My friend was slowing down at a stop light and let off the brake a bit and tapped the lady in front of him, i wasnt there but in the picture it dosent look bad at all, my question is do you think a body shop could tap that out, or is she going to need a whole new rear bumper? Opinions? FYI she didnt file a police report, collect insurance info, take pictures, nothing. She did take his name and address and whatnot and called his house, but tech cant he get off easy if she says she wants a whole new bumper for that tiny little pimple dent? She has nothing to prove it was him now, no more information than you could get from the yellow pages.

 

if its plastic....they might be able to sand it and use filler and paint over it....if its steel they might be able to tap it out....i dunno though that might be a whole new bumper

 

With as small as that is it could be an easy DIY job, I would just sand, fill and paint. I've fixed worse on my cousin's car in a matter of a few hours before her parents got home to see it, ended up looking better than factory in the spots I fixed, wasn't metallic or pearl paint though.

 

Yeah but the lady he hit is a real b**** and was really upfront about wanting it done by a mechanic etc she wants it done right

 

Can you blame her? I'd want my car fixed right . She sounds like she was really cool about it , no police report or anything . The comment about "wondering if he could get off easy cause she cant prove anything " is kinda shitty , if i rear ended someone and they didnt get the authorities or insurance companies involved, id be man enough to take care of it . Hope your friend is too .

 

that little thing? bah... ingore it... that's not even enough damage to do anything about...

the thing that sucks about all new cars having plastic bumpers... you **** it up at all... it's pretty much done...

if the cops didn't come out... and no information other than name and address were exchanged... the lady's pretty much up **** creek... no real proof other than her word against his... and I don't think she'll want to take him to court over that...

tell him to cut her a check for some $$$ and tell her to go suck a lemon...

 

something like that happen to me. i had a truck hit me in my sunfire from the back and he put i whole in my bumper where it said sunfire on the back in said unfire after the crash he took the S out. i didnt want to call the cops so i called my dad haha. and he came out and got all the guys info and the next day his insurance came out and gave me a check for 1500 to get a new bumper and the platic part on my trunk.

 

no way they can tapp it out.. it's a toyota so it's all plastic .. same thing happened to my girl and no matter how much i tried to pound it out it still had a dimple in it.. they will just have to sand and fill it

-drew