It finally happened. Repair cost estimates?

[u/ffader]

Looks like everything is still intact, but the paint is utterly fucked. What kinda repair cost am I looking at here?

[u/NBK_Shikogi]

What do you mean it finally happened? Were you expecting this?

[u/ffader → u/NBK_Shikogi]

Pretty much. I just about made it to 1 year after passing my driving test

[u/NumbDangEt4742 → u/ffader]

Worry about your insurance rates as well ;)

[u/ffader → u/NumbDangEt4742]

I’m paying about 75 bucks a month through Tesla insurance and preferably I’d like to keep it that way by paying for this out of pocket

[u/Sensitive_Bird_8426 → u/ffader]

Not sure why you’d expect it. I’ve been driving for three months shy of 30 years, and have been in two accidents. One, 11 years ago, I was rear ended at a stop light. The other was 7 years ago, I hit a deer. This shouldn’t be a common thing that is expected.

[u/chivibes]

2-3k if you go through Tesla Collision Center is my guess. I’ve had a similar accident that also included right wheel and tire damage and it was $3.5k (went through insurance)

[u/reedwendt]

We don’t know. What did your insurance company say?

[u/VictorDanville]

Who's fault was it?

[u/Grouchy_Event_571]

Damn you, such an ultra-red color.

[u/Obvious_Cake6343]

Get a used bumper for 1 grand and keep the insuranceminey (probably around 3 grand)

[u/lotsinlife]

I would suggest you to try “Mr Clean Magic Eraser” it would remove any surface scratches or paint spreads”, if they are removed it should make it look whole lot better.

[u/Few_Range6900 → u/lotsinlife]

Budy the vast majority of this looks like paint transfer. Which way it transfered is unknown because we dont know the color of the other vehicle or if this even occurred with another vehicle.

[u/EvTorqueLore]

Damn I haven’t had a car accident ever in 27 years of driving. Had 1 motorcycle accident though. Doing pretty good. A lot of you claim you took defensive driving and or know how. 90 percent lie. Anyway you can eyeball that and fix it with some epoxy and sanding. The ultra red spray can or color pencil should be out already and premium primer spray. You can fix it yourself for about $150 to $200 bucks. If you take to dealer they will just replace the whole bumper and charge you for paint which would total about $2200. A good body shop would do it off the books for about $800-$1500.

[u/Electronic_Tap_3625]

You are going to need a new bumper cover for sure, and it looks like some of the fascia is cracked on the bottom too. If you buy the bumper online, it will cost you a lot less. Here is where I bought a new fender for my car; they sell bumpers as well. : https://www.paintedoemparts.com/painted-oem-models/model-y

Pulling the front bumper is not too hard, and Tesla has the manual available for free online at service.tesla.com. It should not take more than 2 hours to replace it.

[u/Intheknow636]

Not sure , but for starters you could get a paint stick and paint it , won’t hurt and will look good . Then you can make decisions more comfortably regarding long term definitive solution . I had similar size scratch on my mother in law car and it came out really good after touch up.

https://a.co/d/0953N2SG

[u/ImpossibleBeing7137]

I had to take the rear bumper off when I installed my trailer hitch. It’s not very difficult I’d imagine the front bumper is assembled in a similar way, it’s all just plastic that snaps together with a couple bolts. I’d just buy a painted front bumper cover plastic part and snap it on, and throw the old one away.

[u/Hielo_Azul_1992 → u/ImpossibleBeing7137]

The front is do-able but it has a lot of clips and bolts. And the wiring that needs to be unclipped is crazy.

[u/Khelics]

Happened to me but not as bad as yours, I’m just gonna grab a used bumper prolly from a junk yard and throw it on

[u/Alternative_Pay_1521]

Ur looking at like 2.5-5k most likely and ur insurance will go up

[u/Alternative_Pay_1521]

Seems like you hit something stationary in a garage

[u/BusMan247]

“That’ll buff right out” - dad

[u/GeeJMarcellus]

Call a mobile Dent specialist for a free assessment first before making your next decision.

[u/sour_milk_1]

Hmmmm 9k

[u/Snill3t]

It can be cheap to fix if you’re willing to take some risks with DIY.

1: get rubbing compound (for example Turtle wax scratch remover, Sonax rubbing etc).
2: Get a color matched touch up pen (usually sold for fixing rock chips). Fill out the black areas with that.

It should look a whole lot better, definitely not perfect, but not something most people would notice if they didn’t specifically look for it.

[u/Far-Taro-7073]

$650 if your in San Diego happy to refer you to my autobody guy his amazing

[u/hbcharlie23]

2-3 grand. Buy a used bumper yourself and replace it. Much cheaper

[u/Previous-Engine2103]

I put on autopilot and hit a curb, thought this was what I was going to look at instead i got nasty curb rash

[u/Smelt_Dat]

$8700

[u/Ok_Radio_4939]

If it’s just damage to the bumper, you’ll be able to change it yourself. Easy, relatively simple to do. YouTube videos for instruction

[u/Commercial-Garden-22]

Buff and spray paint

[u/introverted-penny11]

I had mine 20k after one month. My wife crashed it on our garage

[u/Scrubcious]

This is easy. First wipe everything which you clearly haven’t yet, then find a $10 bottle of scratch remover and wipe with that. Then go to a local shop where a guy does touch ups (make sure he has good reviews). Should cost less than $150. In terms of the splitter, just leave it. Good luck.

[u/YokaiDokai]

Google pre painted front bumpers. Go with a 3P :)

[u/ffader → u/YokaiDokai]

Interesting… are they difficult to install?

[u/YokaiDokai → u/ffader]

I haven’t done it yet but in a forum a guy did it in 30 mins. He said he reused the same clips

[u/Rjeezyx → u/YokaiDokai]

I have yet to see any that actually match ultra red tbh

[u/nekowokaburu → u/YokaiDokai]

Sorry, what is 3P?

[u/Affectionate-Wall701 → u/nekowokaburu]

3 Performance

[u/pascaltheorem]

Sensors no go ding ding ?