I have heard negative comments about fiberglass parts, but I just found the spoiler of my dreams and it's made of (surprise!) fiberglass. What's the problem with it?

Is a single can of paint from paintscratch.com enough to paint a large spoiler and still have a little left over to do my altezzas?

Is there any real difference between the paintscratch clearcoat and a Rustoleum gloss coat? I might be able to save a few bucks this way. And the same question about primer?

Does a tricoat color cost twice as much as other colors?

Has anybody used this stuff to paint a relatively large area? Does it look pretty decent? Doesn't have to be perfect, but reasonably close.

A lot of questions, but I don't want to be spend the money and be eating ramen for months, just to find out that is looks like crap.

 

Almost all spoilers are made of fiberglass. It's the perfect material for spoilers, no sagging, and you don't have to worry about it cracking since you don't hit anything with it. Not sure about the single can of paint, but I can tell you do not get regular spray paint. Your car is a white pearl, it's a 3 stage paint job. You cannot just get rustoleum to paint your wing. It absolutely will not match. I've seen a which Maxima with body kit painted regular white instead of pearl white, and it was terrible looking. I would honestly take the spoiler to a shop to paint it. Because it's so big, it will be really noticable if the paint doesn't match.

 

Thanks Shadow, good to know about the fiberglass.

I should have phrased the part about the paint more clearly. I was thinking of buying the basecoat and the pearl coat from paintscratch.com, but instead of also paying fifteen bucks each for a can of primer and a can of clearcoat, buy rustoleum products. I think the primer should be okay, but I don't know if an automotive clear coat is the same thing as a rustoleum gloss coat.

Btw, I agree that a professional job is best, but I'm on a fairly tight budget, really shouldn't even be spending the $150 on this spoiler. I want to go as cheap as I can without making it look crappy.