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Molding takes a lot of time, and is really hard to get perfectly smooth. Ian and Jeff both molded their skirts in, and both of them were not smooth, like you could see it wasn't smooth (sorry guys hehe). It does take some skill to do it right and make it last. Most body shops can't do a good job. A lot of widebody or fender flare cars always come in and need to be remolded because some other shop messed it up. I guess you could try to do most of it yourself, but maybe have a professional touch it up before you paint it. Also, molding the back bumper to the car is not a very good idea. People laugh at cars that do it here in cali (at least daily driven ones) because they will eventually crack. I'd be worried since your car is so low, but I guess you "could" get away with it if you are lucky. Just keep in mind if you ever crack that rear bumper, you will have to break the molded in bumper (and repaint the quarter panels). You never know if you might hit something. So I guess my answer is, ya you can mold the sides in, but I wouldn't do the rear bumper. Just mix the bondo with the hardener, and apply in smooth layers, sanding off an excess after it's dried before you go on to the next layer. From what I've seen, the body guys don't necessarily do it in thin layers. Like to mold wide body, the pros can mold in an entire rear quarter panel initially in about 15 minutes, then let it dry, sand, and smooth it etc.
To repaint the whole rear section would be probably around 500 to 900 depending on where you go. We wouldn't just paint part of the side skirt where it's molded in. You'd have to sand the whole thing and blend it in to make it look nice. Actually now that I think of it, the best way would also be to sand the whole door and blend it in. When you blend, you spray the base coat and blend it with the rest of the paint (but you don't paint the whole door or whole side skirt). Then you reshoot clear coat across the whole pieces that were sanded so it all matches. That's like repainting almost half the car, so probably around 650, since we charge 1300 to repaint the entire exterior. Of course shop prices in Georgia will vary.
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