i think i might experiment with that do one coat of the matallic, cover by one, maybe two coats of saftey red, sand, and go from there. do you think that that will be enough coats? as far as underneath, my car is already red so after i sand it down, and not too much cus it is plastic after all, i dont think ill need that many coats. ill try the metallic though see how it looks and if i cna find the digital cam post my results.. thanks exit.