Scuffed corner, cracked cover, curbed edge. Filled, bonded, and sprayed to your factory paint code in your own driveway, finished the same day. Corner repairs run $395 to $600, and the quote comes from photos before anyone is booked.
The bumper route starts at San Clemente and runs south. That is a shorter reach than our paintless dent route, and the reason is time rather than distance. A refinish means masking, mixing, spraying, and cure time in your driveway, so it holds a technician for most of a day.
The northern limit of the bumper route. Corner scuffs from angle parking and garage posts are the everyday job.
Driveway work, level ground, and room to mask off. Close to ideal conditions for a mobile refinish.
The stretch between San Clemente and the base gate, where the route crosses into San Diego County.
South of San Clemente the route crosses Camp Pendleton and runs into North County San Diego, which Dent Time has covered from the Escondido shop for years. Same technician standard, same published numbers, one continuous stretch of coast.
North of San Clemente with bumper damage? Send photos anyway. You get a straight answer rather than a booking that cannot be kept. Paintless dent repair does run further north, up to Laguna Niguel. See the dent coverage.
One photo of the whole bumper, one close up of the damage. That is enough for an honest quote.
Bumper covers are plastic, not metal, and they behave nothing like a panel. Plastic has memory, takes controlled heat, and can be bonded from behind. That is why a bumper is very often repairable when it looks past saving.
Mixed to your paint code, sprayed in your driveway, checked in direct light before you pay.
Structure first, color last. A repair that goes straight to paint is the one that fails in a year.
Text photos of the corner or the crack. You get an honest quote and a time estimate back in minutes, free.
Gouges filled, edges trued, cracks bonded from behind. The structure comes back before any color is mixed.
Color mixed to your vehicle paint code, then sprayed and blended on site. A tri-coat takes more stages than a flat color.
Match and blend checked in direct light before the keys come back. You look at it before you pay for it.
The same published numbers we charge across San Diego County. There is no separate Orange County rate.
Plastic has memory. Controlled heat and pressure from behind bring the shape back, and nothing is refinished, so color never enters the price.
The most common bumper job there is. Price follows the color, the depth, and whether the plastic is punctured or torn. A tri-coat finish takes more stages than a flat color.
Larger damage, cracks bonded from behind, or a full bumper refinish. Structure comes back first, then color.
What moves the number: the color and finish, how deep the damage runs, and whether the plastic is punctured or torn. A tri-coat or pearl takes more stages than a flat color, which is the single biggest swing in a bumper quote. See the full bumper repair page.
From the first photo to the keys back, here is the whole sequence.
One of the whole panel, one close up. A technician reads them and sends back a real range, usually within minutes.
Online or by text. Same-day and next-day slots are often open, and you are never handed to a call centre.
The technician personally reviews your photos and details before leaving, so nobody arrives guessing at what is behind the panel.
Mobile across South Orange County, from San Clemente south, or drop the vehicle at the Escondido shop when the repair needs controlled light and full access.
No filler, no repaint, and nothing on the Carfax. You look at the panel before you pay for it.
We will not spray over a structural crack. If a cover is torn through in a way that cannot be properly bonded, it needs replacing, and you will be told that instead of sold a refinish that telegraphs back through in a year.
We will not work in wind or open sun if it will cost you the finish. Wind carries dust into wet paint and direct sun changes how it flashes off. If your location cannot give us shelter on the day, we reschedule rather than hand back a job we would not accept ourselves.
We will not quote a color we have not seen. Photos are how the paint code, the finish type, and the depth get read. It is also why the number that comes back is one we can hold to.
Free, honest, and back in minutes. Nothing is booked until you approve the price.
San Clemente. Bumper work runs from San Clemente south, which is a shorter reach than our paintless dent route, and the reason is time on site. A refinish means masking, mixing, spraying, and letting the panel cure in your driveway, so it is a much longer commitment than a dent repair. Paintless dent repair goes further north, up to Laguna Niguel.
A bumper dent with the paint intact runs $250 to $300, because nothing is refinished and color never enters the price. A corner scuff or scrape runs $395 to $600, following the color, the depth, and whether the plastic is punctured or torn. Cracks or a full bumper refinish run $550 to $750. Every quote comes from photos of your actual bumper.
Yes, and the color comes from your vehicle paint code rather than a guess by eye. The variable is not the driveway, it is the finish. A flat color is straightforward. A tri-coat or a pearl takes more stages, which is why those quotes run higher. The match gets checked in direct light before you pay, because direct light is where a bad blend shows itself.
Level ground, room to work around the corner of the vehicle, and shelter from wind and direct sun. A garage or a covered driveway is ideal. Wind carries dust into wet paint and direct sun changes how the finish flashes off, so both affect the result rather than only the comfort.
A bumper dent with no refinish is one to two hours. A corner scuff is two to four hours. Cracks or a full refinish run three to four hours. The paint needs time to flash and cure, so the vehicle stays put for the appointment rather than being driven mid-job.
On the repair itself, usually, and the gap widens once you count what a body shop costs you around the edges. A shop takes the car for days, which is a rental and time off work, and the repair can land on the vehicle history report. Mobile bumper work happens at your house and finishes the same day.
Both. Cracks are bonded from behind so the structure is restored before any filler or color goes on, which is the step a rushed repair skips. What we do not do is hide a structural crack under paint and hand it back. If a bumper is beyond repair and needs replacing, you will be told that instead of sold a refinish that fails in a year.
Not for bumper repair. That is paintless dent repair territory, which runs from Laguna Niguel south. The bumper route starts at San Clemente. If you are north of San Clemente with bumper damage, send photos anyway and you will get a straight answer rather than a booking we cannot keep.
Panel scratch repair is its own job and we do it, but it is priced and handled differently from bumper plastic because a metal panel behaves nothing like a plastic cover. Send photos of what you have and the reply will tell you which repair it actually is.
San Clemente, Talega, San Onofre and south down the coast. Text two photos of the bumper and a real price comes back in minutes.
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Send two or three photos from different angles and Myke gets your preliminary estimate moving.