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Message: <blockquote data-quote="whiplash473" data-source="post: 1172520" data-attributes="member: 17027">waterborne paint is much more durable than urethane..this doesn't help much with scratches but it helps with rock chips (*cough* front bumper cover)..it's the way to go with paint - easy to spray..easy to match (comes in handy if you ever get a new part that needs paint or get into an accident)..and more durable......waterborne does cost a little more tho..don't get me wrong though there's nothing wrong with urethane at all..there's still more shops that spray urethane than water but it's the future in paintUA code is what i'm assuming your car is right now which is a nice black..just straight black..if you're looking for your paint to look more "show car-ish" then you can tell the shop you want a nice flat finish..they'll flatten out the clear coat orange peel and it'll look twice as nice as the black sn95 next to you with the same colorpersonally black should be black..i don't know why car manufactures even put metallic or pearl in black........if you're really wanting some flake you can just tell the painter what color flake you want (or however many you want) and they can throw it in with the UA code they would mix up.......red..blue..white..silver..pink..whateverproblem here is that would basically put you in "color change" price category since they'd have to do the trunk and door jambs</blockquote>