to primer or to paint? need some input!

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i have a full orange 67 clip sitting in my garage, 2 extra new raw black fenders and extra straight white grille. i need the space and id like to get the current front clip of my truck so i can start selling the pieces off.

now heres the problem. im pretty sure the new fenders i bought need to be protected with primer or something of the sorts right? theyre just plain black sheet metal right now. i also dont want to have a silver cab/bed , black fenders, white grille and orange hood. so ive come up with the following choices.

1. just rattle can primer all the new parts and throw it on. i live in southern california, not much rain or anything, would i need to worry about the rattle can primer not protecting from rust? this route would obviously be the cheapest

2. take the parts to a body shop and have them spray some good epoxy primer etc and then reassemble it myself. this may be the most expensive in the long run since id be paying to have a body shop primer the full front end then in a year or so id be bringing it back for a real paintjob.

3. do it all right the first time and detail my full engine compartment, and take all the front end parts as well as inner fenders and core support to a body shop and have them paint everything black (gonna end up painting the whole truck black) this would save me the time of assembling everything ONLY once and would probably be cheaper in the long run compared to choice 2. whaddya guys think about hvaing only half a truck painted at once though?


whaddya guys think i should do?