What year is it ?

 

2013

 

I've done it with an OEM fascia, which doesn't come painted. It will take a body shop to match the paint no matter what you do.

 

There are several places that sell them already painted - you just give them your factory paint codes. My concern, of course, is how well it would match. I’d love to hear from someone that has used one of these places.

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I purchased a painted hood for my 2021 at paintedoemparts.com. I was worried because the color I purchased was F8 green and it's hard to match that color but it came out perfect.
Here's a link for your bumper:

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I replaced the front bumper of my previous Challenger a couple of years ago. It's not too hard but it does take some time. You will need to reuse your current fascia, upper and lower grilles, fog lights, lip spoiler etc. There are a couple of videos in YouTube that can help.

 

Good info - thanks!

 

It's not "buy and install".

You need to build the bumper. You need to take everything out of your old bumper and transfer it to the new bumper, without damaging anything or scratching the new bumper.

This will not be a small challenge for a novice.

 

It's not "buy and install".

You need to build the bumper. You need to take everything out of your old bumper and transfer it to the new bumper, without damaging anything or scratching the new bumper.

This will not be a small challenge for a novice.

Good info. I figured it was a pretty involved install. I don’t consider myself a novice by any means when it comes to anything mechanical, but I am also busy and have to weigh the time involved vs the reward of doing it myself instead of just taking it to the body shop.

Part of me thinks it would be a fun project. The other part of me reminds myself of times I’ve been waist deep in a project and asking “why the hell am I doing this???” lol

 

Amazingly enough, my 2013 is in the shop right now getting a new nose job. . After 9 plus years, the Florida love bugs had taken their toll on the paint, and it had gotten "Parking Lot-ed" a while back which crowned and stretched the plastic, so even if refinished, the shape would still be off in one spot. So, new OEM nose, R&R, painted and color matched. Just over $1300.00. Now, these guys also redid the rear when I got nudged back in 2018, and the color match was FAR better than OEM, which quite frankly sucked. Now, I thought about the pre-painted ones, but, Redline Red is a pearl and stupid difficult to match, so i'd rather not take the chance with a bad color match. A single stage color would probably be easier to get closer pre painted. Now, you also have to take in to account the paint is not the same color as it was when new. It has 10 years of fade on it. So, how picky are you?

 

Appreciate the heads up. Thanks everyone for the input. As I’ve always liked getting my hands dirty and have a pretty extensive mechanical and construction background, it still sounds like something I’d like to do myself if I was confident of the quality of the part and paint match.

Whether doing it myself or taking it to a body shop I just need to really decide how much those imperfections bother me.

My wife, of course thinks I’m nuts for wanting to spend any money rectifying the small imperfections of the bumper - she says I’m the only one that ever sees them…and she is probably right. Perhaps I should apply that money towards new katzkin leather seats instead and just try to stop looking at the bumper all the time.

 

Katzkin leather seats are a nice addition, since you like to do things with your hands it shouldn't be too difficult for you. I did mine in about 6-7 hours, no previous experience, it takes some time but the end result is worth it. I paid around $850 for them.