Sleipnir

is it sick to want to take all the paint off your car and repaint it in primer?

84Z28_5.7ltr_V8

what on EARTH would make you want to do that???? i never understood that, its gray and ugly!!! it has no gloss to it at all!! why dont you just paint it gray!!?!?!?

what ever floats your boat though, but i give it a million thumbs down.

1986CamaroSC

Primer will also rust in the water and stuff, cause it is porous i think

Frik92RS

Primer is designed to absorb moisture so paint will adhere to it more easily. Problem being that it doesn't know the difference between rain and paint.

Sleipnir

i just like the dull grey, i dont like that shiny silver grey, just the dull boring, im from a trailer park, joe dirt, primer grey. yeah! could i put clear coat over the primer to make it stick and not absorb the moisture?

RU-QWIK

iTrader: (3)

You can clear over the primer..... Just a thought. I don't care for the look of primered cars either, but those who do, clear , or some type of sealer is an option.

underdave

looks better on old muscle cars. they're usually the ones that are the fastest!!!!! you think they suck because they're primer, but then they eat you.

MdFormula350

I am not a fan of the primer look on thirdgens either.
I am happy with a single color, nothing to fancy for a daily driver.

JAKEDPLAYA

RHINO LINE IT!!! LOL

Sleipnir

heeeeeey, thats not a bad idea....

ok im being sarcastic.

im just saying that im sick of having a bra on my car, it doesnt have *****, and the bastard that sold it to me told me there was no damage under it, and i was just too damned lazy to look =) so i would rather most of the car look good with the bra on, but now im noticing the bra holds alot of dirt and grime and stuff under it, kinda rubbing on the paint, so i think i might take it all to primer untill i get to paint it, or would it look that bad with just primer splotches over where there is no paint??? i wonder...

Kat

iTrader: (4)

what do ya mean primer is good!!!



BTW if ya use etch or epoxy primer ya dont have to worry about water absorbtion. It does hold true with primer/surfacer tho.

Kat

Sleipnir

THAT THING LOOKS SWEET
im not kidding, its sexy

Kat

iTrader: (4)

hahahah thanks dood

In about a week or 2 I hope to have the rest of the car in primer.. The weather hasnt been playing too nice for me lately

Kat

Squeeks83

primer aint bad, check my sig, its genral purpose black primer over the other paint that was on the car, it looked like crap so me and my girl fixed that with 9 cans.

Sleipnir

and thats what black primer looks like?
i think i would rather that dark grey look

Diabolical

if you sprayed primer over the original paint, you wouldn't have a problem right?

rockfourone

hey dont dis the primer coated beauties....if you saw what my iroc looked like when i bought it youd be amazed at how it looks now. it took me 5months and 34 cans of primer to get it how it is now. not to mention 2 fenders and a drivers door. (a word of advice:never try to swap power windows into a manual door, its possible, but PITA!!!! )

i love it when it rains outside because then the car gets glossy and i can squint my eyes and pretend that its painted

anyways, it will be painted for real in a few weeks.....

redraif

That is true, just don't sand it or break the surface skin, or it will absorb too.

redraif

If you are going for dull you could got get some satin paint or flat. Actually base coat is flat till you clear it then it glosses up...but it probably will allow water in too.

bubbakutz

i like flat black

Sleipnir

well i could primer over the paint but then if theres anything on the paint when i primer it which there will be no matter how much i clean it, it will get jacked up, plus the places where the paints gone crappily is like craters of missing paint you know? like all the layers of paint came off not just a scratch or nothin

NEEDforSPEED

Thats sick!
dont do it

Sleipnir

your just jealous for not coming up with the awesome idea, everyone wants to have a primer colored car

Squeeks83

sorry i like the look for now, i think it resembles the old school mopar paint that was the flat black on like the AAR cuda and such, i like it and i dont care if you do or not, my car not yours.

Sleipnir

i think those pics just made up my mind, i think thats what ill do, ITS SEXY

Squeeks83

thanks, i keep her in shape. and dont mind the blue tint to the wheels, thats overspray from the duplicolor metlicast we tried, looked like crap so went with primer.

Scania

no not sick but insane

91RedBigFinZ

I probably wouldn't do it myself, but it looks ok in my opinion. Its just like anything else - done well it would probably be ok. I'd have to see it in person to know for sure.

Doug

chevkid

A thirdgen in primer, black wheels, and lowered just a little. And it would haft to have tonz of horsepower. That would be sweet. Can you say sleeper?

Squeeks83

thats my plans, stock rims crappy lookin because alot of curb rash, primer, lowered, and being powered by a turbo LT1/T56, i hope, if not a turbo 305 TPI. :hail:

Supercharged84Z

as long as the original paint is in good condition and is not peeling, cracking, etc. and you follow the directions for the primer you should be in like flint.