If your bumper cover is cracked, you typically replace it. If you want them to do bondo work, you're still lookin at $200 - 300 if I had to take a guess. I had to pay $400 to get a bumper cover painted from scratch.

 

crap I was thinking it would be $400-$500 to have a body shop replace it and paint it

 

Body work is expensive, but if you only damaged the bumper you could easily replace it your self with just a few basic hand tools.

 

That is very true, but i would need to paint it.

 

I need Steve from Tousley Ford to fix it, he knows the SVT inside out. Dose he have a batman call light or something????

 

Kinda if you click on his name you can send him a message, and he always responds pretty quick.

 

 

Bumper cover from Steve is gonna run you $350. I bought one from him in '08.

 

Is that with the horn fogs grill and lip? because on fordracing its $399 with every thing
http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts/part_details.asp?PartKeyField=6898

 

Hmmm...maybe it's closer to $300 without everything.

 

The bumper kit is $330.00 and we should have it in stock

Lots of body shops will let you bring your own parts, especially if you're bringing them OEM stuff.

 

I PMed you

 

don't forget he going to charge labor, i got rear ended hear about a week ago and cost me about 940$ after all said and done.

 

Steve doesn't charge labor. He ships parts.

 

the other thing about dealers, they don't make money on their labor (that much at least) but they triple (or more) what the OEM parts cost them from the dealer. I worked at a GM warehouse that shipped OEM parts to dealers. I got a quote for a part, and I worked at the warehouse they were buying it from, had the parts manager give me a copy of their quote, they told me almost 900 bucks for a fuel pump, part only, labor was another 3.5 hours. the part cost them around 300. I had the copy of their quote to prove it, and they still wouldn't give me a break on the part.


if you can find a bumper cover in the right color in a pick n pull, that will save you some green.

 

You havnt read up about Steve at tousley at all have you? He charges 10% over cost + Shipping. Best prices you can find at a dealership.


@ Loaded.

You are looking alot more than you originally thought, plan on spending quite the pretty penny to fix it.

For refrence,

I recently had my front bumper painted, and it cost me ~$300, cheapest i could find. I did all the prep work, and mounting work to make it right, and they just sprayed it. Even then, it was poorly done. For a good job, i would not be surprised to see a number over the 1200 mark.

 

Im sure you can find an SVT front bumper cover on here for pretty cheap. Find it in your color and youre golden. Look around man, its the only thing you can do to save the almighty dollar. Or you can buy the cover, and prep everything and pay maaco to do it and install yourself. That would be the cheapest route there is. Maaco does **** for work, though.

 

Go on http://www.mnfocus.com and pm patalrob he does some body work on the side or steve might be able to get you in contact with him or somebody else who does body work at a reasonable price. also steve can vouch for the quality of his paint work since painted a couple this on his car.

 

Ok I got an est. it was $1,998.44 so I told the body shop about Steve and I could save $400. The body shop found some more under damage so the price went up. The body shop is going to contact Steve tomorow.

 

You dont know anyone that could look into it and help you at least get your old parts off and new parts prepped? You'll be saving a lot of money that way.

 

Sounds like a big rip off to me!! I am also in mn, and when I was 17 I slid my svt into a snow bank. I didnt just crack the front cover but took chunks out of it. I brought it to auto medics collision in **** Rapids, they repaired and repainted the front bumper cover for $500. I have no idea what damage you did could add up to 2 grand!!!!! Also look at Maaco for a even cheaper repair.

On a side note, its good to hear another young svt driver in MN!

 

Ya i was when i saw the repair bill also.


and haha ya SVT is a rare bread

but hear is the list they gave me with out the savings

Front bumper W/O savings $737.57

Radiator support

lower shield $28.60

lower tie bar $42.40

A/M Radiator manual Trans $129

A/C and heater $148

waste removal $5.00

Flex $10.00

coolant $10

labor $280.80

paint labor $213.20

mechanical labor $162.00

paint supplies $143.50

body supplies $9.60

miscellaneous $5.00

Tax $78.77

 

$737 for the bumper? bwahaha, nice.

 

Suggested retail on the OEM bumper cover P/N 4M5Z-17D957-BA is $737.57.

Body shops don't know about the FRPP kit, they have to work off suggested retail and believe it or not if insurance was paying for this they would pay the body shop $737.57 for that cover.

The body shop gets a huge discount so they make money on the parts but that's the way things work.



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See if they can go through Steve for ALL the parts you need. That would save you a heap of money right there.

 

well if i were you kiddo id get under the front and see if those parts are messed up or not that place sounds like their taking you for a new one cause your young

 

Loaded, where are you located? I did the same thing to my svt, but mine even sounds worse. I only payed $500 for the repairs.

 

Are you sure you didnt go through insurance though and just paid your deduct?

 

I made sure I didnt go through my insurance, didnt want my rates going up or anything showing up on the title.

Also, pics of damage would be cool.

 

If he just cracked his bumper, he shouldnt need a new one at all

 

Did you read his estimate?

He hit hard enough to damage the radiator, Im guessing it's more than a cracked bumper cover :dunno:

 

Ok so a update is that im going to get a 2nd est due to insurance may cover this with accident forgiveness That made me feel a little better about this ordeal,i have a big deductable also like $500 but thats what i thought the bill was going to be at worst. Boy was I wrong. I will make shure the places that i go to get the parts from Steve due to the fact it will look better on my insurance claim. And helps a vital focaljet member