Side damage - hit a style

Never heard of a "dent shop", sounds like wistful thinking. I would get a body shop with good reviews on it, that $2200 seems like a good price, in the States. Up here I'm sure I'd be looking at $3000 for something like that. My two cents: get it done right.

Like @bisco asked in post #6: insurance?

 

Try using a bathroom toilet plunger, that might pull out the dent

 

With dents, especially where they can't get at it from behind, our place (been going there for decades, just the dentist, lol) welds on nails, pulls out the dent with pullers attached to the nails, then knocks the nails sideways to dislodge, grinds everything smooth, and so on.

 

"The lady who estimated told me that "if you look closely at your front bumper and hood yoou can see the color is slightly off as welll..silver cars in general hardly match paint between the bumper and the hood as is".

Painted plastic and painted metal can be different shades because they are different materials, not because they are painted silver. Some white cars can be pretty obvious. The viewing angle and the angle of the sun are also factors. Color match is in the eye of the beholder. Since it is on the right side you won't have to look at it when you get in.

If you saved more than $2200 in premiums you are still ahead. Keep us posted & share the "after" pix.

 

No paint matching, wow that will stick out like a sore thumb

 

You can always buy a bumper off of ebay painted with your color code.. did it for my 04 blue prius.. great match was about 500$ shipped and painted

Pixel XL ?

 

Depending what your tolerance for living with these types of defects, it may not be so bad.

I had damage to the FL bumper caused by contact with a textured plaster concrete wall, so had some nasty gouges deep into the black base plastic. It looked nasty and you could see it from a long way off. I decided that seeing as I was not going to repair it (not worth the cost to me) and wait for a decent no-fault accident to get it repaired that way. In the mean time, as it was a bit much for me to bear, I bought a bottle of touch up paint from the Toyota counter and filled in all the scratches and gouges by hand. When you see it close up, it is noticeable, but from a couple of yards, you don't even notice it. So 1000% better from my perspective.

Still waiting for that FL crash (hehe), but no longer bothered at all by the damage.

 

Yes the longer you're able to tolerate the damaged car, the more you'll start to accept it and not be bothered by it. I know cause my 06 was like that

 

Paint "matching" is a bit of an art: there's demos on the net, where they purposely mismatch at the repair, then gradually increase the painted zone, while diluting the paint, till they're spaying clear.

And you can't see that paint is off. It's an abrupt transition that draws the eye: with that tapering off of the color coat, it fools your brain into thinking there's just a change in the light, or a body curvature.

Bottom line: don't cheap out too much.

 

Matching is secondary. Blending is paramount, key to seamless paint job.

 

I had yellow marks on my first black prius,damn posts should be outlawed

 

very nice!

 

Yup, looking good.

Now watch out for other posts!