I'm in need of a new rear bumper but they cost over 1000 dollars plus paint. I found a nice used one on ebay for 400 but it is painted charcoal, my car is white. Will repainting the bumper white come out just as good as painting an unpainted bumper?

 

yea it will come out just fine, i work at a body shop and we use used cover or re paint old covers all the time.

 

Yea, it should be fine. As long as the body shop preps the bumper well enough, there won't be any difference.

 

what happened to your bumper?
yeah as long the prep work is done properly no one can tell the difference.

raja

 

thanks for the info, bumper's ordered
Raja- i hit i backed into a car in my own driveway, yes it was extremely stupid lol

Do you guys know if the alignment of the engine cover can be played around with, the hit was at a slow speed and i already removed the rear bumper and everything is fine internally but the engine cover seems to be slightly unaligned (a little higher on one side) but it wasnt hit and it looks fine, can a body shop realign it fairly easily?

 

I hit a truck with my factory bumper but the shop told me it can be fixed if you are interested I can send you pic of it

 

You can easily do it yourself. There two bolts 9/10mm on each side of the decklid where you adjust.