3 months for a paintjob dunno wat kinda paint your usin man but fuck that. 2k paint is the way to go, you can get 2k solid colours which will come out glossy without a clear, or you can use 2k base colour and then put a 2k clear over it for the gloss. as for pearls you can put them in your base coat, in between clear coats, in the clear coat but if you buff the job after that it will cut all the heads off the pearl particles and you will hardly even see it. but for 2k jobs you realy need to spray it in a booth so you can get it nice and warm and give it a bake afterwards. laquer is quite often used by ppl that havn't sprayed much, jus put your base clour on then a few coats of clear, you'll have to cut and polish it to bring the shine up. i'll be sprayin my car at work in 2 k base and clear, will be puttina pearl in between the clear coats 9spray the first coat of clear then spray a light dusting of pearl over the car then finish the clear coats) that way whejn i buff it i won't be cuttin the heads off the pearl particles and i will get the full effect of the pearl. the job i'm gona do on my car would probly cost around 3 grand, 20% of that is on materials, the rest is labour.