Do car body parts come primed and ready to paint?

I just ordered a new drivers side front fender for my car. The best price I can find around here to paint it (even if I bring the thing in without it being on the car) its around $180.00.





Anyway, I found some stuff online saying that it is really easy to do yourself. But it is instructions for how more or less to RE-paint it. Sand it down and all.





But what do you say? if I buy some spray paint, do 2 coats and then put a clear coat on, will that be cool?





Any tips would be helpful.





Thanks!



The spray paint will not look very good when it dries, not even with clear coat. It will be hard to get the right coloration, and spray paint tends to leave very un-even surfaces after the paint dries. You can do it yourself, it will be much cheaper than having an auto-body/paint shop do it , but will not look very good compared to a professional job.




The part *SHOULD* be primed for $180 otherwise you got ripped off. 99% of the time parts like bumpers, fenders, doors, are already primed (white) and yes you can spray paint them and clear coat them. I personally have never had any luck spray painting car parts. They always end up looking like crap. You really gotta do a lot of sanding and airbrushing if you want them to look right.





Try bringing the part to a MACCO or collision expert. See if they%26#039;ll paint the part for $50-$150. If they can it%26#039;ll look infinitely better than anything you%26#039;d be able to do in your garage/basement for a quarter of the price.




You might have tried finding a used fender through a salvage yard or Car-Parts.com. The color might be a little off but would look definitely better than spray paint.




that,s all that,s on them is primer. it,s up to you to get it painted.


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