[evdok]

Daughter is gutted she has scuffed her bumper on a curb, what price are we looking at for a smart repair? Who is good for the job?, its due an MOT next month & was thinking to let the dealer sort it as they do smart repairs too.

Your thoughts please

[Soul_Glo]

The dealership will outsource the work to a smart repairer of their choice. Often they use reputable ones though. Or you could try a body shop. Something like that could run anywhere from £140-£300.

I had something similar a while ago and I touched it in with a chipex kit. It's so low down I am the only one who knows where it is and once painted you don't even notice it.

[evdok]

If you stand back you can only see it if you look for it, might leave it for now until we forget its there.

[Billfitz]

It's not going to be the only time that the car kisses a curb. I'd leave it until you're ready to sell or trade it. The plastic isn't going to rust in the meantime.

[Rockinryan2424]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

It's not going to be the only time that the car kisses a curb. I'd leave it until you're ready to sell or trade it. The plastic isn't going to rust in the meantime.

It's the perfect height to just scrap on the curb bmw designed it well lol my 328xi is literally the ideal height to scrap just enough to make marks

[Desertnate]

I wouldn't sweat it too much.

A good detailer could probably polish out most of the minor damage and all that would be visibly left is the black areas where the scrapes hit the base plastic and possibly the deepest of the areas which look white. It won't catch the eye nearly as easily.

My father-in-law damaged the back of his truck by parking his truck too near the garage door. When the door lowered, it made vertical marks like those shown on the car across the height of the tailgate. I was able to polish them out and the remaining damage was barely noticeable.

Not a perfect solution, but something less expensive than a respray of the area from a body shop.