Well... I was in a bad neighborhood(well not horrible... but still), for a water polo match, in the valley area of Los Angeles and someone hit me in the parking lot of the school we were playing at.
I'm guessing they didn't clear my car when they were backing out and they were the car next to me. There are white scrapes. and not sure if you can see it, but the paint is also chipping/rippling. here are some pictures.






I mean its not horrible, and not dented, but the paint is chipping and it looks horrible since its white paint on my black car....

I'm just really really angry right now...

of course, no note, nothing, they just drove away...

 

well even tho it doesn't look that bad

it's going to require sanding re-painting and leveling.

If you find like a touch up specialist, you can get it looking like new for less than ~150 and then get a real good polishing detail to even it out.

if you go to a body shop, they'll talk about sanding the entire thing and repainting the whole deal. where it'd probably run anywhere from 600-1000 bucks.
just make sure whoever does it knows how to paint on the new G. the scratchshield paint from what I hear is pretty tricky.

 

It is most likely best to ask a professional body shop.

It can cost anywhere from 200 dollars from a crappy paint shop up to 1000 for a high end. Average you are looking around 500.

Again, it is best to just ask a professional paint shop.

 

I have a friend who works for a body shop. I'm gonna go over to him and see what hes gonna charge.

I"m just really angry right now. and at first, i thought it could just be buffed out with a claybar/rubbing compound, but when I saw the rippling/paint cracking, i became livid...

 

Paint is ruined

 

You could probably get the white paint off but it might lead to more chipping. Sorry to hear.

 

thanks for the replies. I'm probably just gonna have to get it fixed, I'm kinda pissed nobody left a note, but than again, being in a crappy neighborhood, I didn't really expect anyone to leave a note...

and yah, i know the paint is ruined and it can't be buffed out.

 

Prolly about $750 at a reputable shop.

 

hopefully your friend is good a the new touch technologies. Older shops recc sanding and spraying the whole thing (=750 buck job). There are places tho that know how to spot repairs with superb results. I have a place here I send all my touch up needs to they do it for like $125-150 a section and the repair is perfect (unnoticeable by professional appraisers). you just need to even out the orange peel with a good polish.

since it's out of pocket just shop around. you def don't have to repaint the whole thing. just make sure the repair is done using the infiniti recommended paint list. I mean your car is black so it probably won't be a big deal. but it'd suck for that area to look different than the rest of your car... lol

 

FYI- will cost about $800 to have infiniti replace entire panel (I just did it....)

 

There are bumper repair specialists that come to you; I never tried them, but you can give them a call:

Mobile Bumper Repair Serving Orange County & Los Angeles County areas - Bumper Solutions
Bumper Repair Orange County, Mobile Dent Repair Los Angeles, Touch Up Paint Repair Service
Mobile Bumper Repair Serving Orange County - Orange County Bumper Buddy

 

A good shop will take the bumper off and repain the entire thing. I just had that done to my MW Coupe, and it was $520 to do the front bumper.

 

Do not try some cheap patch job. You will have problems down the road.

Do it right the first time. Have the whole bumper taken off and re sprayed.

 

The whole bumper has to be repainted if you want an A+ job. I say around $500.

 

Wow! You just got that car... That's definitely a bummer. You'll definitely want that whole bumper repainted if you want it done right.