What we fix

Scuff repair is cosmetic work on the outer layer of a bumper cover. The plastic underneath is intact; the paint and clear coat are what’s damaged.

The general process: sand the affected area, prime if needed, color-match to the rest of the panel, spray, clear-coat, and blend the new finish into the adjacent area.

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Curb rash is scraping damage to the corner of a bumper, usually from contact with a curb, driveway edge, or concrete bollard. The plastic gets scraped and sometimes torn.

The general process: clean out the damaged area, build up the surface with automotive filler, sand it flat, and refinish.

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Many cracks in a plastic bumper cover can be repaired without replacing the full bumper. The general process: plastic-weld from the back side, reinforce, fill on the front, refinish.

What is not repairable as mobile work: cracks running through a structural mounting point, shattered covers, or damage that affects load-bearing parts. Those go to a full body shop.

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Color match means mixing paint to the vehicle’s factory paint code so the new paint is the same shade as the rest of the panel. The general process: pull the color code off the vehicle, mix to that code, test-spray on a card to confirm the match.

Blending is the second half. The new paint gets feathered out past the repair area into undamaged paint, so there is no visible edge where the repair ends and the original paint starts.

Technical limit: tri-coat pearls (some factory white and silver paints) are hard to match perfectly outside a controlled booth environment. These colors are flagged before the job starts.

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