I use the paint from Gillespie, which is through Rapco out of Texas. With our dollar in the toilet bowl lately, the price has gotten a little higher, but still under $60 a gallon. Things like the Jeep are kept indoors for a good part of the year, but I also have an MLVW and a Deuce, both painted with Gillespie 2 years ago, left out to the elements, and both are doing fine. Price wise, I don't think you'll beat the cheaper enamels.
You can easily pay 4 to 8 times that price for fancier paint, but in my case I would just as soon repaint every 5 or so years than spend the money. Besides, I enjoy taking the jeep through the forest once in a while, and no matter what paint I use, it's going to get scratched. I think I can re-paint (or certainly touch up) a jeep almost as fast as I can drive it into town and through the carwash.
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