[robguenther13]

Good evening,

My 16 year old daughter hit a speed bump a little too fast where I live (not uncommon), and it ripped half of the front bumper and the lower skid plate off. I secured it with some zip ties and gorilla tape for the time being.

I went to a local well rated body shop, and they quoted me $1640 for parts ($1048 for the bumper!!!) and another $1000 for labor. I feel like this is a sh*tload of money, especially when I noticed that the bumper is like ~$500 on some BMW vendor websites.

The guy who did the estimate told me called the local BMW dealership for all the price quotes (they don't have a body shop). The part costs for the skid plate and all of the associated fasteners, etc were about what I was expecting.

The body shop did say I could buy my own bumper and bring it in, so wonder if I should shop around estimates, or is $400 for labor, $300 for paint, $200 for paint supplies a solid deal.. something tells me it isn't... even in Hawaii.

Thanks!

Rob