I have seens some on the nicest cars have cracked paint, or peeling in ther body kits. Not bad but enough to notice if you look. I am yet to paint my Black widow body kit, and I need some people to throw around some ideas of what types of things to use on, or over the paint to holds its seal or just other ways of protecting it in general!

Well from your post I'm assuming that your painting yourself. If not don't worry about it any reputable paint shop should make sure to do a good and lasting job.

If your doing it yourself then you need to make sure to do a REALLY good job sanding down the pieces. You should use a circular sander and start with some fairly fine grade sand paper and keeping getting finer. Go over it many many times. After this your going to want to paint the parts with primer. Let it dry and then put another coat of primer. After the second coat is done go ahead and paint using your real paint. Now If you've never painted a car yourself before I highly suggest you get someone else to do it or have someone who has painted a car before on hand. It is very easy to cause orange peels, and drips on a car paint job. It is NOT like painting furniture or your walls. Also the temperature can highly affect the job. If it is too hot or cold cracks can show in the paint and it will look horrible. If you don't have a temperature controlled booth do it on a day that is not too hot or cold. Probablly around the 65-70's area. Of course after you have painted the parts, you will want to go around with a clear coat and paint the pieces with it. The clear coat is what helps your car stay looking clean and will protect against some minor scratches.

If you see a car with peeling or cracked paint, it is most likely due to one of two things. Either it is the original paint job and the car is pretty old, or the paint job was done by someone who didn't know what they were doing.

A Friend of mine is actually doing it he has a small shop Smith Designs, I'm just kinda going to watch him and help out here and there holding things in place and the little things just trying to learn more about cars. He has done previous work that turned out nice. He has his shop behind his house and acess to a painting both. I was just looking for some suggestions to possible give him to make sure it is done right considering it is so expensive to get done. I want it done right, yah know?

In that case, well if he knows what he's doing there shouldn't be too much of a problem. I would make sure he matches the paint up though and accounts for fading because it would be bad to have your body kit even slightly different in color from the rest of the car. Waxing and washing your car frequently will go a long way towards keeping the paint looking good as well.

Yah my friends get on me all the time about my upkeep. I wash it often but never take the time to wax it....or clean the rims.....or sweep it out....or take out fastfood bags from the day before. lol.

Thanks for the help sleeper, where are you from by the way?

Well I live in Greenville, SC, been here my whole life.

But anyways yeah as long as you keep it clean and it's a good paint job you shouldn't have much trouble.

also make sure that he uses enough flex agent in the paint to, to also keep it from cracking when the kit flexes