Question for the Experienced Body and Paint Guys

Kendog 170 said
Agree with Post #9 .You might get away with it but now you have to mount them without chipping. Hoods and trunks are finnicky getting them just right. JMO. Now I painted my Ragtop going on 3 years now with PPG single stage black and the paint now sucks. Fades a bit every season and I have to buff and or keep waxing it. This paint was never like this. If you already bought the paint you could topcoat it with clear but risk what is called panel pop (little pin holes in the paint). To avoid that you have to be patient and give each coat sufficient time to flash. Still risky. Suggest base/clearcoat .

You are very correct on the chipping issue when assembling the car back together. I just painted a door jamb, and A-pillar, in a 71 Mustang Mach 1 that I am restoring, and when putting the door back on I let it drop a bit and screwed up all the lower rocker paint... Got to redo it now. Never take your door hinges off the car unless you absolutely have to, I had to do it as the car had an old accident and the lower a Pillar was all mangled up and bent, nothing could be done, had to replace it.