GR Yaris bumper repair - scarlet flare paint

[randytusk]

Annoyingly, someone decided to mate their car into my rear nearside bumper. Paintwork is relatively unscathed but I now have a nice crack where it has split when it was forced against a mounting bracket.

Sadly the perp was nowhere to be found.

I ve had the local body shop quote and they insist lt it should be a blend into the rear quarter with glass removal etc.

Is it absolutely needed to blend with scarlet flare? I did ask for quite for bumper paint only but they seem reluctant due to the
Risk of a poor colour match.

Cost is 3.5k

[UnderSteerD]

I've got no idea about blending the paint, but maybe there's a red car with a nice rear bumper being broken somewhere?

[vaderface]

No idea if any use to you. Spotted on the uk Gr Yaris forum.
Bit cheaper than 3k.
Nothing to do with me just seeing if of use to you.
If link works
https://www.facebook.com/groups/428720668515638/pe...

[randytusk]

vaderface said:

No idea if any use to you. Spotted on the uk Gr Yaris forum.
Bit cheaper than 3k.
Nothing to do with me just seeing if of use to you.
If link works
https://www.facebook.com/groups/428720668515638/pe...

Thank you for the heads up - I’m trying to keep the stock appearance ebutinsupposnethats an excuse to upgrade.

Even the CFRP version would be cheaper than forking out a full respray.

I might drop this post into the paint forum to see if anyone can help there too

[bwoah]

Shame that happened, nasty crack. I just had my scarlet flare bumper repaired after someone in a car park hit me, also nowhere to be found. Luckily it was a smart repair as there was only a small bit of damage, done at Toyota and there were no issues with a colour match. They didn't blend anything.

From going through it I was told that the front and rear bumpers are often mismatched in colour anyway because they're plastic parts vs metal body so the paint sits differently, I think you could get away without a blend.

I assume bumper is being replaced though right? Surprised if that's repairable but not clued up on these things. There are few used ones knocking it about on ebay in white, that you could have a local place respray to match the rest of your car. Probably would be cheaper

[flight147z]

For the price surely just put it through insurance?

[randytusk]

flight147z said:

For the price surely just put it through insurance?

I got hit twice in 2022. Another claim this year would probably make me uninsurable, hence I wanted to fund it…..

[RSstuff]

When someone scuffed the rear bumper on my Mrs Fiesta ST, Ford supplied bumpers already painted. Might be worth seeing if Toyota can do the same.

[Mark V GTD]

Or use somebody like Mobile Car Crafts for a tenth of that bodyshop quote.

[Monkeywench]

And this is exactly the reason why I went for flat white on mine, as the pearl effect paints are a total nightmare to match.

[Yahonza]

Monkeywench said:

And this is exactly the reason why I went for flat white on mine, as the pearl effect paints are a total nightmare to match.

Ditto - I got a scratch on the bodywork putting it in the garage and fixed it with primer and a Toyota white paint stick.
It isn't perfect but putting it in a bodyshop would have cost a small fortune. To the OP, have you had one of those mobile specialists come and look at it rather than Toyota?

[rodericb]

How much is a new bumper from Toyota?

[randytusk]

rodericb said:

How much is a new bumper from Toyota?

178 & vat

Rest of the cost is to do a windows out respirator blended into the rear quarter and edge-edge clear coat.

Edited by randytusk on Wednesday 18th February 13:03

[flight147z]

RSstuff said:

When someone scuffed the rear bumper on my Mrs Fiesta ST, Ford supplied bumpers already painted. Might be worth seeing if Toyota can do the same.

My experience with this is that you don't get a perfect match though as there are so many variables such as the exact paint batch that was used to paint the car vs. the new part, the age of the part, exposure to UV etc. etc. and on that basis you are better getting an unpainted part and blending it onto the car

[randytusk]

Agreed but then you end up having to end up applying clear all the way up to a pillar ..

I had company that feathered clear halfway across a panel -it would peel off leaving big islands of mismatched clear coat height

[RSstuff]

flight147z said:

RSstuff said:

When someone scuffed the rear bumper on my Mrs Fiesta ST, Ford supplied bumpers already painted. Might be worth seeing if Toyota can do the same.

My experience with this is that you don't get a perfect match though as there are so many variables such as the exact paint batch that was used to paint the car vs. the new part, the age of the part, exposure to UV etc. etc. and on that basis you are better getting an unpainted part and blending it onto the car

I'd never have a panel blended, what looks right out of a body shop can age differently in time. Despite what painters might claim.

[randytusk]

More than likely if it was done properly you wouldn’t be able to tell - unless you have the entire car repainted..?

I came across a detailer who was pretty OCD about having original paint thickness - the moment he had to have minor paintwork done he got rid of it as he simply couldn’t cope with the idea that it wasn’t factory paint anymore……

[RSstuff]

randytusk said:

More than likely if it was done properly you wouldn t be able to tell - unless you have the entire car repainted..?

I came across a detailer who was pretty OCD about having original paint thickness - the moment he had to have minor paintwork done he got rid of it as he simply couldn t cope with the idea that it wasn t factory paint anymore

Years ago I looked at the personal car a very good painter I knew had for sale. The paint looked incredible, but he told me a door had been painted on it and challenged me to pick which one it was. From any angle I couldn't tell, but he knew it had been done, properly.