On Saturday 3 months of reduced sleep (thanks to a new family arrival) and 7 hours working in the garden finally reaped its toll.

Having got the car washed (car wash) and vacuumed - I reversed into a pillar. Before you panic - it was in the X3 and not the Morgan or Alpina.

I wasn't going massively quickly but the bumper and lower tailgate plastics are damaged - the bumper mainly with a large amount of paint having come off.

New bumper and tailgate part will be costly - and the car is 12 years old and has 220k km on the clock - and buy Swiss standards is a "rust bucket".

Is it suicide to tackle a repair based on:
1) Drill a hole or 2 in the lower tailgate to relieve pressure and allow the plastic to sit flush

2) Sand and then skim fill the paint work on both

3) Prime

4) Paint

5) Lacquer

(I already have the last 2 as I sprayed up a replacement headlamp washer cover)

The result doesn't need to be perfect just not obvious.

2010 Aero Supersport | 2017 VW Multivan | 1996 BMW M3 Evo