yeah just take some time and do some prep yourself man

 

Prep is not that hard also, just really time consuming..

 

I had this car done at MAACO for $1000 (250 for stripes)exactly used their 2nd out of the 4 qualities they use. turned out really nice this pic is of my old car about 7 months after the paint a chip here and there from a sand truck i stupidly drove behind, I was impressed.

No clear coat and has never been waxed was to lazy

 

As eluded to already, the important and time and labor consuming portion is proper surface preparation. Especially if you are working with a surface that has imperfections or damage in difficult to work with locations. Although my tastes change slightly from time to time, one thing that remains a constant is that I never had a problem driving a car with flat black paint and showing an imperfection here or there.