Okay, the first coat is on!
The hood was still half wet when I took the pics, it's not really that blotchy.
Okay, not quite...
It took one can of Rustoleum Professional to put three coats on the hatch last month, a second can to do the four fenders, flares, doorjambs, and around the windows, and a third can to do the hood and a bunch of touchups/goofing around.
(The white hatch took two coats to cover, and a third, light coat to even it out.)
Haven't decided about the wheels yet. I thought the white would look better than it does.
Prep work was, shall we say... minimal.
I scrubbed the 491 mud off it with a scrubbrush. Didn't even use soap. I'll probably have to redo the hood, and sand off the peeling clearcoat.
We'll see. I've embraced the ugly, and it has set me free!
Robert