If you are setting out to buy a done car; I'm talkin running, driving, stopping, bodywork done; would you rather have the car in primer, or finished in paint?
If your paying a finished price... paint, if your paint a project price.. primer. If you like the car but not the color buy a cheaper one and paint it.
well... if I were buying a DONE car, it would be painted. primer ain't done. it may be as far as the person who owns it cares to go, but it ain't done.
paint, if you want it painted its too much trouble to take it apart to paint it...............and who knows how the primer is going to look painted or how it is going to hold up .. primer just seems like a quick way to say hey man it only needs paint.. but most times its hiding something 2 cents...........
Anyone else? Theres gotta be more poeple on here that have ever thought about buying a car. No one thinks that trying to sell a car in paint would be harder than selling one in primer because of lack of color options? If your buying a car in primer, you have all the options in the world as to what color, but one in paint is take it or leave it? Is it just me?
Paint, Billy! First, it shows the defects better. Next it is better protection from rust. Most primers are porous, and will absorb water, and rust underneath the primer. Also, you don't know what's under it, rust, bad bodywork, original paint, etc. which makes it difficult to put a topcoat over it. Some paints and primers won't accept a "good" paint on top of it, forcing you to strip to bare.
depends on if you like the color, as said before, if you don't like the color you either buy, it tear it apart to repaint, a pain and alot of money, but primer does hide alot of bad things in the body but so does paint, it depends on WHAT you want, i prefer primer so i can paint it my colors
if the car you are buying is a project then doesnt matter if you buy it in primer - however if you are buying the car as a finished car then needs to be painted. as others have mentioned primer is porous most of the time, you wont know how long its been in primer and you wont necessarily know whats underneath the primer, you may need to end up stripping it back to paint it if any of the repairs start coming back through the primer. also not all paints are compatible with all primers so if your not sure whats on it and you paint it and you get a bad reaction then you will be cursing the guy you bought it from. buy it painted, makes more sense!
If I see a car for sale in primer, I instantly think of all the shoddy body work the primer was probably slapped on to hide before the sale. Every car looks half decent in a solid coat of primer, and it's much more forgiving than paint.
Thing of it is I want to do a truck that I will probably end up selling because of lack of room. I am well capable of doing either of the two I'm just trying to figure which will attract more interest which will in the end attract more money. I would rather buy a "finished car" in paint, to me primer means not done as many have mentioned, but opinions are like ***holes and majority rules. Enter, this post.
I just bought a truck that is 1/2 in paint and 1/2 in primer (I have no idea why) but I want it finished in paint. The tough part is matching it. It's metal flake blue. Some cars do look tough in primer though.
I shy away from cars with fresh primer on them because, if the bodywork was all done and ready for paint, why wouldn't the seller just paint it right away? Fresh primer to me means quickie bodywork, trying to cover **** up. If I'm buying a finished car, I want finished paint with nice bodywork underneath. If I'm buying a project car, I want to see old crusty paint that hasn't been messed with for 20 years. No fresh primer (even if it's in spots) or quickie touchup jobs. I'll pay more for a car with original paint, even if it has rust and dents, than one that's "almost ready for paint" because I want to do the bodywork so I know what's underneath.
If you're talking about paint affecting value for something you're selling... it's probably best to stay with pretty standard colors: black, red, etc... maybe dark blue? Stay away from purple, orange, green, brown, etc.
Its easier for me to sell a car in primer. But its gotta look CRISP. No half*** bodywork or poor fit. You wont recover the cost of a paintjob . I build about a car a year and sell em. Always in primer.
This is what I need. What about custom paint jobs, say if the car was fully flaked, or had flames/scallops, or was a wacky pearl color. All good jobs, nothin half ***ed.
yep....seen way too many primer cars that were "ready for paint" that once you started to scuff 'em up were rougher than a cob. A hack with a cheap gun can hide many sins
paint. Primer on a car means the car is not done. By the way putting a car in suede is not being done or look good.
Thats kind of a retarded question. There is no answer to what gets more money, flames or scallops. You are selling a whole idea...blowing **** scallops on something might get youlike 80 more dollars, but if its a pile its a pile. If you are talking about doing that truck, its going to be a full restoration project to do it right, you know that. Even as solid as it is its got rotholes, and you will, to do it right, be involved with months of sheetmetal work to have it done "right". Your question should read, "How lazy and cheap can I be to still make a car that sells for a few thousand?"
Its not about what brings more money or how lazy I can be. I'd love to paint everything I own or even own to sell. Its about if I paint a car a certain color will that detract from the attention of a buyer. Or if I scallop/flame the car because I like it will the buyer think so as well, or just ignore what the car is because he/she doesnt like scallops/flames, period. I'm just trying to get an idea which would turn a buyer off more, a car painted a certain way that differs from his/her norm, or a car sitting in primer that might be hiding something. If I was cheap and lazy I'd lay on some good ole Home Depot Rust-O-Le-Um and call it a day. Yeee-Haw. Just kidding buddy it looked good. Mercs are for jerks.
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