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1. Nothing will get damaged from rain.
2. That bumper cover is done, needs to be replaced.
3. The bumper cover actually IS the bumper part you see. The real bumper is the steel bar behind your bumper. So yes what you want is a replacement bumper cover.


example:

The bar you see on the front is the actual bumper.

 

Thanks so much man for your input. That is what I figured. Any idea on the cost to have it replaced? I looked online and looks like its anywhere from $500 - $1,000. Going to get prices this weekend. I don't know if this is a job I would want to do myself, especially with the paint matching.

 

Infiniti G37 Duraflex Elite Rear Bumper Cover - 1 Piece - 108240

Plenty of cheap ugly rear ends available.

 

^ Don't get a dura**** lol.

You can get the bumper cover replacements for usually $100-300ish and take it to a local shop and have them paint it. The paint is the expensive part. Might cost more than the bumper itself.

 

It can be repaired, and it looks like an easy repair. I'd plastic weld the back side after aligning the flap, fill it, sand it, prime, then paint. The paint will match on a repair because they will only put color on the area of the repair then clear the whole cover. Unless the car is black, chances are a newly painted cover won't be a dead nuts match to your existing cover, and insurance won't cover blending color into the 1/4 panels.

 

Black is easier to blend than many other colors and who says insurance won't cover proper blending when required? The whole point of insurance is to return the car to the same or better condition upon completion.

 

Are you talking color blend or clear blend? Sure black would be an easy blend under clear. It will burn up a visible edge if you blend on the finish coat (clear or single stage) when you color sand and buff the blend. On a G37 sedan you'd wind up clearing the 1/4 and the door aperture to do a quality job. Clear blends will always fail over time. The clear at the blend is too thin to hold up to UV over time.

Covers don't always match perfectly from the factory, and in my experience insurance won't pay for a blend for cover replacement.

 

Most covers are going to be purchased unpainted, so paint and blending would be part of the process of replacement.