Bonnet Popped up

[olliesgrandad]

10 hours ago, BigChange said:

Steve, was the bumper not repairable ?  From the photo it just looks like scrapes rather than dents.  £2.7k for a car park bump.!  No wonder the cost of my (accident free) insurance has increased.

The problem with repairing these plastic bumpers is that once they have flexed there are hidden stress areas in the bumper. It can be repaired and look great, but at a later date the paint can lose adhesion. 

I know this because my wife bumped the front of her pearlescent white Fiat 500 and the repair shop we chose pressurised our insurers into replacing the bumper for that reason. Why would you not want your car put back into 'as new condition'. I have experienced poor accident repairs from my insurers where the safety of the work was questionable so am totally with the OP

[Shada]

I get replacing the bumper, I don't get what cloud they pulled that price from!

[STE041]

On 9/15/2019 at 10:07 PM, Shada said:

I get replacing the bumper, I don't get what cloud they pulled that price from!

Price break down looks fair looking at parts and labour breakdown. Insurance assessor has passed the repair, and the repairer now has approval, and the Lexus Dealer has agreed to swap my old car with insurance approval for my new car so I don’t have the down time of being off the road. Got to love no fault claims.

[Shada]

13 hours ago, STE041 said:

Price break down looks fair looking at parts and labour breakdown. Insurance assessor has passed the repair, and the repairer now has approval, and the Lexus Dealer has agreed to swap my old car with insurance approval for my new car so I don’t have the down time of being off the road. Got to love no fault claims.

Not really. There the reason our premiums are so high. 

[rayaans]

The figure doesn't surprise me. The labour costs Lexus have are high. I believe the paint is £600 alone for the bumper and the matching on sonic white is a pain in the arse. In other words they won't just be painting the bumper but some of the Bonnet and fenders too 

[Martin F]

6 hours ago, rayaans said:

 and fenders too 

 

 

[olliesgrandad]

14 hours ago, rayaans said:

The figure doesn't surprise me. The labour costs Lexus have are high. I believe the paint is £600 alone for the bumper and the matching on sonic white is a pain in the arse. In other words they won't just be painting the bumper but some of the Bonnet and fenders too 

I know that the 3 coat pearlescent white paint for my wife's Fiat 500 was £900 just for the paint to paint the front bumper blend into the wings and bonnet 😱