Car advice needed
 

Where is the best place to get body work done? I got a dented bumper and don't want to pay $300 dollars an hour to get it fixed. It is plastic so there will be no painting involved. All they have to do is bolt a replacement bumper on the car and be done with it. Really don't want to pay a thousand bucks for 15 minutes of work.

Not sure where you're located, but I recently had some body work done here - http://carstar.com/store/carstar-nor...-city-missouri

They did great work at a reasonable price. They even fixed something that I didn't take it to them for, for no charge.

Since it's so easy, do it yourself. Problem solved

Where do you live?

^ :shrug:

If it’s just a dent get a big suction cup and pull it out.

It's funny how these kinds of threads almost always end up being someone looking for quality work done for a criminally low price. Mechanic or body work isn't easy or cheap. There's a reason it's expensive. And just like anything else, you get what you pay for....

I live in the KC area, Missouri side.

If you can get to teh back side of the dent from under the car, just push it out.

Are you a girl?

If its not that bad, try looking up paintless dent repair guys. Most of the time they are mobile, can knock it out quickly, and don't charge much.

Someone has obviously put sugar in your gas tank. /Hog Farmer

It ripped the plastic part that secures it to that side of the car or I would push it back out and reconnect it. The bumper is totally plastic and must be replaced. I don't want to get started only to find out I need special tools. Also, I hate working on cars. I can fix computers, large appliances, air conditioners and such but I hate working on cars.

The plastic bumper shells are very easy to replace. On most cars, they just clip in and you secure it with a few screws. Order one yourself and just take it to a shop to get painted.

You won't need special tools to remove that.

Sounds like a good option.

I'd advise you to just purchase a brand new car.

my wife's beetle, before we sold it, had the same issue. I was lucky enough to find one in the same paint color. was a simple process. not sure how difficult it is on others, but the Bug was super quick.

Yeah, you could try this. Try calling a few auto salvage yards and see if they have the part already painted. If your car is a super common model and color (example, 2006 silver honda accord), you might be in business.

I'll tell ya what's NOT quick on the Bug....changing a MF headlight bulb.
JFC.

My wife's car is horrible about that too. You have to go in through the wheel well and remove the fender liner to get at the light assembly.

yep. basically had to remove the entire fender etc. WTF are they thinking.

Bring your shit to one of our dealers so we can milk you for $400

I feel your pain. My wife's CR-V is a pain in the ass, too. The little clip that holds the bulb in is hard to maneuver, especially on the one behind the battery. To make matters worse, the thing eats bulbs like candy. I end up having to replace one of them every few months. :#

Had to completely remove the entire dash board of my '87 Taurus to replace the heater core. After doing crap like that you get to hate working on cars.

If it eats lights like that. That seems like a manufacturing issue and they need to fix it for free.

Also just bought one of those cars for my parents.

It's a common issue with CR-V's and Honda hasn't done anything about it.

Your best bet is to try to locate a salvage yard bumper cover of your paint code. Even if you get a used one not of your paint color and have it painted you're going to be spending easily $250+ to have it painted. It has to be sanded, primed, adhesion promoter sprayed on the surface, paint, and then cleared.