Paint- e34 color w/o clear coat or best of the rest?

[pundit]

exactly how do you tell if the car has a clearcoat?

If it is metallic then it will have a clearcoat.
JMR898 may be better able to tell how to pick a clearcoat over a non-metallic base but it maybe difficult especially if the paint has recently been buffed & waxed. Back in the early '90's I was working as a mechanic in a paint/repair shop & clear over solids was not very common. We used 2-pack baked enamel mainly Dulux back then.

[liquidtiger720]

Hmm. So, what is a 1 stage paint job? I know on some cars I detail, the paint likes to rub off(pads turn color of car..red, blue, whatever). But the paint on my car doesnt rubs off...so wuts the diff? I always thought the cars I did that didnt rub off were the ones without a clear coat.

[brodee]

Do I get 2 votes for Alpine II? Having just had paint work done on the touring I can verify that these cars in Alipne were NOT basecoat/clearcoat.