Hey guys, im a proud new owner of the 08 g37s for less than a month. Im super excited in modding my lovely G, and I've been online and read tons of useful threads here on myg37. This forums is freaking awesome!

**** happened last week when my neighbor backed up and bumped into my G. The front bumper's cracked and paint falling off all over the place. F*** that sh*t, but then it's my chance to upgrade my baby. So now i have insurance cover for that damage, and im so looking into swapping it to the Aero/IPL bumper.

The body shop i went to claimed 1000$ from the insurance, and that was for changing to a refurbished bumper for my car (275$ part) and 700$ labor of paint, refinish, touch up etc and put the bumper back to the car. Damn they r expensive, but im not paying so whatever.

So i ordered from orderinfinitiparts, the bumper and windshield washervoir for $383 + $175 shipping.
Now the bodyshop confused me by not believing that the bumper is come painted and ready to put in. Is there any additional preparation for the bumper? Im trying to get as much done as possible from the shop, without taking the money out of my pocket.

So what expense can i cross out of the estimate, and what cost will i be expecting from the shop? Is the $1000 check from the insurance company enough to to cover the new bumper?

 

Hmm. Well you won't have to pay for paint so that will save $$ right there. Do you have a deduct able ? Your basically saving the paint. Look at the estimate. You should be able to see what they allowed for paint/materials. Bumper and water is more so that eats into you paint saving. If you have a deduct able they COULD help you out with that since no paint. I'm no expert jmo

 

Take the grand, buy the parts, and put them on yourself. No need to pay the shop anything. Money in your pocket. WIN WIN WIN.

 

The bumper is so easy to replace yourself, although AFAIK they don't come painted.

Pics of my own experience with it here -- Bumper Replacement

 

If he got the IPL bumper (Except for OB, and MW) they come painted for $283.

BTW, Great DIY!!

 

Your basically saving the paint. Look at the estimate.

 

Wow, that's nice! You guys are lucky.

p.s. Thanks.