I recently saw a post by Zepher where he posted pictures of his car after painting it with spray cans. I have one of those cars that is pieced together from 5 other cars and would like for it to be all one color. I can't afford to get a paint job right now and was thinking that having it all one color would be better than what it looks like now even if the paint job is crap. So does anyone know how many cans it would take to paint a Trans Am with T-tops and what paint would be best?

 

How about just do something smart and maybe spray it with a good primer and leave it that way ?

 

I had always heard that it was bad to leave a car with just primer. I was under the impression that the primer would absorb water and cause a car to rust. If that's not true then I would prefer to go with primer until I can get it painted. So is it bad to leave a car with just primer?

 

Spray it with a sealer / primer, or spray some rattle can clear over the primer, just dont spray it with some rattle can paint you'll play hell getting off or pay extra to have removed when it comes time for a real paintjob, heck go get a $150 maaco special done on the thing, you'll prob spend 1/3 of that in rattle can crap......

 

Even a maaco job around here costs about $500. I'm just looking to do something that will make it all one color so it doesn't look like its pieced together from 5 different cars. I'll try primer. Thanks.

 

They dont have any of the cheaper packages ? Check with a few local paint shops on some type of primer that wont be harmed by leaving it that way for a while

 

You can leave it in primer if it is an epoxy (sealer type) primer and the surface skin is left intact. Meaning do not sand it. Spray can primers are probably not going to do the trick. You would need to spray over them with a sealer. The Epoxy primers the painter gave us only came in tan and grey, so it really narrows your options. Honestly talk to a local paint shop. I don't know if you can by a sealer type primer in a can or how much it would cost...

 

There are two cheapo paintshops around here but they all want to charge me extra because of the fact that I want the car a different color than what it is now. Eventually I'm going to get a really nice paintjob but right now I'm trying to focus on getting all the mechanical parts repaired.

 

I am pretty sure he just wanted to know, HOW MANY CANS?!

I would say 8-10.

 

If you'd like to put a real paintjob on it, for cheap, and don't mind doing the prep (and driving it to Atlanta), shoot me a PM. I may have the solution to your problem. BTW, are you in the B'ham F-body Association?

 

Actually I was kinda joking about wanting to know the number of cans. I think primering it is a good idea just to take away that Frankenstein look.

LT1Guy, I've never heard of the B'ham Fbody Association. Do they have a web site?

 

I think they have a website, but this is the only info I could find right now:
Birmingham F-Body Association 1169 Westridge Circle Birmingham, AL US 35235 205-856-0747
Contact Information Scott Harper bfba@team.camaroz28.com shtransma@aol.com

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They're a good bunch, my club (the ACFA) does a couple shows a year with them.

 

Thanks. I'll have to check them out.