making a paint decision

one of the toughest decisions to make IMO.

do you have to have a mopar color and does it have to be year correct to your car?

Also cost is a factor because not all colors cost the same. Are you dedicated to one brand of paint system? Some paint systems have limited or no formulas for certain colors and some paint systems are not as brilliant in color as others.

A gallon of FM3 panter pink can run $400. + a gallon where as a gallon of 9300 Gloss black can run as low as $80. a gallon so that may be a factor, depending how much you want to spend on paint.

What kind of look are you going with? Base coat/ clear for a show shine or a more subdued factory shine of an enamel or single stage coat.

I used to do solids in single stage and metallic in BC/CC but I think I am going to standardize them all in BC/CC only because the single stage will never shine like the clear coat.

I started painting model cars with actual car paint and I learned a few things. Some colors are harder to match and get a correct color brilliance with some paint systems. For instance I painted a model with onmi EF8 green and I painted another model with DBC EF8 green and you can really see the difference in brilliance. So it will matter what paint system you go with on what brilliance and color hold out you are looking for and this all goes with what look your after. here is the DBC and it has a great correct brilliance and I would have to find the pic for the other model but it came out more drab and more army green looking......so it makes a huge difference on the look your looking for.