What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[TiAgX5]

Looks good RB. I shot the wing satin black to contrast the silver.....

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by SammyD

RB, looks great!

Who is the eBay seller? US or International Seller?

Also, what are your plans with the cutout for the badge?

Thanks

It comes from the manufacturer in Taiwan, made of ABS plastic (nice quality!), and apparently most of them will do it painted for you. This is the seller I got it from, all you do is just give them your color code when you win the auction:

Painted BMW E53 x5 Series A Type Trunk Spoiler 2000 2006

I know you have Alpine White, Sammy, and I will note that 99% of the auctions I found for the pre-painted spoilers make an up front disclaimer that Red and White colors may not be a 100% match.

You can buy the spoiler from sellers in the USA, for $43 shipped, unpainted, and WITHOUT install materials. I was thoroughly pleased with the install materials provided with my pre-painted spoiler.

Considering that most paint shops/body shops charge hourly rate for paint and materials, I could easily see a shop charging a "small job" fee of $100 or more to paint this for you, and to provide you with install materials and/or put it on for you.

As far as the "badge indent" goes, I hate badges, and would rather have the recess shown, than put an ACS badge on the rear. If I bought it unpainted, I would have had the recess filled in and smoothed, then the spoiler painted. But for the cost my wife paid ($97 landed and painted), I'm more than happy to live with the badge recess on my spoiler. It really is not noticeable when you are a few feet away, and since I took the 3 pictures in my garage from the right side I understand it is sort of "glaring at you", but its really not noticeable since the piece is color matched, in my opinion.


Not sure of a body shop estimate, but I could see a shop charging an easy 200 bucks to fill in the badge recess, installation materials and paint time and charges if you bought it unpainted. As you can see, the pre-painted spoiler is a good value (and you can get ACS badge from other sources if you'd like to have that as well)

Good luck Sammy let me know if you have any other questions!


EDIT: Thanks Tiag, your satin black spoiler looks perfect on yours, really ties in the black lower trims and the roof rails, your silver/black theme! I took a gamble on buying it pre-painted but the paint is a dead match, and I love how my spoiler blends in very subtly to the rest of the trunk. Really completes my rear with the Ractive tips, LED tails, and my rear wiper delete

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

It comes from the manufacturer in Taiwan, made of ABS plastic (nice quality!), and apparently most of them will do it painted for you. This is the seller I got it from, all you do is just give them your color code when you win the auction:

Painted BMW E53 x5 Series A Type Trunk Spoiler 2000 2006

I know you have Alpine White, Sammy, and I will note that 99% of the auctions I found for the pre-painted spoilers make an up front disclaimer that Red and White colors may not be a 100% match.

You can buy the spoiler from sellers in the USA, for $43 shipped, unpainted, and WITHOUT install materials. I was thoroughly pleased with the install materials provided with my pre-painted spoiler.

Considering that most paint shops/body shops charge hourly rate for paint and materials, I could easily see a shop charging a "small job" fee of $100 or more to paint this for you, and to provide you with install materials and/or put it on for you.

As far as the "badge indent" goes, I hate badges, and would rather have the recess shown, than put an ACS badge on the rear. If I bought it unpainted, I would have had the recess filled in and smoothed, then the spoiler painted. But for the cost my wife paid ($97 landed and painted), I'm more than happy to live with the badge recess on my spoiler. It really is not noticeable when you are a few feet away, and since I took the 3 pictures in my garage from the right side I understand it is sort of "glaring at you", but its really not noticeable since the piece is color matched, in my opinion.


Not sure of a body shop estimate, but I could see a shop charging an easy 200 bucks to fill in the badge recess, installation materials and paint time and charges if you bought it unpainted. As you can see, the pre-painted spoiler is a good value (and you can get ACS badge from other sources if you'd like to have that as well)

Good luck Sammy let me know if you have any other questions!


EDIT: Thanks Tiag, your satin black spoiler looks perfect on yours, really ties in the black lower trims and the roof rails, your silver/black theme! I took a gamble on buying it pre-painted but the paint is a dead match, and I love how my spoiler blends in very subtly to the rest of the trunk. Really completes my rear with the Ractive tips, LED tails, and my rear wiper delete

If I were to do it again I would have gotten it pre-painted with install tape (I bought the $43 US seller unfinished wing). The correct 1.5 mm 3M acrylic tape comes in a 10 yd roll (shortest length sold). Cost of wing/tape/paint exceeded $100 + I spent about 2hrs DIYing the paint.

[SammyD]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

It comes from the manufacturer in Taiwan, made of ABS plastic (nice quality!), and apparently most of them will do it painted for you. This is the seller I got it from, all you do is just give them your color code when you win the auction:

Painted BMW E53 x5 Series A Type Trunk Spoiler 2000 2006

I know you have Alpine White, Sammy, and I will note that 99% of the auctions I found for the pre-painted spoilers make an up front disclaimer that Red and White colors may not be a 100% match.

You can buy the spoiler from sellers in the USA, for $43 shipped, unpainted, and WITHOUT install materials. I was thoroughly pleased with the install materials provided with my pre-painted spoiler.

Considering that most paint shops/body shops charge hourly rate for paint and materials, I could easily see a shop charging a "small job" fee of $100 or more to paint this for you, and to provide you with install materials and/or put it on for you.

As far as the "badge indent" goes, I hate badges, and would rather have the recess shown, than put an ACS badge on the rear. If I bought it unpainted, I would have had the recess filled in and smoothed, then the spoiler painted. But for the cost my wife paid ($97 landed and painted), I'm more than happy to live with the badge recess on my spoiler. It really is not noticeable when you are a few feet away, and since I took the 3 pictures in my garage from the right side I understand it is sort of "glaring at you", but its really not noticeable since the piece is color matched, in my opinion.


Not sure of a body shop estimate, but I could see a shop charging an easy 200 bucks to fill in the badge recess, installation materials and paint time and charges if you bought it unpainted. As you can see, the pre-painted spoiler is a good value (and you can get ACS badge from other sources if you'd like to have that as well)

Good luck Sammy let me know if you have any other questions!


EDIT: Thanks Tiag, your satin black spoiler looks perfect on yours, really ties in the black lower trims and the roof rails, your silver/black theme! I took a gamble on buying it pre-painted but the paint is a dead match, and I love how my spoiler blends in very subtly to the rest of the trunk. Really completes my rear with the Ractive tips, LED tails, and my rear wiper delete

Thanks RB, appreciate the info and the heads up on white!

I'm now thinking I may go the black spoiler route (after seeing the contrast on Tiag's X5). I'm really digging the black and white theme.

Also agree with you on the badge, I've removed all of mine and won't be adding ACS's.

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by SammyD

Thanks RB, appreciate the info and the heads up on white!

I'm now thinking I may go the black spoiler route (after seeing the contrast on Tiag's X5). I'm really digging the black and white theme.

Also agree with you on the badge, I've removed all of mine and won't be adding ACS's.

Sammy for what its worth, I think it might be worth it to take a gamble on the pre-painted spoiler from the seller that did mine. My color is DEAD on, and my car is 10 years old. Your X doesn't have that many miles on and I'm sure your paint is in pretty awesome shape as you take care of it.

I think the seller says that as a disclaimer because neglected White/Red clearcoats tend to take some UV fade on, and is more pronounced than other colors. If your Alpine White is freshly polished, buffed and waxed, I couldn't see the paint match being that far off, as polishing keeps your clearcoat looking "refreshed" to an extent. I think the Alpine White spoiler would look perfect on yours, and in my opinion, whats the worst that happens, the color is off and you have to pay a shop another 100 bucks to tint it to match? Still a pretty good value spoiler IMO. Good luck with whatever you choose man!

[bcredliner]

I suggest that before you order you check with paint shop for firm quote and their input about ability to match. I don't think it a good idea to order the part pre-painted. White is one of the most difficult colors to match. Even a slight miss will be obvious.

[Ricky Bobby]

I agree with BC, although I said it was worth a shot, if you have a buddy who has a hookup at a body shop, etc, for 43 bucks unpainted its not going to be much more to have it painted at a shop.

[SammyD]

Appreciate the additional feedback gentlemen.

I'm actually leaning towards the black first (to stick with my white/black theme), and as mentioned, can always have it painted later to match.

Thank you again!

[bcredliner]

Would like to see it when it is installed.

[J.Belknap]

So I'm getting sick I think. Chills and such. Thank goodness for the seat heaters. I set those puppies to nuclear hot for the whole commute home. I know this thread is about what we do for our trucks, but today the truck did something for me lol. It's the little things sometimes...

Now to turn the fire on and crawl under a blanket on the couch and die lol