It was spray. The reason i used so many coats is they do have a bad problem with flacking and chipping after awhile. Use 2 coats on my Trucks grill (Its plastic) and after a year i could see the ugly gray coming through.
i pulled the motor out of the race car today as my wife says a toy has to go. so i put the 3.8 back in it and this is what someone offered me as a trade.