After quite a bit of waiting I finally received my Wald spoiler. The spoiler has been in a body shop getting painted but, unfortunately, an issue has arisen during the paint curing process. I was called by the body shop and told that the spoiler is covered with small pinholes on its entire surface. The body shop does not believe this is normally the way a part should be delivered.

Has anyone else had a problem with the quality of Wald parts? Is my spoiler defective?

 

Front lip or trunk? What is it made of? Any pictures?

 

It is the trunk lid spoiler. I'll take some pictures within the next couple of days.

 

So why can't they add a small layer of bondo, sand it down, primer and paint?

Doesn't sound like a big deal...

 

I agree it should not be an issue. From the description, however, it sounds like the body shop had painted the piece and the pinholes appeared after the paint had been applied. I hope they would have insured that the piece was ready for paint before painting it but who knows.

 

Igor911 is right, but I understand ur situation also, u paid all that money and had to wait for it, now u got to prep it, thats not right, and now the body shop is gonna charge u extra for that work, unless u know him very good, I would take pics and send it to who ever u bought it from, see what they can do abt it. good luck.

 

The spoiler was sanded and no holes were seen at that stage. It was only after the paint had cured that the holes became visible.

 

Wald makes good quality parts. Something is not right here. Post some pics when you get a chance.

 

Whatever holes/imperfections should have been spotted when the part was primed and sanded down.

 

I dont see any imperfection on mine....but I have the whole kit except the trunk spoiler. So I dont know if it is only exist on the trunk spoiler.

 

No issues with my spoiler from wald. Hmm must of been a bad mold.

 

its not Wald, its the painter.

Have him redo it, proper sanding should have taken care of all imperfections...

 

Here are pictures of the spoiler after the paint curing process:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79087095@N03/9266834106/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79087095@N03/9266834106/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79087095@N03/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79087095@N03/9264059859/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79087095@N03/9264059859/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79087095@N03/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79087095@N03/9266834048/http://www.flickr.com/photos/79087095@N03/9266834048/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/79087095@N03/, on Flickr

 

" WHOA"... WTF. i would send that spoiler back ASAP. did you inspect it when you received it? that isn't normal at all.

 

I will tell you exactly what has happened here since I do paint work.

That spoiler still has release agents (from the molding process) that are flashing off. When painted those agents become trapped and come to the surface as "pop" or pin hole.

It is a pretty common practice to leave new parts out in the sun for a day and wipe them down throughly with special prep chemicals before sanding. You can also use a heat gun to help release these mold agents. If you do not do this before sanding down the part, then you are actually sanding these mold release agents into the actual part itself which makes an even bigger issue. Also, all new parts should be sealed and this would have showed up in the sealer so looks like you have a painter that doesn't really know what it is doing.

PS, you can always send it down to FL and I will handle that.