Journal #8558

Neat! How much would a new one cost?

The deductible on the car insurance is $1000, which is also about the same as the auto body shop quote.

So I saved about $800

Well done mang

I couldn't view all the pictures because they were loading reallly slow from Imgur fsr, but the finished product looks perfect!

I'll go through all the images later and see the whole process, although I don't think I'd have the courage to try it myself(especially the painting!)

Paint is slow and steady. Light coats, let dry a bit, more light coats. Thats really all there is to it.
Also, if you're aiming the can in any direction other than horizontal, the fuller the better. They start to get inconsistent when you're running lower than 30% full.

Car manufacturers put no logic in their bumpers. I don't understand how areas that are super exposed to accidental "bumps" (hence BUMPERS) are made out of cheap plastic that cracks at the lightest touch.
I know design is important, but still...

You sir are good at this craft.

Thanks Striker!
That is actually a bumper cover. Beneath the plastic is a foam pad, and then the crumple zones. Everything beneath the cover is safety related. So in the BIG PICTURE, the crack in the cover is meaningless.
However, I do agree that they are too fragile.

Yeah that isn't a bumper. The actual bumper is this one.
The red thing is just a useless cover to match the rest of the car. I don't know what's wrong with bare bumpers...

I agree. It actually looks cooler from my perspective without the bumper, like a sports car. With a little cosmetic touch, it would be excellent.

Anyway, are Japanese cars popular in US too? When I was in Cyprus almost everywhere I looked I saw Japanese cars, especially from the late 90'.

I'd have used super glue and a red marker.

Probably a good thing I'm not a handyman.

Haha yeah. I actually suggested to my girlfriend that we should get 20" tires and lift the back a few inches to give the car a dragster look.

There's a LOT of Japanese cars in the USA; Toyota, Honda, Subaru are common. I used to drive all American cars (Chevrolet) but then I sat in a Volkswagen... I fell in love XD. I never had a new car though, and this one came right off the lot.

@Strider: I'd have used superglue and clear scotch tape(this is why I don't fix cars)

There's a style popular with a lot of import tuners called Drift-Stitching. Basically you drill holes in either side of the bumper, and then do a cross-hatch zip tie 'stich' job. It's a neat effect but it's out of place on a normal car.

That's just being a fucking cheapskate.

I am so doing that on my Honda.
Prepares to smash bumper.

Frankenstein's monster bumper.

I remember this from NFS ProStreet.