked to Peter at Jetway and got a pretty positive response. Seems like a real genuinely nice guy who's willing to help out. $300, drop it off in the morning get it in the evening. Done deal :thumbs:

did you mention me?

Recon604
02-05-2014, 10:31 PM
I'll be taking my car to Fast Track in Richmond next week, or when they get a courtesy car in.
Anyone recommend them before I drop off?

prepare your wallet

Akinari
02-05-2014, 10:43 PM
did you mention me?
Yup, your name and car but he didn't seem to really care, sort of gave me the "oh yeah ok so what do you need etc." kind of response :lawl: and told me BMW is lying to me with the $300-$350 quote :badpokerface: Driving it there tomorrow morning to drop it off and picking it up in the evening. Will report back on how the work is.

Recon604
02-05-2014, 10:47 PM
Yup, your name and car but he didn't seem to really care, sort of gave me the "oh yeah ok so what do you need etc." kind of response :lawl: and told me BMW is lying to me with the $300-$350 quote :badpokerface: Driving it there tomorrow morning to drop it off and picking it up in the evening. Will report back on how the work is.

:okay: LOL yeah hes talks like tat. "Yeah okay, okay yeah"

Akinari
02-05-2014, 10:51 PM
:okay: LOL yeah hes talks like tat. "Yeah okay, okay yeah"
He was able to book me in for tomorrow because there just happens to be an E92 328i in Alpine White that needs its front bumper repainted as well, so he's doing two cars with the same paint code lol

VR6GTI
02-06-2014, 07:11 AM
Whats included in this $300?

Akinari
02-06-2014, 10:08 AM
Whats included in this $300?
Bumper removal, sand, paint, dry. Afaik.

trollface
02-06-2014, 02:27 PM
Don't lie. No one cut you off.

How do you cut someone off in a parking lot? That or you managed to hop a curb and hit the wall on the side of a building.

Akinari
02-06-2014, 07:04 PM
Don't lie. No one cut you off.

How do you cut someone off in a parking lot? That or you managed to hop a curb and hit the wall on the side of a building.
It was in a parkade, and some guy was barreling down the oncoming lane and decided to suddenly swerve into my lane, and as an impulsive spur of the moment reaction I abruptly swerved my car right and as a result scraped my bumper on the wall by miscalculating the distance between the wall and my bumper.

I never put the blame on anyone else. What is there to lie about :suspicious:

Came back from Jetway. Peter did an awesome job, bumper was removed, paint was stripped, sanded, primed, repainted and polished. Professional and quick. Thanks for the recommendation J.C and Recon, I'll definitely be recommending them to anyone who needs bodywork done :thumbs:

dared3vil0
02-06-2014, 07:17 PM
Don't lie. No one cut you off.

How do you cut someone off in a parking lot? That or you managed to hop a curb and hit the wall on the side of a building.

Oh fuck off.

T4RAWR
02-08-2014, 07:48 AM
Just tell your mom to deal with it cause it's her car :troll:
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Isnt it his dad's car? :troll:

- kT
02-08-2014, 08:23 AM
Try Rich City Collision in Ironwood. They are icbc valet shop and do most of the work for richmond automall. Ie. Richmond honda, Autowest Infiniti. Benz. Mini Cooper and Autowest Bmw.
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uhh.. no. almost every dealer in the auto mall uses the in house richmond chrysler bodyshop. don't know of a single dealership in the automall that uses rich city
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