RE: Paint jobs help and advice
Going with auto colors all the way is the best way, but I would think about the idea of going with Krylon paints and then clear-coating it with auto clear to protect it.
Krylon has glitter sprays and also spider web paint. If you use your imagination you can come up with some cool effects I would think.
They have several glitter spray colors that are transparent basically that would really make a standard color really pop out, plus some stained glass colors too that would look good as a candy toner over that.
I've never played around with all that to know if there's any compatability issues before so maybe write them and ask if all their paints can be put over each other without a problem.
[link=http://www.krylon.com/products/categories/craft_dcor/]Krylon Craft Paints[/link]
The only problem I guess with this way is if you scratch or chip the clear coat its possible fuel can get under it and start to mess it up, but that auto clear is some tough stuff.
Maybe someone here has tried this first-hand and knows how well it works.