Thread: Scratch and paint chipping under rear plate

Hey

I have a scratch under my rear license plate, Not sure when it happened sometime in the last week, the paint is also chipping around it. I took it to a local body shop and they said it would be $1400, I dont really care what they charge because im going to claim it through my insurance and will only have to pay $100. They said they would have to take the trunk off, Sand it, Prime it, Paint it, Than clearcoat it. They said when they do this they will have to remove the "Grand Prix" and "Gtp-Comp g badges" from the trunk and they are not re-attachable, Is this true? Do you think the price is high? Im going to post some pics when im home from work but its about 4 inches long and the paint chipping is about the size of a penny.

The badges can be re attached with some adhesive and that price is extremely high, I just got my trunk repainted not to long ago and I paid $300 for it to be done. The highest I was quoted for when looking to get it done was $400

This forum does not allow very big pictures... im going to try and link them.

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car3.jpg picture by Linebacker_47 - Photobucket

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Thx for fixing it.

New bumper? this scratch is on the trunk. Any ideas on how it happened? looks to me like someone tapped me with their car and their plate made the fine scratch. Is this something i could just prime and use touch-up paint on? And like i said earlier, i only have to pay $100, if they want to charge 5000 and paint the whole car go for it lol. Im going to look for a better shop tho, now that i know that the badges can be reattached

Ya i have thought about just covering it up or just leaving it as it is but i live in a heavily salted winter city and am worried about rust forming. If i used a primer and touch up paint would it still rust?