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Old Dec 2, 2002 | 08:52 PM
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I need PICs of primered black cars

Like the title says, anyone have pics of a car in black primer? even if it's not a 3rd gen.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 02:48 AM
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Not the best quality photo in the world, but it's the best I could do.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 08:38 AM
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It looks cool, in fact I keep thinking about doing it with my '68 Camaro (I have it sitting in the garage primered in black right now waiting until a warm day so that I can paint it Electron Blue).

You can't drive around with primer though, the talc in primer absorbs moisture and will cause rust, quickly! You will have to paint it with a black that has a dulling agent in it. Or if you go base-clear, then the clear has to have a dulling agent in it.

If that is the look that you want & like, then try getting the military paint that is radar absorbing... that way you will be a black-hole to the police radar guns
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 08:54 AM
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Mark, for the love of all that is holy, please do not tell me that you are going to drive your car around in black primer. That is the most rednecked thing you can do with a thirdgen
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 09:38 AM
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Originally posted by Brad
Mark, for the love of all that is holy, please do not tell me that you are going to drive your car around in black primer. That is the most rednecked thing you can do with a thirdgen
guess not now, lol, I was thinkin of buyin the SS hood, gettin a new fender and then save up again for a paint job in a few months.

I don't drive the car much anyways.

I've seen this one 68 Camaro that is primered yellow and doesn't look that bad actually.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 11:27 AM
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Primered f-bodies look either A.) ******* B.) ghetto or C.) both.

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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 11:38 AM
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If I had to drive around in a primered car, the black would look better than gray.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 11:46 AM
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Flat Black paint is cool. Driving around in any kind of primer is just plain stupid.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 12:17 PM
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Originally posted by djunod
Flat Black paint is cool. Driving around in any kind of primer is just plain stupid.

Some people can't afford a paint job right away, which is why some people drive around in primered cars. I don't like the way flat black has a grey appearence to it.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 12:41 PM
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Oh I understand driving around in a primered car because you haven't gotten your paint job yet, I've done that.

But doing it that way because you want a flat primered car...blah.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 12:51 PM
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UK89Camaro, are those Corvette wheels on that 2nd gen pictured? They sure look like it to me.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 01:02 PM
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some people who race like to keep their car primered w/ clear because its alot easier to fix/replace body panels and primer if you crash as opposed to painting the car for real. i'm not gonna stereotype anyone who drives primered cars on the street because i dont know them or their reasons. maybe they are waiting for a real paintjob when they finish some more body work? who knows
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 02:13 PM
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Well..its not a thirdgen...but its a black primered car. Looks really good when its fresh...but now, two years later...looks kinda crappy.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 02:18 PM
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Heres what it looks like after sitting for awhile. Well, the motor didnt get that way from sitting... Most people dont let the primer on the car for as long as I did, but I had no choice. It got really faded and blotchy looking.

Justin
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 02:19 PM
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i like flat black paint. i think 78-81 malibus look amazing with flat black paint and a powerful sbc
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 02:35 PM
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The flat black tends to fade fairly quickly. It looks alright when it first comes out, but after year or even a few months, it begins to fade. I painted my window louvers flat black and it faded to grey in about 4 months.
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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 02:52 PM
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Originally posted by Brad
Mark, for the love of all that is holy, please do not tell me that you are going to drive your car around in black primer. That is the most rednecked thing you can do with a thirdgen


Use a bank, save up money for a paint job and body work........Don't until you have all the money to finish it.......SAVE your money till you can get it all done at once and don't primer the car....Once you have all the money do everything at once, starting something in hopes of finishing it later rarely happens.......Your plans may change....

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Old Dec 3, 2002 | 03:11 PM
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How about the black primer with a clear coat over it? It sounds good, but what would it look like?

The look I want is low-key but not ghetto. I don't want it attracting attention like a pretty-boy trailer queen, but the plain primer look doesn't get me going either.

Cops seem to be drawn to primered vehicles like magnets.
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 12:01 AM
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My buddy's Stang. It's getting a 408 stroker. We are expecting low 10's out of this one. Its actually a sealer not a primer, this was better than the powder blue the car was origionally. We had the painter at my dealership shoot it. Dunno what the difference between a sealer and a primer. This is more like what fenders are coated in when you get them new before you paint. Anyways, the car will be '69 Boss Orange with flat black Boss stripe down the middle and flat black moulding. We've already started shooting the door jambs in color, its going to look sweet.

Jay
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 12:02 AM
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 12:05 AM
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This is kind off topic, but have you seen black gel coats that some companies use with thier body parts. I saw a gel coat on a replica Shelby Cobra and I thought it was paint - that's how good it looked. I'm guessing that clear over flat black might have a similar look.
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Old Dec 4, 2002 | 01:55 AM
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Originally posted by rustydawg
UK89Camaro, are those Corvette wheels on that 2nd gen pictured? They sure look like it to me.
Don't know what they came off, the rims were on the car already. It belongs to our local American car club, we bought it as a drag project for next year. The 350 is in the garage being built, and the car is still run a 6 cyl. at the moment.
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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Needs another coat to get it even, rims will be powdercoated black.

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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 02:36 PM
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on stangnet a few months ago somebody painted their 01-03 GT flat black, and well I think it looked real mean..........I liked it.
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 02:46 PM
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My nasty '50 Chev Pickup; Primer black is about as nice as it will see, but I love it that way!
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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This is RSpeed's brother's car I believe...
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 04:44 PM
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Dang, this thread's two years old...

Two years after talking about not running around in primer, and I'm doing it, heh.
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 05:58 PM
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Dang, this thread's two years old...

Two years after talking about not running around in primer, and I'm doing it, heh.
they say search before posting...were bound to reserect a few oldies.
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 06:17 PM
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Oh yea...black primer and 4th gen wheels
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 07:52 PM
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friend of mines car has been in primer for about 3 years now, out in the weather for all that time too. He has very little rust problems.
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 07:26 AM
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I striped and did somebody work back in FLA when I planed to repaint. Primed it black. **** happen and I desided to move to Ohio... car sat in black primer for a few years since I bought a house etc... now its finally 1/2 striped to finish off a few major body mods..

As somoene else said.. i fyou can wait. wait till you have the $$ all at once to paint it. I regret it..








REALLY makes the polished rims stand out hey....

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Car...Z/pictures.jpg
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 11:55 AM
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My buddy's Stang. It's getting a 408 stroker. We are expecting low 10's out of this one.
Very cool car!

That old pontiac is pretty nice too.
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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by darbleinad
i like flat black paint. i think 78-81 malibus look amazing with flat black paint and a powerful sbc
Yep. I've been thinking about going with black DP-40 on my '81 malibu wagon.
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Old Feb 13, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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Here ya go....
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 07:09 AM
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wow, who got the duster out, lol.
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