Scatches are EXPENSIVE!
I had the "privilige" of having the left rear bumper scratced the other day

My wife was driving and sitting in an overcrowded Post Office last Saturday April 13 while we mailed my favorite uncle a big check
There were no available spaces so several cars including our X was double parked. I was in the line, my wife was in the car watching traffic movement. A lady in a Lexus ES300 (not watching) backed into it deeply scratching the bumper in several places. No structural damage, just 4 deep scratches. She agreed to have it repainted which we just did.
John Eagle Acura's Collision Center happens to be an AllState preferred body shop so we went there (both us and the lady were insured by AllState).

Which is cool

besause she wanted us to us such a place and we bought it there.
Bottom line: the bumper had to be removed to buff out the scratches and be repainted to math the rest of the car. $422.04 to fix 4 deep scratches less than 4 inches long. And the price would have been the same if were only one!
