Repair/resto question

ariel · 11th June 2019, 03:44 AM

Re: body work.
My car was rear-ended on the parking lot with a big indentation of the plastic bumper.
We did not want to approach our insurance agent, because we would have to pay large deductible and our premium would sky-rocket. Replacing the bumper would cost ~$800.

A young ( ~30 yo) guy at the shop told us not to worry and just leave a car with him for a couple of hours. He heated the plastic, re-formed the big ding and charged us ... $75.
There are still smart and professional youngsters. Not all is lost.

A. G. Maisey · 11th June 2019, 04:29 AM

That bumper story is good to hear, Ariel.

Never heard of that here but it is certain there is an opening for it.

Bob, the spider web for wounds was pretty much general rural treatment when I was a kid, women avoided cleaning spider webs that formed over the wood burning stoves that were used back then, and if any of the men suffered a severe cut a handful of spider web was slathered over the wound to stop the bleeding. I think it has just about disappeared as a treatment now.

11th June 2019, 03:44 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Re: body work. My car was rear-ended on the parking lot with a big indentation of the plastic bumper. We did not want to approach our insurance agent, because we would have to pay large deductible and our premium would sky-rocket. Replacing the bumper would cost ~$800. A young ( ~30 yo) guy at the shop told us not to worry and just leave a car with him for a couple of hours. He heated the plastic, re-formed the big ding and charged us ... $75. There are still smart and professional youngsters. Not all is lost.

11th June 2019, 04:29 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,048	That bumper story is good to hear, Ariel. Never heard of that here but it is certain there is an opening for it. Bob, the spider web for wounds was pretty much general rural treatment when I was a kid, women avoided cleaning spider webs that formed over the wood burning stoves that were used back then, and if any of the men suffered a severe cut a handful of spider web was slathered over the wound to stop the bleeding. I think it has just about disappeared as a treatment now.