[SupraMan1784]

well i have painted a car before...haha thats why i have the spray gun...we did my friends 240sx (with an sr20det motor), but we dint do gloss..we did flat black..which is really easy...since there it is not a gloss black painting it evenly wasnt really much of a problem...all you had to do was make sure there were teh same amount of coats for each part..its not hard at all..it just takes a while...i say about a whole day...since im not a pro, but first step is u scrape all the original paint off, take it off...bondo and fix dents or cracks or anything u need...just fill it in and make it blend in with the body so when you repaint it...it doesnt look like you actually fixed it, i havent looked at how to do gloss paint yet...i gotta do some research on it...but i know its a lot more sanding to get teh gloss coat real smooth...i think its 4 coats gloss...3 coats of the color...i might be wrong, as for technique... keep the same movement through teh whole job...if you go side to side...go side to side for the whole car...but keep it in grain meaning keep it in the same direction...me and my friends found it a lot easier to take off teh hood, fenders, doors, trunk...and any other body parts taht could be removed so its easier to paint...otherwise tape off anything you dont want painted like lights or trimming, but once i get to the painting process ill let you know