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0 of these 14 specialists are in San Diego; the rest are within 10 mi in Encinitas, La Mesa and Poway.
None of the 14 specialists listed here are in San Diego itself; they are in Encinitas (10), La Mesa (2), Poway (2).
Ratings range from 4.7 to 5.0 across 1,202 reviews; 8 specialists have 50 or more reviews; 14 are rated 4.5 or higher.
4 give free estimates; 2 describe themselves as family- or locally-owned.
Services most often listed on their websites: plastic bumper repair (6), plastic headlight restoration (6), paintless dent repair (6), frame straightening (4), auto body & paint (4), custom detailing (4) and full collision auto body & paint (2).
In structured review feedback, customers of these specialists most often flagged professionalism (96%), quality (85%) and punctuality (81%).
12 of the 14 specialists have a website on file; 12 publish a contact page; 6 list a public email.
4 of these specialists have had their website domain for ten or more years; the oldest was registered in 2008.
Figures are counted over the specialists on this page from public listings and company websites collected in 2026; distances are straight-line; hours and prices change, so confirm before you visit.
The 14 shops on this page repair, replace and paint bumpers in and around San Diego, CA. What each one says about plastic repair, mobile service and warranties comes from its own website; ratings and quotes come from public reviews.
Most scuff and crack jobs are a day, sometimes two if the paint needs to cure before refitting. A straight swap for a new cover is faster, once the part arrives, and the part is usually what you are waiting on. Color-matched covers ordered pre-painted still need blending.
Usually, and cheaply, if the cover itself is sound. What breaks is the tabs and the bracket behind the fender, and both are replaceable. What does not work is a screw driven through the cover to hold it, which cracks from that hole outward the next cold morning.
A paint gauge reads thicker on a refinished cover, and any dealer appraiser carries one. That is not a problem by itself, since bumpers get refinished on almost every used car. It becomes one if the color is off or the texture looks sprayed. Keep the invoice; a documented repair reads better than a mystery.
[N_FREE] of the 14 shops offer a free estimate, and bumper work is one of the few jobs where photos genuinely help. Send a wide shot, a close one, and one along the panel at an angle. The figure firms up once they can press on the cover and check the tabs.
Excerpts from public reviews of the specialists listed on this page.
