Bumper repair, matched to the rest of the car
Most bumper damage is plastic, and plastic can be repaired. The skill is in the paint — a panel that does not quite match is worse than the scuff was.
- Typically $300–$1,200 per bumper
- 1–3 days
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What bumper repair usually costs
$300–$1,200 per bumper
Repairing and blending the existing cover is the bottom of the range. Replacing, painting and refitting one carrying parking sensors or a radar module is the top.
A typical US range to plan around, not a quote — every professional on Task Masters sets and publishes their own price, and you see it before you book.
What a bumper repair job normally includes
- An assessment of whether the cover can be repaired or has to be replaced
- Plastic welding and filling of cracks, splits and deep scuffs
- Colour mixed to your vehicle paint code and blended into the adjacent panels
- Refinishing in a booth, with proper cure time
- Sensors, cameras and trim refitted, and recalibrated where the car requires it
- Photographs of the damage and of the finished work
About bumper repair
A modern bumper is a painted plastic cover over a foam absorber and a beam. Scuffs, scrapes and small cracks in that cover can usually be repaired and refinished rather than replaced, which is why two quotes for the same damage can be hundreds of dollars apart. What decides which one you are getting is how deep the damage goes and what sits behind the cover: parking sensors, a radar module for adaptive cruise and a forward camera all live in there on newer cars, and anything that disturbs them has to be recalibrated afterwards.
Repairing and blending a scuffed cover typically runs $300 to $700. Replacing it — new cover, primed, painted and refitted — is usually $700 to $1,200, and more on a car with sensors to transfer. Paint is most of the cost either way, because a bumper is not painted in isolation: it is blended into the wings beside it so the colour changes where the eye is not looking. Ask three things before agreeing a price. Does the quote include blending into the adjacent panels? Is the colour mixed to your vehicle paint code? And how long does the shop want the car for — a proper refinish needs booth and cure time, not an afternoon.
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Questions about bumper repair
Can it be repaired, or does the whole bumper have to be replaced?
If the cover is intact and the damage is scuffing, scratching or a contained crack, it is normally repaired — plastic welds well and the finish is invisible once refinished. Replacement is for covers that are torn, badly deformed, or damaged around the mountings for sensors and cameras.
Will the new paint match the rest of the car?
It should, and blending is how. Paint is mixed to the code on your vehicle plate, then sprayed across the join into the neighbouring panels so any tiny difference falls where nobody looks for it. Paint that has faded with age is exactly why a shop blends rather than spraying the single panel and stopping at the edge.
My bumper has parking sensors in it. Does that change the job?
Yes, in cost and in time. The sensors, and any radar or camera module, have to come out, go back into the repaired or new cover, and then be checked — and on many cars the driver-assistance systems need recalibrating afterwards. Say what your car has when you book so the estimate includes it.
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