It took a while to get a painter. The bodywork was completely finished but there was nobody willing to paint the car for me. I finally found out about a fellow at the Raleigh Auto Fest. He took the car and painted all the pieces just like the factory did. The topcoat is Dupont base/clear. Overall I was about 90-95% satisfied. The final cost of the paint application was only $1800 so I really couldn't complain too much. That along with $400 for the bodywork, I was doing pretty good.
Here are a few pictures of the car just back from the paint shop
the floor isn't even dirty yet!