Well, it looks pretty obvious, she is looking to make an easy $500.00 off your spaceout. The paint job alone may run into 500.00 for a good job, unless she wants to do a cheap Maaco job for 259.00 and it will peel off in a year. Not to mention a possible a transmission differential problem that can run into well over $1,000.00, and believe me, it can happen. $500.00, sounds reasonable, but as Steph said, maybe if you tell the place that's doing the work youre not going through insurence, they'll cut the price. MAYBE NOT, but you won't loose anything by asking. If it was only residues of your paint, it may come off with rubbing compund, provided there is no scratch on the bumper surface.
How do I know about this stuff? My father had a car repair shop for 35 years and I was part of his cheap labor.
