After the clear was applied it did darken it up a bit. I like it!
I also like the way it looked matte finished with just the base color. It made it look more like a muscle car, but I'll love the shinny look just the same.
When it's all buffed out, I'll be playing around with some ideas for matte black stripes of some sort. I'm not sold on the rocker panel stripes.
Here's some more car ****! :cheers: