About half-drifting around a corner a bit down my road, i met a patch of fresh gravel from a gravel truck that had just droped a load in my driveway(my luck sucks).... anyway... i ended up off of the road and up an embankment that twisted and busted the paint off of my front bumper, and front and side ground fx... it looks like white trash now and i need a new paint job.... i was thinkin smooth-dark-black-good primer with some sort of gloss black stripe out of actual paint, but some of the guys that i talked to said the primer would just make it look as trashy, i think itll give it a meaner look... opinions?

 

i dunno... i think that's one of those things you'd have to see to be able to make an opinion.

where'd you get the idea? any examples?

 

Ive got pictures of the Sport Compact magazine's S-15, but it says theyre too big, how do i fix?

 

Heres a pik of the primer on Soport Compact magazines S-15. I photoshoped in the black stripe too which will be in like gloss-black-acutal paint.

 

how bout flat black paint w/flames either in regular black or full yellow to orange to red fade this is really popular with older trucks in cali

 

I was thinkin about that... but idonno if i wanna fork over the dough for flames.... i can get that done for less than 200.. im more conerned that my car drives and handles than looks.... if im gonna have to spend too much ill jsut leave it be....

 

the only problem (other than looks) with primer is that it will absorb moisture and should not be left unpainted very long or it will cause problems in time.

 

are you talking about just priming the whole car and leaving it? Back in the day during the 60 and right around there when people didnt have money they would spray there car with either black or gray primer then sealer and then they would spray clear coat over that. it looks really good suprisingly. With the sealer and the clear you won't have to worry about moisture and if you drift a lot then it is really cheap to re-shoot everytime you have a run in with something a little more resistant then the paint. I am thinking about doing this to my trans am until the end of the summer to see if i like it or not.

 

i have seen thirdgens around here with primer, if thats all you can or want to do then go for it!

doesnt look to bad, i had a ran my 88 formula with a black spray painted fender for months...

 

Yeah, but what's your first thought when you see one of those cars. :nono:

 

Thats what you get for drifting on the street.

 

I never thought of the sealer and clear coat. That would be perfect... thanx guys.
I dont normaly drift on the street either, we go to the super walmart parking lot and put up a few cones normaly... i was showin off... ive definatly not done it since...

 

i drove my 85 camaro around primered for 8 months, didnt look to bad, i never had the moisture problem either, and its great for it u scrape alot of stuff (other car in parking lots, driveways, and u can fix dents and dings easily, etc) id say go for the primer, i dont think it looks bad..till it starts fadin