Best place to get Paint matched Front bumper

You're not going to buy it pre-painted, reason being every paint job has it's slight differences. If you brought it to a reputable body shop they would order an unpainted bumper, prime it and paint it themselves. With the pearl paint, they may want to blend the front fenders and even the hood to get a good match. The key is to find a reputable body shop, does not need to be the dealer but you could call the used car manager and ask who he uses to paint bumpers. Most of the time they use an outside shop that does good work and saves them money.

 

Not sure what retail would be, dealer would pay about $400 bucks to do a bumper on a blizzard pearl car, that's just from my experience working for Toyota dealers. You can buy the unpainted bumper and put it on, they can then paint it on the car. That would save you some (probably a small amount) cost.

 

A body shop could maybe repair/repaint?

 

I would look through the salvage yards at Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market .

 

eBay 260 painted

 

Replace that bumper, It depends from shop to shop, and prices can be very different may be around $400-$700 here in SFBA.

You can get painted bumper, just color can be not perfectly matched. Let us know when you done with it.

 

Nice!

Today I've got my car back from a body shop. Replaced bumper, left fender, driver's door some painting, quarter panel flattening and painted. I see a bit mismatch between fender and door. So now I'm not sure if already painted fender would give me same result. Overall quite happy. Paid $2600. As it was not my fault and I've got money from other insurance, I feel not so bad. If you like DYI you can order painted bumper around $200 and do it. Shops have a big range of prices, better to have recommendations form someone you know especially you go with cheaper option.

Good luck with getting it fixed, most important you are not hurt, although racoon might be filed a complain!

 

I looked Painted Automotive Parts | Discounted Auto Body Parts, but there no front bumper cover for your model.
See this video it explains how to take it off.

 

Please check ebay, a lot of used bumpers with price around $150 and fair and good conditions, at least for my color. I wish I've got it there.

 

Check out Craigslist. Drive a little if you have too. Your chance of finding a use bumper matching your car is better then a body shop color matching it correctly at the right price. And color matching plastic to metal require a lot of experience and time consuming.

I am not familiar with the Prius in general but i assume all gen 3 will fit and match. That gives you more option in your search. GL.

 

You have the right to get your car fixed anywhere you want and having the insurance company pay for it unless there is a clause in your policy stating otherwise.

Talk to the body shop. If you agree to assume the risk of the bumper cover not fitting (and they are the same price) there shouldn't be an objection.

The body shop most likely is not in the rental car business and you don't qualify with them for anything. My guess is the car will be in the shop a week as you are just replacing two parts. If you have rental coverage in your auto insurance then you can file a claim with them. It could be direct bill or a reimbursement.

The shop is likely to charge the insurance company less than they would charge you. Get an estimate from the shop and look them over. The insurance company may send you a check or it could be direct bill. Ask if they will accept the insurance settlement as full payment (they should).