Need a bumper painted...

[jgang]

Some asshat hit me in the parking lot the other day and jacked up my bumper. The cost of a new Tacoma bumper is 200 bucks, but the body shop wants 400 just to paint it! WTF!? Anyone know of a good, reputable body shop in Colorado Springs that can do it for a much more reasonable price?

[newracer]

Spray it with Plastidip, will cost you about $20 and a few hours of time.

[fitz19d]

I was just coming in the thread to say that, look at my truck thread. Think I had pics of the bumpers done in there. (Chrome turned black to match center.)

[Dave_L]

Good luck with body shops right now. They're all so busy they don't even know what to do. I made an appointment a month in advance and 30 days later, they still haven't started work. This was only $1000 in damage too. Nothing major. Id do anything I could to avoid a body shop.

[Jer]

This sounds familiar. I couple of years ago I had someone back into the front end of my Tacoma at low speed in a parking lot. I figured I'd find a straight bumper cover on CL and then have it painted by a local shop. I figured I'd pay $150-$200 but was shocked that the cheapest I found around here was $450ish. I ended up lucking out and buying an All-Pro that my buddy sawed a young deer in half with and his insurance paid for a brand new one along with the other damage that occurred from the deer carcass. I paid less for the entire plate bumper than I would have paid to just have a factory bumper cover painted. Not everyone can find a deal like that but I guess my point is it might be a good time to consider plate bumpers given the cost of paint alone.

Pic for reference & possibly to help light the mod-bug fire:

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