I've dropped the idea of getting anything painted, at least for awhile and until I find a good shop outside of a major city. Sucks that your flaps be chipp'n. One of the 3 shops I went to told me, it doesn't matter how much prep they do, the shits gonna get beat up, especially up front.
I bought a torkx paint correction package from chemical guys and have been at it 3 days and 3 nights with another day and night needed to wrap it up and wax it. Didn't realize all the imperfections until now. Silver hides so much. What a pita but damn, it looks brand new now, except for the front bumper and even that looks 90% better. The damn things just gonna get beat up again anyway, especially with all the construction going on in this city. Time to move! I think I made the right decision to back away from the body shop.