streetvanfan - thankyou so much for all the kind words
I'd also like to thank MOPARTS for tolerating this thread!!

But ya, i still have that case of clear in my basement, and a case of more orange paint!! i experimented with the clear coat stuff and it was really nice and when i thinned it just a bit, it went on like glass, basically no buffing....which kinda turns this into a base/clear process but i haven't painted anything large with it, i just tried it on a old VW engine lid. The results were very very nice. I could picture just laying down what would be the base, and wetsanding it with 800 or so until completely dull and perfectly smooth, and just hit it with the clear...it would make it very easy!!!

But the brightside option looks very nice...i would like to try that one day to compare. I never thought about that stuff, but i have used it on a boat before a long time ago, not sure if it was brightside or not, but i remember the results were very amazing, smooth and very shiny.