Drove my 2008 Scion XD Hot Lava over a nasty rock. Ugly damage. 3 body shop estimates all came in over $3000. Turns out there's only 20 of these after market bumpers available currently. Whether I turned it into insurance or not, having the body shop do the replacement would still cost me over $3000 with my $750 deductible as my rates would go up drastically over the next 3 years.

Turns out that one of the dads of my daughter's friend has his own business through Colors On Parade. I drove right up onto my porch and he worked on it for around 4-5 hours, repairing, sanding and painting. $300. It's now like new!!!

Took lots of photos for you! http://www.flickr.com/photos/2627325...7619115676079/

 

Awesome job!
Looks great!

 

Holy *@&# that looks amazing.. Would never have know it was messed up.

 

nice always good to know people.

 

Shyt that's really good. Thanks for sharing this!

 

For mobile work thats pretty nice

 

Did they use the Doritos to get the proper Hot Lava tint?

 

Great work, I wish I lived closer to get mine repainted as well. I need parts of my bumper repainted. Didn't hit anything from my knowledge but seems like it wasn't primered well at all.

 

Wow, that turned out great...