Long Story short: My 98 Black Monte Carlo was rear ended in the Summer of 2006 and had a new rear bumper and quarter panel put on, and painted, by a locally-owned small body shop.

As the years have passed, the paint has begun to flake, leaving a lovely yellow plastic beneath the flaking black paint.


Now, the car has 195,000 miles on it and I'll be getting rid of it by the end of the summer - most likely selling to a private party rather than trading it in.



So does anyone know what I should do here? Should I take it back to the body shop and tell 'em they did a shit job and fix it? Should I just spray-paint it with high-gloss black so it looks good enough?

Or, if I decided to have it painted, what should I expect to pay.


Thanks Garage dudes.

3/20/2010 5:04:03 PM

it's a 98 monte carlo. the mexican you sell it to won't care about the bumper. he's probably gonna paint it purple anyway.

3/20/2010 5:17:55 PM

it's a 98 monte carlo. the mexican you sell it to won't care about the bumper. he's probably gonna paint it purple anyway.

3/20/2010 6:32:19 PM

true enough


at least the mexican will pay more than the KBB value for it

3/20/2010 6:57:16 PM

tape it up your self and take that shit to macco. its not worth the time and effort to put real money into it.

3/21/2010 12:53:23 PM

I've had luck fixing chips like that by buying those small spray cans of touch-up paint and spraying them through a drinking straw to get a small spot beam that you can control yet still feather the edge. If you tape off the area around the chip you'll just end up with a noticeable line.

3/21/2010 11:02:22 PM

Take it back to the body shop and tell them if they don't fix it you're going to knock up their daughters. That's a threat they can identify with.

3/21/2010 11:15:38 PM