Long story short, my car popped out of gear and rolled through 20 ft of chain link fence (broken ebrake DOH). I want to fix it but have never wet sanded or painted a car. My dad has has a good buffer and pad/wheel I can borrow, even paint guns and compressor. But I think it's gonna need a lot of work first. I know it's rubbed through to the black plastic on the front bumper cover. So that will need paint for sure. Other spots can be sanded and buffed I think. Take a look at the damage and tell me what you think it needs and if I can do it myself.





I have no doubt it would be $1500-2000 to have it fixed cause they'd just repaint it and call it a day. The ground effect lip is gouged pretty deep so that will need some serious sanding to be fixed. I thought about trying to find one off another red SS cause it would be cheaper in the long run. Any suggestions would help me decide what to do. Thanks all!

 

Needs professional attention.

 

that sucks bro... i'd recommend just getting a new bumper and lip personally

 

You can probably get it done by yourself for around 300ish...

You'll need
-600 grit dry/wet sandpaper ($5). You'll need to wet sand everything to help the basecoat adhere to the parts.
-Air compressor (as stated, can borrow from friend, bigger is better 30+gallon... no cost)
-Spray gun (as stated, can borrow from friend... no cost, are the guns HVLP and correct tip size?)
-Primer and activator ($40) You might need to primer a couple spots.
-Oil+water filter, attaches to the gun ($10), would be ideal if you are able to get an inline filter also...
-Teflon tape ($1)
-Automotive base coat: You'll maybe need a pint, not entirely sure, you can find the paint code in your trunk, you'll see some numbers/letters after BC CC (Chromobase will probably run around $60)
-Activator for the base coat is around $30, you mix with your basecoat 1:1 ratio with Chromobase
-Automotive clearcoat, I would try out SPI universal clear coat, they ship for free (around $70)
-Lacquer thinner to clean out spray gun when you're done (~$10)

Now if you decide to spray by yourself and outside you might encounter orange peel and have dust specs in the clear coat, that is where you'll need your buffer. You will to need resand (with a finer grit) and then buff the bumper.

Also keep in mind if you spray yourself the bumper might not 100% match with the rest of the car since you would have to blend with the other panels.

Just added some input to help you decide, I am just passing along some info that I acquired painting some of my stuff and by no means am I an expert... Youtube helped me a lot and should help you out as well if you decide to go this route.


To save you all the hassle it might be cheaper/easier to find another red bumper as you stated.

 

if you dont know how to paint its time to take her to the shop for some love it looks pretty rough

 

Take a DA sander, with some 700 grit, sand down the whole bumper, then primer. Wetsand and paint. If the hood doesnt have any dings or dents, just wetsand that part, then primer, wetsand.Then paint. Isnt to hard.

 

I appreciate all the input guys. I'll think some more on this and see where my wallet and brain take me. Thought about just buying a front bumper from a body kit but that would still need painted. If I found a wrecked red SS it's highly unlikely the front would be 100%. No easy paths here.