do you think this would look good on my 86?

[Aniki]

Hey well as some know my new 86 is coming early next week and its and ugly blue so ive decided in order to make it bearable im going to sand the whole car down and do it over with black primer anyone ever done this i see it done all the time but not sure if its effective?

[project trueno]

i don't know why people do this, sure black primer looks all tough and aggressive, but its purpose is a bonding agent for the paint, its not paint itself.

primer has no UV protection like proper paint does, and overtime stains will appear. (If thats the look you're going for though, then go right ahead..)

[Nick]

prime and paint, if you want the badass flat paint effect, then use a flat paint

[micro214_kp61]

Originally posted by Oldman
prime and paint, if you want the badass flat paint effect, then use a flat paint

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i agree

[wunderboy]

I think a lot of times, people mistake Flat Black piant for primer. Like PT said, primer is a base, not intended for finished use. The flat black look is common, go with that.

[Aniki]

yea the primer is only temp untill i can get enought money for a pro paintjob or sould i leave the ugly blue untill the paint?

[996cabby]

primer is porous, and will not protect your body from water and moisture......It will absorb the water and once again allow your car to rust........That's why you see so many cars that have that work in progress primer look with rust spots on them......I say don't waste your time and do it all at once......otherwise you'll have to do double the work......
just my 2 cents....

[Spunky~AE86]

before u start ripping apart a perfectly fine functioning car...

know what ur getting yourself into... drive the car for now... u'll get used to it... and u'll have more time to think about what u want...

don't start modifying your car before u know what u want to do to it... (driving it is the only real way to know what YOU want)

plus... u'll appreciate the diff more

[RedruM]

leave it and do it right one time

if you primer the whole car now you're still gonna have to strip that down again and reprimer the car when you go to paint it