Painters enter please

[Jimvr4]

I'm going to be respraying my Spyder because the paint is getting very thin on some panels and of course I have the door dings and rock chips you would expect on a car with nearly 100K miles. I'm going to use a body shop for the painting but I just want to make sure I get everything right on the order.

I'm going to stay with the X94 sable black color that came on the 95. I believe the 96 came with the X08 solano black pearl. I *think* the X94 is a single stage urethane and the X08 is a BC / CC (base coat / clear coat) paint. I'm pretty sure the X94 is single stage because when I polish it I get black color on to my polishing disc. From what I've read you can go with single stage on solid colors but all the new metal flake paints are BC / CC because you can't get depth in the finish otherwise.

I want to be able to polish the finish for years to come so I want to make sure it is thick enough. I'm thinking like 120 micro inches ( around 4.7 mils ) would be thick enough. 3-4 coats should be able to cover it right?

I've already talked with a body shop and we agreed I could save a couple grand by doing the de-trim myself. So far I have all the interior out and I've started pulling weatherstrips. The plan is to strip everything off including door handles, bumpers, door caps, side skirts. I'm also going for a new windshield glass.

I'm going to try to document the Spyder top stuff as well while the interior is out,