Darkelvis

As far as pricey paint, I am getting a gallon so I can do engine bay, jams, etc... I will only use PPG paint. He called his supplier on BMW Urban green and it was $550/gallon (that is if he were to mix it himself at his mixing bay) as I was looking through his mixing bay I actually saw a can called "olive green" so I asked him to call his rep and get a price on a gallon of that and he said that it would be around 7-800.

crxrx7

Man that sucks. I have gotten half gallons of silver for 150. I think that if you try to go with a cheaper car with the color code you might be able to get the price down. Meaning don't have a BMW color as your color.

MAJORAHOLE

that sound a little on the expensive side for paint. when i painted my grandpa's model A, for everything including epoxy coating the suspension and 2 gallons of different colors, primer, sealer,clear, ect totaled about $900. it was PPG. i guess that color is really expensive? my dad also knew the PPG sales rep from our area, so that could have helped out the price.
i would definatly go with 2 stage though. you'll only be adding about an hour maybe, of work to a 20+ hour job