Rear Bumper - Repair or Replace?

[andreas]

I don't trust smart repairs guy, go to a proper body shop might cost a bit more but it will last.

I've had outstanding results with smart repairs on my wife's Audi TT, which she reversed into our garden wall!

[Bluesnose1812]

With any service the quality depends on the person performing it. It doesn't matter whether they call themselves smart repair or body shop, only go to someone who's recommended by someone you trust. If you can't get a recommendation then go to someone who's big enough to sue if they screw up.

[Rigger]

Looks very similar to a bump I had. Smart repairer wouldn’t touch it but local body shop fixed it for £400. Good as new

[New User]

SL Restoration in Crawley are the approved bodyshop and they cover very high end cars. If you want a benchmark proper job then take it there for an appraisal.

I had them repair and paint a 5 day old BM 5 Series after someone badly scraped and pushed around the front bumper with the side of their car whilst attempting to park. Cost about £400 from memory.