Mother Of All Whore Threads Non-VIP Edition v.1

Honda-Fan said:
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The bottom part of my right tail housing broke, and I got these deep scratches, but other than that -- the car's okay. The other marks you see are dust and dirt.

I'm sorting out what way I'd like to go based on the quote to get the paint fixed.

If it's insane, I'm just replacing the light and putting an Ofuda Talisman slap sticker over the scratches and calling it a day. Since it's fiberglass, there's no dent.
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I'd get a new tail light and call it a day.
 
I'd just get a $5 touch up pen and then call it a day. Tail light is not going to leak and you can't tell unless you get super close to it. Bumper you are pretty screwed....sun has prob faded the paint ever so slightly all over the car so that nothing will really match and like @webby said, shops will get you to spend the big mula.

My brother replace his rear bumper last week on his Hyundai from "partify". Sold him a fully painted bumper and he said it looked really good. It was $450ish but was a simple bumper swap once he got the part shipped to him.
 
webby said:
Maybe an option?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167763753990?

I feel like most of the shops I’ve ever dealt with won’t patch marks like your bumper. They seem to always want you to have a new bumper and repaint the whole thing. I’ve seen people diy repair the abs plastic with bondo, sanding and repainting.
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bootyluvr said:
I'd get a new tail light and call it a day.
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Nomar06 said:
I'd just get a $5 touch up pen and then call it a day. Tail light is not going to leak and you can't tell unless you get super close to it. Bumper you are pretty screwed....sun has prob faded the paint ever so slightly all over the car so that nothing will really match and like @webby said, shops will get you to spend the big mula.

My brother replace his rear bumper last week on his Hyundai from "partify". Sold him a fully painted bumper and he said it looked really good. It was $450ish but was a simple bumper swap once he got the part shipped to him.
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AlmosN8kd said:
I'm no expert when it comes to body repair but I can say that I've 'fixed' worse issues than that on my car:
https://9thcivic.com/forum/threads/mother-of-all-whore-threads-non-vip-edition-v-1.16159/post-484772
Some scuffing and matched paint, coat of clear, some wet sanding, you should be as good as new on that bumper.
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Whoa! Thanks for the advice, everyone.

The DIY route is pretty appealing to me, mainly because my car already has signs of wear elsewhere, so making the bumper brand new is kind of weird in hindsight. I think I'll do some touch up, but I'll use one of my brushes to fill it in. If I screw it up -- bumper sticker time :rotfl:

Replacing the taillight is no biggie -- looks like it's a pretty simple job. I need to redo my taillight overlays anyway. Has anyone had a bad experience with those OEM compatible lights? Are they sketchy?
 
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