Yup, Abodybomber. There's no pressure when the paint already has issues. I figure that the worst that can happen is that it looks hideous and will need to be stripped and re-painted. Right now it already should be stripped and re-painted but doesn't look hideous. It's not like I'd be risking screwing up a nice paint job. I'm not even planning on removing the side stripes that are on the car now. I'm just going to paint over them. If by chance everything looks really good when I'm done I'll do it all over again on top of good paint some day down the road. For the time being I'll probably put a bunch of the contingency decals (that are in my tool box) over the rust spots to hide them.