# I want to fix my car’s bumper **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** hyundai, sonata\ **Created:** [October 22, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721 "2024-10-22T20:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dchaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dchaney](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dchaney)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/1 "2024-10-22T20:11:27Z")
So unfortunately one morning I was late for work and my car hadn’t fully defrosted yet and because I couldn’t see clearly I backed into the field around my new house with caused a dent on my car. I’ve been to a lot of mechanics that have quoted me very high numbers to simply remove the dent and I was wondering if there any gadgets that I could use to remove the dent myself that actually work. Is there anything strong enough to remove it? Edit: This is a 2012 Hyundai Sonata, I don’t care to fix the paint or the rip at the top, all I want to fix is the dent not replace the entire thing. ![IMG_6043](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/c/ccea8d56265b9e5ae1d669f66357744349aa77a1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/2 "2024-10-22T20:15:43Z")
If you have full coverage insurance just use and pay what your deductable is. Other than that you need a new bumper cover which is not cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/3 "2024-10-22T20:25:24Z")
Try using hot water to remove the dent. [![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/b/fb94b0133bc8198dfe96bdbdf2ad7809dfb8351e.jpeg "How To Fix A Car Dent With Hot Water") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITujCgU2dI) Tester ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/4 "2024-10-22T20:28:36Z")
If you have to come on a forum to ask IF you can DIY repair this, you likely can’t. You couldn’t even tell what kind of car this is or the prices you have been quoted. Body repair is expensive because of the tools and skills required to do a proper job. A “good enough” job might be to order a bumper cover pre-painted in your car’s color that you could install yourself. It isn’t a $50 fix. ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/5 "2024-10-22T20:37:23Z")
If you’re a true stickler for cosmetics, then I’d follow along with @Mustangman 's comment. If you just want it to be less ugly (but don’t need perfect…), I’ve never tried any hot water tricks, but I have used a heat gun (or a blow dryer on high if you don’t have a heat gun). Getting it nice and warmed up will make it pliable, and in many respects it will almost “want” to go back into shape. Then for the paint, I have a NAPA store near me that will custom mix a rattle can of auto paint in the color code for your car. (The color code will be on a label, maybe on a door pillar or inside of the glove box or something). They also sell a 2-part rattle can clear coat that is near enough to OEM quality. Watch some youtube videos on DIY prep work and rattle-can auto painting and go to town. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/6 "2024-10-22T20:42:47Z")
After warming the bumper and pushing the dent out, most of those black marks can be removed with buffing compound. If you have a $500 deductible, you will have saved $490. ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/7 "2024-10-22T20:54:35Z")
Likewise, if you don’t need a “like new” appearance, a hot hair dryer will let you get it back into shap and there’s adhisives that will prevent your plastic split from progessing further. Painting with a “rattle can” (primer, base and gloss) may improve the appearance but it’s not cheap, easy or comparable to a professional job. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/8 "2024-10-22T20:59:12Z")
Rather than a repair, I’d be inclined to replace the entire panel with a new one. google ‘sonata body panels’, you may be able find the panel you need just doing that. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/9 "2024-10-23T00:03:06Z")
Yeah I had similar with my son’s car. The body shop owner said to heat it with a heat gun or similar and push it back into shape. I just used a trouble light. Won’t be perfect but bumpers retain some memory. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/10 "2024-10-23T00:03:28Z")
I think it’s a bumper fascia, not a body panel. Maybe that’s what you were thinking of. Look at the photo of the Hyundai below. I think if a body panel as the rear quarter panel with the fill door in it. The bumper fascia is below the line that runs from the wheel well to the tail light, the body panel above that line. ![IMG_0130](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/a/3a5835837ca1d4d5b5e6400633356b66e87c439f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JayWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@JayWB](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JayWB)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/11 "2024-10-23T03:42:15Z")
That’s probably not a bumper, but a plastic cover. Look under the car, reach your hand in and pop the dent out. To make it work better, as others have noted, heat the edges of the dent with a hair dryer and THEN pop it out with your hand. It’ll still look pretty bad, but you said you just wanted the dent pushed out. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/12 "2024-10-23T13:50:54Z")
> [@JayWB](#): > > That’s probably not a bumper, but a plastic cover. That’s what I meant. The bumper fascia is the bumper plastic cover. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/13 "2024-10-23T15:56:43Z")
As has been noted already this is probably only a bumper cover that is now dented and ugly. Most come off with only some bolts and pushpins. A Real DIY job… I also had a damaged rear bumper cover and here is some information for you on the subject. > [@My car was hit in a parking lot and the Insurance is using my Uninsured Coverage for the Claim…](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-car-was-hit-in-a-parking-lot-and-the-insurance-is-using-my-uninsured-coverage-for-the-claim/195096): > > This weekend I went outside to wash my 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback and “lo 'n behold” the right rear bumper (Passenger’s side) had been hit (actually scuffed), just paint peeled away, no dents… I had recently been shopping at three different locations, two different municipalities (adjacent cities) and on a local Air Force Base, so I did not know where it could have happened. I have full coverage (collision with a $500 deductible) and one “Accident Forgiveness” but I am n… ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-want-to-fix-my-car-s-bumper/197721/14 "2024-10-26T12:47:42Z")
Pick-a-part or pull-a-part or any junkyard with your car might have one, same color and cheap… Here is one from eBay as another option… Market place another one to check… > **[11 12 13 2011-2013 Hyundai Sonata Rear Bumper Cover Used Oem (86610-3q000) |...](https://www.ebay.com/itm/404735271374?fits=Year%3A2012%7CModel%3ASonata%7CMake%3AHyundai&_skw=2012%2BHyundai%2BSonata%2Brear%2Bbumper%2Bcover&itmmeta=01JB4DSKRC74M95B6QJDX1B1WM&hash=item5e3c1a21ce:g:QTIAAOSwRJplnZ6v&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABAHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmh%2BRsTYygJKiSED5nFJlNvx0AbgVpHIc99mrx3rChtnRUhzxtqQapdWgshg6Sbs08spVX%2FDCG3FWL49lrd4FjO5ldq9skxXE7SCkzqU7Ftqxh953Y%2B9a0q1pUDMNY4DOrT5c7VjzsvLDCDIfu6Px%2FGg4ZJIReQiUFFWDAeSvNd9tFDGOQLyqayv61gSiosLC0bRbsyxdjLPu64Nmebax5PzcFfYHT7kgqtZA%2BWoZYvb0IvDYSvWN27xaxV3RaZTUbKjTakpCIGKkbXw3w6WmOI9%2FAtXUxl3Abtx4cU98otW5Em%2BvHDK2MZnD91BqylM2Y%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6K85o3ZZA)** > > Model: HYUNDAI SONATA. HYUNDAI SONATA 11-13 2.4L, VIN C (8th digit), single exhaust. Search for more parts for HYUNDAI SONATA. Bumper Cover - Rear.