I was in an accident not too long ago and have been contemplating getting a new bumper/fender to fix this (OEM AP1 + Lip comes to mind), but after staring at the damage for a good 30 minutes today I'm thinking I should fix it. What do you guys think? Any idea on how much this would run me if I did decide to repair it? How much paint will I need to buy so the body shop doesn't rape me?

I plan on running it by a few body shops and see what they say tomorrow, but in the meantime, S2Ki's input should steer me in the right direction!


Any idea on how much paint I should get to bring to the body shop (Prices from paintscratch.com)?
16 oz. Basecoat Paint (One Pint) @ 90.70
32 oz. Basecoat Paint (One Quart) @ 132.00

I plan on painting the fender/lip/bumper/hardtop.





Notice the flat area parallel to the wheel face is bent:


Area where bumper meets headlight is scraped off, could this be reshaped with bondo?


Grille area, broken on both sides:

 

usually if you have a crack it is best to replace the part. even though it is possible to somehow patch the crack, it will tend to still move around a bit which makes the paint bubble and come off. its like a bandage on a knee, where the bandage is the paint and the skin is the bumper. def replace the bumper but the fender could be fixable

 

replace. bondo work is more difficult then it sounds.

 

Everything could be repaired with out a problem by a professional. If your doing the repairs your self, just replace.

 

It's cheaper to buy new parts and have them painted than it would be to have those parts repaired and then painted.

Trust me, I've had a few bumper covers replaced by body shops. A new fender is $300 or so, new bumper cover is around the same (helps if you have hookups at a Honda dealer). That's 5hrs worth of labor on each part. I guarantee your shop will spend more than 10hrs to straighten that mess and prep/prime the parts for paint.

 

The cracks @ the airdam don't bug me at all since they can't be seen unless I'm under the car, however the scuffs where the headlight sit worry me.

Easy fix there?

 

usually costs 300 plus for each panel from a good body shop and thats just for paint so your def looking at 800 or more