Tom used to get some epic paint jobs done. Still remember his red sparkle case he did for some Welsh guy and showing it in car headlights. POP !
Sadly to do this sort of work you need to be very skilled and even then it still costs a king's ransom. The paint I would want to use, for example, is around £300 a quart. Then you have to buy the correct sealer, primer, base coat and laquer on top of all that.
That's how some guys spend like £20k just on painting their custom cars.
I wish there was a cheaper way around it but there just isn't. Guys in the USA and Aus are so lucky because they have the space to set up a proper shop with the right compressors etc.