Bumper damage
Bumper damage is the most common form of car damage visible on the streets of Amsterdam and surrounding areas. This is because of the tight nature of parking spaces, tight turns, bollards and pillars, walls in multi storey car parks. Corners of numbers are most vulnerable.
The repair process of damaged bumpers, just paint scratches or dents and scratches, or even broken bumpers, differ vastly from other parts of the car body. This is because bumpers are made of plastic, while the rest of body is predominantly metal. If the bumper is body colour matched, we can match the exact colour of the body paint and restore the bumper to its former glory. We can also repair black and textured finish bumpers to its original condition by matching the texture and colour.
Paintwork scratches to bumpers:
Scratches to bumpers is one of the most common forms of bumper damage. This can cause damage to paintwork if the bumper is colour matched to the body of the car.
In most cases, it causes damage to plastic finish and causes deep scratches, needing plastic repair work to be carried out before we can start repainting the bumper to its original condition.
But often these damages are not just constrained to scratches but also cause dents to the plastic. These dents on plastic have a different repair and removal process than dents on metal. These require heat and massaging, coaxing the plastic gently back to its original shape, before the texture matching work is carried out, followed by primer, paint and clear coat applications.
Scratches that are not deep can be corrected by simply polishing in most cases, and are much cheaper to restore. The way to tell if a scratch is deep or not is by simply running the fingers over the scratches with fingernails. If the fingernails get stuck in the scratches, it is likely deep and requires fresh paint work in the area.
In fact, the sooner a paintwork damage is corrected, the cheaper it normally is, as the paint can start flaking and the damaged area can slowly expand, leading to higher costs later on. Dents ignore for a long time can also settle down in shape and become difficult to restore back to its original condition.
- Body colour match or not
- Dents in the scratched area
- Size of the scratched area
- Number of panels involved
- Scratches or dents that go across a crease line
- Damage to plastic or not
- Overall condition of the vehicle
Our repair process:
If the scratches are not deep, we can most likely restore the damage just by buffing and polishing the area.
But if the scratches are deep, it would require sanding out the scratched surface, applying filler, primer, colour matched paint, a fresh clear coat and polish the area.
- We first sand and prepare the damaged area using fillers, ensure that the metal is well protected. We do this multiple times to ensure a perfectly smooth and well covered surface to work on.
- We then apply a couple of coats of primer, to ensure good bond with base coat, we sand again, ensuring that all tiny pinholes are filled.
- The base coat is colour matched using a sophisticated photospectrometer to create the exact colour match paint. We apply three layers of base coat and prepare the paintwork for further protection work.
- We then apply two layers of clear coat to protect the paint work and then polish the freshly restored surface.
Other damage repair services we offer:
| Shallow scratches repair | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Upholstery repair | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Leather restoration | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Headlight restoration | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Dents repair | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Stone chips damage repair | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Windshield chips and crack repair | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Full car polishing including shallow scratches removal, small car size | From ̶€̶19̶9̶ Offer €99 |
| Body panel scratches repair | From ̶€̶39̶9̶ Offer €199 |
| Alloy wheels restoration | From ̶€̶39̶9̶ Offer €199 |
| Bumper restoration | From ̶€̶39̶9̶ Offer €199 |
| Broken plastics restoration, also dashboards | From ̶€̶39̶9̶ Offer €199 |
*Offer prices are temporary and in conjunction with coupon codes only.
We can restore most minor damages to various car parts, from body panels, plastics, leather and upholstery to windshields, headlights, bumpers and alloy wheels. We restore these to a condition that would turn back the clock and you would feel as if the damage never happened. It is much cheaper than replacing whole parts, good for the environment and pocket. It retains the value of the vehicle as well as prevents further damage from neglect.