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R50/53 bonehead aero bumper damage

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Old Mar 18, 2023 | 04:04 PM
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bonehead aero bumper damage

So, in a tired, sick daze (while also watching my 4 year old) I went to move my r53 and ended up smacking it into the garage pillar between the doors. Below is the damage. I need to replace the turn signal (not working now), but what would you guys advise regarding the bumper. Can this be repaired, or am I looking at a new (maybe ECS version) bumper? I would like to not shell out almost a grand to fix this if possible. You can see there are cracks where the impact happened.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2023 | 06:02 AM
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It should not be a grand to fix that. Use this:
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. Do most of the sanding yourself and have the body shop touch it up and paint it.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2023 | 09:50 AM
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Yep, might be able to save it and repaint.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2023 | 05:59 PM
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Sand it smooth , use a bumper / plastic filler and fill the scrapes , resand and use and find ur color and you can respray it with these as they're EXACT paint match. You may have to again do a 1000grit wet sanding and buffing to blend it but it's fixable for under 100$ and a few hours of work. It's not a hard job and there 100s of howtos online showing how to fill a scraped bumper ...

 
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