I was pulling into, and then out of a friends driveway last night, and I scraped the hell out of my front lip. I can get a new one for $303.51, I really don't want to spend that kinda of money on a new front lip...

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So what are my options?

Leave it be.
Use touch-up paint as it is now.
Sand it, then paint it.
Buy a used one from somebody on here!
Buy a brand new one.

What do you guys recommend?

 

Welcome to the Cobalt

Mine is scratched like crazy. It would be nice to repaint it, but i have yet to come across an SS that isn't scratched. Its gonna happen again, i say don't bother.

 

Honestly man, I'd just leave it and maybe use some touch-up paint. My car is lowered too and you cant tell at all if you're standing up and looking at the front, but once you get underneath you can see the lip is scraped to hell. I'm just leaving mine for now (touch-up paint where its noticeable from the front) and I'll just replace it if I ever need a whole new bumper.

 

leave it, my drive way is so steep its impossible to not scrape, unless u back up, but mines a garage baby

 

leave it, shows you drive it

Just wait when I get a Time Attack lip...I dont think I'll be able to drive on a street with out it scraping

 

Alright. Thank-you guys! You make me feel sooooo much better about this.

 

yeah mine is hella scraped too. i just dont worry about it cause its not like anyone looks underneath my car.

 

I scraped mine a couple of times. Nothing serious, but being **** about my car I decided to touch it up. You can hardly tell that it's scuffed, and it was an easy cheap fix.

 

I scraped mine coming out a parking lot the first day I got my balt. I'd say just leave it and touch it up if you really need to.

 

I have gone through like three lips now. I would just touch that one up.

 

Lol! Thanks guys! And where the hell did you get 3 lips??? Hahaha.

 

Mine's worse, but hell you don't see it. Bound to happen.

 

i wouldnt worry about it touch it up. honestly unless the cars on a lift or in the air no one will see it. but if you honestly are then sand it down with some 180 grit.......a high build primer(apply it) sand that prime again if needed, finish sand in 600-800 and paint the thing.

 

leave it. you cant tell unless you are underneath of the car and so i dont care

 

leave it unless you look at your car from that angle somehow alot

 

gonna happen 1XXXXXXXXXX more times. leave it

 

that doesnt look too bad but i would repaint it just because YOU will always know its there, even if others dont see it. that kind of stuff bothers me

 

now go look at yours cause i bet its scraped

 

nope, i just painted it about 4 weeks ago
haven't scraped it lately

 

I get mine in about a week or 2 so we shall see how bad i scrape

 

mine was scraped within the first few months of owning the car brand new....I would touch it up at the most

 

ugg i wish my front lip loooked that good
yours looks brand new compared to mine ahhaha

 

hahaha i was going to vote leave it.... but i was like what kinda ***** says leave it in a car forum so i voted for something more manly

 

Mine has no scratches at all in a year and a half of driving. I never scraped my GTO either and it was lower than the Cobalt (until I get my Pedders springs anyway )

 

That looks like complete **** buy a new one and pay extra to have it put on. And next time don'e drive like an idiot.

jkjk. **** it. Nobody will even see that ****.