Bumper Repair
Scuffs, cracks and snapped tabs, plastic-welded and refinished rather than replaced.
Auto body & bumper repair for Tempe drivers
Just under five miles north of downtown Tempe — about fifteen minutes up Scottsdale Road or Rural.
We are not in Tempe, and that is worth saying
The shop is in Scottsdale, just under five miles north of downtown Tempe. Plenty of our customers are Tempe residents, but we would rather be straight about where the car actually goes than imply a Tempe address we do not have.
From the ASU area it is Scottsdale Road or Rural to McDowell, about fifteen minutes. If a Tempe shop is closer and does the same standard of work, take it. What brings people north is wanting the panel repaired instead of replaced, and everything done under one roof.
What we see from Tempe
A younger fleet, and a lot of student parking. Door dings from packed apartment and campus lots, curbed wheels from parallel parking on Mill, low-speed bumper knocks, and cars that are being kept running on a budget.
That last point matters. On a car worth a few thousand pounds, a quote for a new painted bumper cover can exceed what the owner thinks the car is worth. A plastic-welded repair on the same damage is a fraction of it, which is often the difference between fixing the car and living with it.
Hail is the other one. When a storm comes through, paintless dent repair handles most of it — and hail is usually a comprehensive claim rather than collision, which often means a different deductible.
The three jobs we see most
Paintless Dent Repair
Door dings worked out from behind the panel. No filler, no paint, factory finish intact.
Paint & Refinishing
Color mixed to the panel rather than to the paint code, then blended into the panels either side.
Repair beats replace on a student budget
The drive up Scottsdale Road or Rural is the easy part. The real question from Tempe is usually cost: on a car worth a few thousand, a quote for a new painted bumper cover can approach what the car is worth.
A plastic weld on the same damage is a fraction of it — that is bumper repair. Monsoon hail is the other Tempe job, and where the paint survived it is paintless dent repair with no filler and no respray.
Get a free written estimate
Free written estimates, and we will work directly with your insurer if there is a claim.
Call 480-933-5635 — — or bring the car to 3002 N Civic Center Plaza Ste B, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. Get directions
Everything is done in house by our own I-CAR trained technicians, and the workmanship is covered by our lifetime warranty.