How do I fix a major scratch on the side of front bumper

[maroon555]

Will I need a repaint at a body shop?

 

[maroon555]

 

[rhaekar]

That's bad. You're going to need a shop to repair and repaint it.

 

[ngogas]

Yup. They will need to sand it down and repaint.

 

[steve in socal]

Yes. You may be able to polish out some of the smaller scratches and remove some of the white paint but you really need a body shop to fix. Cheaper shop doing just that section may be ~$600 and more expensive full bumper may be ~$1500+

 

[maroon555]

Thanks. Do I need to go to Tesla approved body shop? I was actually thinking about doing nothing about it. Two wheels also have major curb rashes. The imperfections don’t really bother me that much. Who knows something really bad might happen to the car in the future.

 

[steve in socal]

Thanks. Do I need to go to Tesla approved body shop? I was actually thinking about doing nothing about it. Two wheels also have major curb rashes. The imperfections don’t really bother me that much. Who knows something really bad might happen to the car in the future.

Just check out yelp and get quotes from a couple of local shops. The cost variance is usually if they redo the whole bumper or not. No need to go through Tesla.

 

[mswlogo]

You could try a detail or scratch and dent shop first. They might get 80% out for $100.

Then you could buy a paint patch kit for what could not get buffed out.

You could do the paint patch first, but it’s hard to know what will buff out. And you only want to touch up what cut through to the paint. You don’t want wax where you plan to touch up either. Let the shop know you want to touch it up. Maybe they could apply the touch up for you. Be nice to get the touch up all buffed and waxed together.

 

[Pkmmte]

Doesn't a new bumper cover cost $220 itself? At least that's what my invoice listed last time I took it to the body shop.

 

[steve in socal]

Doesn't a new bumper cover cost $220 itself? At least that's what my invoice listed last time I took it to the body shop.

Probably does with no paint or clear coat. Ha ha

 

[maroon555]

$50 buffing fixed most of the scratch. Will try the paint kit to fix the rest.

 

[tashtibet]

View attachment 391849 $50 buffing fixed most of the scratch. Will try the paint kit to fix the rest.

Wow! almost fixed-how & who did it? I have a similar issue-what kind of paint or auto body shop would do it?

 

[maroon555]

Any body shop should be able to do it. I was quoted by the same shop for $1000 for a full paint job. But I insisted on trying a simple buffing first which turned out to be much better than expected.