Okay, I was wondering about that and thanks for the tip, as I've decided to just have it painted and not replaced, if they can sand down the scuffs. I assume they'll need to use a bit of filler, but it should be an easy fix, if done properly.
If not, I'll buy the bumper cover and then have it painted. I'm assuming that the steps are as follows once the bumper is in an "as-new" condition:
1. Prep and Prime
2. Base Color Coat with flex agent added
3. Final Color Coat with flex agent added
5. Clear Coat 1 with flex agent added
6. Wet Sand
7. Clear Coat 2 with flex agent added
8. Possible Wet sand 2
9. Cure with heat lamps or "cure chamber"
The above is what I expect of a top notch job. There's a place I found in Tucson, AZ of all places called Formula 1 body shop. They work almost exclusively on Ferraris and Porsches and anything else over $100k. People ship cars there form all over the country, to have them repaired.
The last time I was there one of these XJR-15s (see link) was sitting in the lot. An old lady owned it (seriously), and she rear ended a pole. The bumper cover was the only piece damaged. It was $35k for the part alone!
Jaguar XJR-15 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thanks all for the advice. I just about died when I saw the damage. The entire fender was COVERED in Black Paint. Miraculously, none if it penetrated the clear coat! I used a clay bar, and some turtle wax (due to it's abrasive compound-normally I wouldn't touch such a product), followed by several Zymol products. I'll use an orbital buffer on it, to remove some spiderwebbing in the clear coat, but you'd have to be an auto detailer to notice it, at this point.
I dodged a $4k bullet, easily. Never have I worked on such a thick and durable clear coat. +1 for BMW!!! (used to be a professional detailer as a kid, so the durability of the painted finishes of the vehicle are very impressive).
Anyway, if anyone knows of any good body shops in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Diego or Arizona, please let me know. I travel for business quite a bit or could use an excuse to travel :-).
Preferably I'd like to have it repaired here in the Bay Area, but I just moved here, and have few contacts.
So, any Bay Area residents who know of top-notch shops that they can recommend to me to would be sincerely appreciated. Thanks again for the advice thus far.