Molding Wald Spoiler Help
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Molding Wald Spoiler Help
I have an is250 and I ordered the wald trunk spoiler and would really like to have it molded. It just seems so much cleaner and gives the car a more flush and aggressive look. So I was wondering what's a good price to mold the wald spoiler? And does anyone know a shop (or someone) in SoCal that knows how to and could do it for me at a reasonable price. I've already called a couple shops and they either don't know what I'm talking about or don't speak English.... 
I have looked into this and I haven't found many shops that would do it for a reasonable price. Those with reasonable prices have bad reps so I went to LTBMW because my brother has a e93 335i and they quoted me 700 to mold and paint and about 1200 to raise the quarter panels.
I did mine myself with a rep and spent way less than what everyone did with materials and the spoiler itself.
Heres the thread on when I did the trunk and another one when I did the quarter panels. If you are gonna mold and don't care for having the authentic then I recommend getting a replica and save yourself some money towards the body work. Seems like everyone paid roughly 500-1000. I bought my wald rep from Bayson R on ebay for 200 shipped. Check out the third link I posted below maybe u can find a member in that thread thats in your area that could point you in the right direction
http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/
Molding the trunk
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...d-spoiler.html
Raising the quarters
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-a-a-lift.html
The Molded Wald spoiler club
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...are-there.html
Before and after raising the quarters
Currently how it is molded it months ago havent had any issues with cracking, shrinking, warping or anything
Heres the thread on when I did the trunk and another one when I did the quarter panels. If you are gonna mold and don't care for having the authentic then I recommend getting a replica and save yourself some money towards the body work. Seems like everyone paid roughly 500-1000. I bought my wald rep from Bayson R on ebay for 200 shipped. Check out the third link I posted below maybe u can find a member in that thread thats in your area that could point you in the right direction
http://public.fotki.com/remydee/the-is-journal/
Molding the trunk
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...d-spoiler.html
Raising the quarters
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-a-a-lift.html
The Molded Wald spoiler club
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...are-there.html
Before and after raising the quarters
Currently how it is molded it months ago havent had any issues with cracking, shrinking, warping or anything
Last edited by RDIS250AWD; Jul 9, 2012 at 04:15 PM.
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RDIS250AWD: yeah I thought the same way so I ordered the wald spoiler from carkings on eBay, and I would really like to do it myself just so I could say I did it. But how hard is the difficulty because it looks pretty difficult. And what tools would I need because I don't have much or at least I don't think so haha
RDIS250AWD: yeah I thought the same way so I ordered the wald spoiler from carkings on eBay, and I would really like to do it myself just so I could say I did it. But how hard is the difficulty because it looks pretty difficult. And what tools would I need because I don't have much or at least I don't think so haha
shaved spoiler
raised quarters
Last edited by RDIS250AWD; Jul 9, 2012 at 04:30 PM.
You want something nice for cheap. That's not usually the case if you want it to look good. A quality body shop charges about $95/hr labor rate. This takes a while to test fit, add material, sand, prime, paint, clear, etc.... Unless you do it yourself I don't think it will be cheap. I was the first to raise my quarter panels to match up with an authentic Wald trunk spoiler and although it looks awesome it cost me a lot of money. That's just the truth.
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You want something nice for cheap. That's not usually the case if you want it to look good. A quality body shop charges about $95/hr labor rate. This takes a while to test fit, add material, sand, prime, paint, clear, etc.... Unless you do it yourself I don't think it will be cheap. I was the first to raise my quarter panels to match up with an authentic Wald trunk spoiler and although it looks awesome it cost me a lot of money. That's just the truth.
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I didn't say I wanted it cheap, I just asked for a good reputable shop that good do the job without overpricing me or ripping me off... and like I said I called a few shops and they didn't know what I was talking about, so I'm not looking for cheap, I'm looking for experienced shops that will make me feel happy about the money I'm going to spend....
another idea can be to swpa trunks and throw cash on someone who already has one thats molded and is parting out / selling
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I was referred to LTBMW, and their work looks pretty good. Seen a few of their rides, and I haven't found one customer who wasn't satisfied. I'm actually getting my work done with VIP Auto Salon. Despite some of the negativity, I've known Clark for awhile now and trust his work and his attention to detail.
Mariano's IS is beyond sick! His pics got me from on the fence of molding the WALD to actually having it done. But quality work certainly doesn't come cheap, and I'm fine with that.
Mariano's IS is beyond sick! His pics got me from on the fence of molding the WALD to actually having it done. But quality work certainly doesn't come cheap, and I'm fine with that.