Anthony.
06-07-2010, 07:38 PM
Hello!
Well basically to cut a long story short.
Went for a drive up in the mountains only to end up on a dirt road at the end.
So here I am turning around doing a 3 point turn so I could get back on the road and continue my journey. What I visioned as a smallish puddle ended up being a biggish pothole filled with water, so my front left splitter decided to go for a bit of a swim.
Any who the result isn't to great!
I was planning on getting the bumper redone when I got a bit of spare cash but i thought i'd suss out my options first. Being a full time student doesn't help either, so i've got to try and keep the costs down.
Heres some photos of the damage. Don't mind the quality. Nighttime and phone camera don't mix.
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/5449/picture1w.png
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8099/picture2rt.png
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6379/picture3dn.png
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/969/picture4mvf.png
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1152/picture5jv.png
Im willing to give it a go at fixing it myself, repairing it, sanding, priming, painting, clearcoat etc.
As ive got a few contacts who could give me a hand.
But, i thought it may be worth asking a few questions, as some of you may be able to help out if you have experience in this sort of thing and see whether or not this path is the way to go.
1. Would anyone happen to know if you can buy the paint from Mitsubishi/How much it is?
2. Would the splitter be repairable, or am I better off to get a new bumper and go from there?
3. Anyone know how much a shop will charge for bumper repair/respray?
4. Ive heard some shops are able to section it off, repair and blend it in? Anyone had experience with this, or heard or results?
5. Or if anyone has any advice or better ways of going about this.
Thanks in advance,
Anthony.
Well basically to cut a long story short.
Went for a drive up in the mountains only to end up on a dirt road at the end.
So here I am turning around doing a 3 point turn so I could get back on the road and continue my journey. What I visioned as a smallish puddle ended up being a biggish pothole filled with water, so my front left splitter decided to go for a bit of a swim.
Any who the result isn't to great!
I was planning on getting the bumper redone when I got a bit of spare cash but i thought i'd suss out my options first. Being a full time student doesn't help either, so i've got to try and keep the costs down.
Heres some photos of the damage. Don't mind the quality. Nighttime and phone camera don't mix.
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/5449/picture1w.png
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8099/picture2rt.png
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/6379/picture3dn.png
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/969/picture4mvf.png
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1152/picture5jv.png
Im willing to give it a go at fixing it myself, repairing it, sanding, priming, painting, clearcoat etc.
As ive got a few contacts who could give me a hand.
But, i thought it may be worth asking a few questions, as some of you may be able to help out if you have experience in this sort of thing and see whether or not this path is the way to go.
1. Would anyone happen to know if you can buy the paint from Mitsubishi/How much it is?
2. Would the splitter be repairable, or am I better off to get a new bumper and go from there?
3. Anyone know how much a shop will charge for bumper repair/respray?
4. Ive heard some shops are able to section it off, repair and blend it in? Anyone had experience with this, or heard or results?
5. Or if anyone has any advice or better ways of going about this.
Thanks in advance,
Anthony.