Came out to my VW Golf a couple of days ago to discover some pleb who can't drive has decided to give my rear bumper a nudge and leave a small scuff on it I agree it is only fairly minor, but you'd be surprised how much it stands out with the scuff appearing a lighter grey than the rest of the bumper now! Anyway, one way or another I'd like it sorting so can anybody recommend me anyone/anywhere that deals with this kind of thing preferably in or around Harrogate/Leeds/York?? Is it something that your everyday bodyshop could sort out or is it more of a specialist that I need with it being a plastic scuff??

 

Silver is a bastard when it comes to scuffs, sticks out like a sore thumb!
The surface isn't smooth either by the looks of it, so not sure about that, on my fiesta I just took a fairly fine abrasive paper and rubbed it back. But the plastic was smooth anyway.

 

They could both be easily repaired by a s.m.a.r.t repairer, even the grey bit and they can recreate the texture too. I was a s.m.a.r.t repairer for 12 years but don't do it anymore.
Try Dave at Direct finish http://www.directfinish.co.uk/
He covers your area.

 

I know a great mobile guy who will sort that,hes does all my customers cars www.kiwicolour.co.uk tell him alistair gave you his number (be sure of a good job then lol)

 

Ah just looked again at the picture (i thought it was a painted bumper),im not sure if he just does plastic

 

As stated above smart repairs do it all and are to the highest quality ive just had them look at my interior. good job and really good prices

 

Sounds just the man I'm after! Have emailed a picture across to him for a quote so thanks very much for the link matey, much appreciated

Ok mate not to worry, thanks for your reply anyway!

Sounding promising, will just wait for a response from them now and see what they can do for me! Cheers bud

 

Did Dave get back to you?

 

You can buy a new lower skirt from VW for around Ł30 I believe. Bumper comes off nice and simply after removing rear lights, unclip the old one, clip on the new one (use silicone spray to help it clip together) and refit the bumper.

 

He did matey yeah, definately gonna have him do the repair for me but I just need to work out when I can get it done now! Thanks again for the heads-up bud

That was a brand new lower skirt mate.....about 3 weeks ago With it being a GTI one they're slightly more expensive aswell unfortunately so I think it's gonna be cheaper to get mine repaired as opposed to getting ANOTHER new one!

 

No worries mate. Glad to be of help.