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Did the color of the new bumper match your car? Tesla states that there may possibly be a mismatch after they paint the new bumperActually, I had my rear bumper replaced just last week. No accident or collision. Was in the process of having PPF re-done on my rear bumper, which was originally installed 4 years ago. When the detail shop was removing the old film, some of the paint actually began to peel off at a few areas/corners of the bumper. Not the detailer’s fault. We do not know what caused the paint to peel, but suspect either a defective paint job from Tesla or the person who originally installed the PPF 4 years ago (it was a different detail shop than the one I used this time) may have scored/trimmed some of the edges too much with a razor and cut into the paint.
No big deal, really. Stuff happens.
Anyway, I had the local certified Tesla body shop (Burleighs Body Shop) take a look and they recommended getting a new bumper, instead of sanding/repainting the existing one. They quoted me $2000 to get/paint/install a new bumper.
Now, for the big surprise. I went to my local Tesla Service Center and they quoted me $772.54 to install a new pre-painted rear bumper. Of course, I ended up having Tesla perform the work. Everything turned out great.
Attached below is the invoice from Tesla. The two numbers circled in red are the labor and material charges. Ignore the $300 adjustment. That was an existing credit I had with Tesla, so I had it applied to this invoice. Also, ignore the part description which says the bumper was unpainted. It was definitely already painted. So, the part description is not correct. Anyway, with parts & labor, the actual/normal total charge from Tesla was $772.54 to install the new bumper.
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Pre-painted bumpers are factory painted and they just grab it off the shelf. They aren't painting it every time. As such, the match tends to be fairly decent, although like all cases, there is always a potential for mismatch due to variations in how people use their cars (and thus paint fade). Some colors may be worse than others.Did the color of the new bumper match your car? Tesla states that there may possibly be a mismatch after they paint the new bumper
Good question. Color match was definitely a concern I had in going with the pre-painted bumper option. Fortunately in my case, I can say the color & texture on the new bumper is almost an exact match to the original paint on all other adjacent body panels. Definitely no discernible difference when looking/comparing under all lighting conditions. I’m super happy with the end result. Of course, there many factors/variables from one vehicle to another. So, your results may be different than mine.Did the color of the new bumper match your car? Tesla states that there may possibly be a mismatch after they paint the new bumper