kelrahner

Hello everyone,
I have a 2004 mazda 3i, that's white. today while i was driving another driver next to me began to drift and i had to swerve to avoid them, which made me hit a pot hole, well it blew my front left tire, and cause my car to bounce and hit the bottom left side of my front bumper cover. now its got scraps and scratches and a dent in about the side of a large grapefruit. what would be the best method to have this repaird? heated up and popped out, then sanded over and repainted? (my car is just white, not specialty) please help fellow mazda owners! i love my little car.

djs2571

you shouldn't have to heat it to pop it back out, just use force - same way it got dented. I assume the standard sand & paint will be needed. It isn't too hard to take the whole bumper off - may save you some labor $ if you bring it somewhere to paint it instead of them masking the car or pulling it off themselves.