Well, trailer hitch and run. Uggh. Police tried to track down the truck, no luck so far...so I'm probably footing the bill for this one.

I need a new absorber and bumper cover (sedan, sport).

I've dropped the bumper plenty of times, so I'm thinking to find/order a bumper...I figured ordering infiniti OEM is the way to go (never shopped body parts before, so any advice would be great). A local shop quoted me $400 to paint it. A collision place I like and used in the past quoted me $1300 parts and labor...I'm pretty sure I can do better than that.

So any advice on places to get covers?

Thanks all!

 

 

I needed a rear bumper cover and other work, I shopped around discountinfinitiparts.com and all the others, you might get a good price, like $350-$400, but the shipping is going to be expensive around $150-$400. I called my local Infiniti dealer and they said $540, I asked about a body shop discount, they asked what body shop he looked it up and he has an account, so they said $380 and free shipping if the body shop called and ordered it, they have a parts truck that delivers to shops. I asked the body shop that was doing the If I could get his price, he said no problem as long as I paid cash.

If I were you I would ask the body shop that quoted you $400 to paint it if you can get their discount from the local dealer If you pay cash.

 

Thanks Willard. Yeah, that's what I found too...shipping puts the cost up to what I can get through the dealer down the road. I'll ask about the body shop discount...that's a great idea.

 

Have you thought about checking for a good used one? Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

 

front license plate time!

 

Yup. I'm considering that route. Ha ha ha.

So a naive question... Should I at least replace the energy absorber? I could live with a front plate for now until I want to pony up about 1k for the fix.

 

Checking! Thanks!

 

I wouldn't worry about it.