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Old 04-26-2004, 09:50 AM
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Hi!
I got some scratches on the front lower (almost bottom) bumper.
I visited my dealer and they suggested " bumper magic".
I got $288 for fixing them( 2.8 hour labor charges) by a Bumper magic manager.
Is it worth to pay this money?
let me have your opinion.
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Sounds good to me. If mine was all scratched up, I'd pay that.

I had a Porsche Boxster with scratches on the back side of the car and I paid $700 at a body shop to fix that. If you're going to drive a nice car like an E60, you can't have it looking ghetto. Especially not this soon.
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If it's on the bottom of the bumper, can you see it? If it's not readily noticeable, I'd probably just do some touchup paint or something of that nature.
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Do you know the price for fixing upper bumper?
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I got a similar price: $250.
I also got an estimate to replace/paint the lower bumper piece for about $1,000US.
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Hi!
I dropped my car this morning.
I will post how good they can fix the scratches on the bumper.
Thank you for reply.
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Hi!
I got my car.
Generally I can say it's OK.
But there is no magic at all.
Thank you for your inputs.
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Post some pix will be great. Thx.
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I had never heard of "Bumper Magic". I was wondering if that was going to be as good as a real authorized BMW body shop. You'd pay more probably, but that should have looked like new.
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BMW dealer recommended that place.
They told me that they ask any bumper problems to them.


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