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Been doing some repairs on a few individual areas of the bodywork : ... so rear quarter panel , A pillar , lower half of the left door .. and need to respray an fit new right door cos the present one was rusted away round the entire bottom area beyond economical repair (have a good spare door which just needs an respray) . The car was resprayed round 10 years ago in 2-pack solid colour , since i don't have equipment (air feed mask mainly ..) nor the facilities to go 2-pack route and i couldn't find any paint shop which still does Acrylic paint mix , i bought 1-pack - cellulose base , for clear over base refinishing system . Now the thing that bothers me , i dunno whether to use just the base coat as it is , without clear coat , and buff/polish it to bring up the shine so that the resprayed areas match the rest of the bodywork or to do it the usual "clear over base" way ?!? As it goes with cherry red , mine is also a bit faded , but with a bit of polishing it brings back the shine pretty good ... however , i'm a bit worried if i do the "clear over base" way round the repair areas that they'll outshine the rest of the bodywork and as such will be kinda visible paint repair with regards to the panel shine differences . Anyone did similar job ? and is there a noticeable difference in paint shine on 2-pack solid colour and "clear over base" painted car ? (me thinks that in comparison the "clear over base" is a bit shiny ..) D