Bumper Reinforcement - Front labor time

2.5 hrtypical
2.5 to 2.9hours on most vehicles
$375typical labor at $150/hr

Bumper Reinforcement - Front takes about 2.5 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 31,193 vehicle and engine combinations from 63 makes, most fall between 2.5 and 2.9 hours, and the longest take up to 5.2 hours. Mini, Smart and Audi vehicles tend to take the longest; Opel, Hummer and Lucid the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

per hour

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At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $375 to $435, about $375 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.

Bumper Reinforcement - Front time on popular vehicles

Bumper Reinforcement - Front time by make

MakeTypicalMost vehiclesVehicles
Mini2.9 hr2.5 to 2.9144
Smart2.9 hr2.9 to 2.96
Audi2.8 hr2.5 to 2.9777
Porsche2.8 hr2.5 to 3.5674
Chevrolet2.5 hr2.5 to 2.53,208
Ford2.5 hr1.8 to 2.53,068
Dodge2.5 hr2.5 to 2.52,279
Mercedes-Benz2.5 hr2.5 to 3.21,804
GMC2.5 hr2.5 to 2.51,547
Toyota2.5 hr2.5 to 2.51,446
BMW2.5 hr2.5 to 3.51,232
Volkswagen2.5 hr2.5 to 2.91,085
Nissan2.5 hr2.5 to 2.8880
Pontiac2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5848
Buick2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5775
Jeep2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5735
Plymouth2.5 hr2.5 to 3.5702
Hyundai2.5 hr2.5 to 2.9699
Cadillac2.5 hr2.5 to 3.5687
Chrysler2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5620
Mazda2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5617
Oldsmobile2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5557
Kia2.5 hr2.5 to 2.9515
Mercury2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5512
Honda2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5499
Volvo2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5480
Subaru2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5472
Lexus2.5 hr2.5 to 2.8446
Mitsubishi2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5416
Lincoln2.5 hr2.5 to 2.8332
Ram2.5 hr2.5 to 2.9326
Fiat2.5 hr2.5 to 2.9315
Jaguar2.5 hr2.5 to 3.5271
Acura2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5241
Infiniti2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5238
Land Rover2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5177
AMC2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5166
Isuzu2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5154
Suzuki2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5151
Tesla2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5131
Saab2.5 hr2.5 to 2.9116
Saturn2.5 hr2.5 to 2.5108
Alfa Romeo2.5 hr2.5 to 3.287
MG2.5 hr2.5 to 3.568
Morgan2.5 hr2.5 to 2.567
Studebaker2.5 hr1.2 to 2.567
Genesis2.5 hr2.5 to 2.953
Peugeot2.5 hr2.5 to 3.548
Rivian2.5 hr1.5 to 2.546
Polestar2.5 hr2.5 to 2.544
Scion2.5 hr2.5 to 2.543
Eagle2.5 hr2.5 to 2.541
Geo2.5 hr2.5 to 2.537
Daewoo2.5 hr1.8 to 2.530
Renault2.5 hr2.5 to 2.528
Lucid2.5 hr2.5 to 2.524
Hummer2.5 hr1.5 to 2.521
Opel2.5 hr2.5 to 2.520

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Hours are what a professional technician takes with the right tools, the same way shops quote jobs. Figures come from the Open Labor Project database.