These guys rock. Nothing but thumbs up for them.

A few years ago they repsprayed the front end of a buddies' Estoril E36 M3. At the time I was doing detailing for a living, and when he asked me to polish the car after the paint had cured I was absolutely FLOORED when I inspected the paint. I had honestly never seen a non-factory paintjob that well done.

Fast forward to the present. My dad backed my M5 into a trailer so I took it upon myself to get a new bumper skin, take it to the paint shop, and swap it out with the damaged one. Fun little project, and Ryan @ West Coast was amazing in helping out. I dropped the new bumper and diffuser off there on Monday, and he called me on Wednesday morning to let me know they were sprayed and ready.

I went in to pick them up today, and as he was helping me carry them out to my car he took a good look at one of the pieces and said "This is too thin. I am going to have this resprayed for you. Come back Tuesday." Just like that. I took a close look at the part in the sun and could barely see that it wasn't perfect, but it was only along the very bottom edge. I consider myself a perfectionist, and I wouldn't have been bothered by this at all. Ryan was adamant about having it resprayed, though. He wanted it to be perfect.

Kind of goes along with the story another Bimmerforums member told me about his front bumper which West Coast sprayed last year. Ryan told him "I don't think we did the colormatch as well as we could have -- if you're not happy with it, bring it back and we'll respray it for you". When he got it home and got it bolted up to the car, he said it was so perfect that you couldn't tell it wasn't original paint.

Anyways, two thumbs up for Ryan at West Coast Specialties. I had a tough time deciding between local bodyshops to spray the new M5 bumper (remember, I'm a total perfectionist) and it came down to Amato's, Chapparone, and West Coast. In all honesty, West Coast was the ONLY place I have never heard anything negative about as far as quality of work. The one negative I heard (years ago) about West Coast was that they can take a while to do the work sometimes, but honestly their facility is top notch and these days they are speedy as ever.

I'm stoked, as you can tell. Going to slap the new bumper cover on this weekend after I polish the rest of the M5 (don't want a nice perfect bumper cover and swirls on the rest of the car), then I'll toss up a few pics.

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Yeh, but how much did you pay?

Yeh, but how much did you pay?

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Every shop is different in price, especially those that do high quality work. Is there a problem in asking what a shop charged for painting a rear bumper? It had to cost in the $XXX range, but how much though?

West Coast Specialties was where I got my M-tech Aero kit painted and installed for my 545i last year. They indeed do good work. I also recommend them as well. One thing for sure is it's not cheap. I paid $1700 for the paint and installation. If I had went up to OC, I could've got it done for $1100 -$1200. But, since they're much closer to me I went local instead.

For paint alone, I paid $500. That's just a few bucks more than Chapparone and almost $100 less than Amato's.

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Every shop is different in price, especially those that do high quality work. Is there a problem in asking what a shop charged for painting a rear bumper? It had to cost in the $XXX range, but how much though?

I put a . because i had the same question..

West Coast Specialties was where I got my M-tech Aero kit painted and installed for my 545i last year. They indeed do good work. I also recommend them as well. One thing for sure is it's not cheap. I paid $1700 for the paint and installation. If I had went up to OC, I could've got it done for $1100 -$1200. But, since they're much closer to me I went local instead.
That's a good price for an entire aero kit being painted and installed.

For paint alone, I paid $500. That's just a few bucks more than Chapparone and almost $100 less than Amato's.
Good to know. Thanks for the info on the shop. They're in the Miramar area right?

Good to know. Thanks for the info on the shop. They're in the Miramar area right?

Yep, off Miramar Road.

they did the toadster family 996 after an unmentioned party backed his door into the rear quarter. it was seriously a WOW job.

i had a few parts painted at West Coast as well. Ryan cares about his business and they have a good crew. they deserve the good reviews they've gotten from several people...