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I picked up a can of duplicolor bumper paint from the auto parts store, figuring chemically, this has got to be as good as you can get...

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/bumperCoating/

and applied it to some areas outside after masking and a bit of steel wool. I figured this would be the best bet for a runner. Hasn't chipped or scratched at all, (but it's also not on the roof though ).

I masked and painted mine on the inside first, then painted the hood on the outside. That way, if it scratched, it wouldn't be too noticeable.

I always thought that the flat black paint on the lexan bodies that I had seen were for show and not for durability. Can someone confirm non-Lexan specific paints that have been used successfully in painting lexan and attest to their reasonable durability? I always thought that non-lexan specific paint and/or or paint on the exterior of the body would be unacceptably fragile.

And re: automotive lacquer: are any of the commonly available auto supply spray paints still lacquer, or have they all become acrylics? I for one would love to use some of the more densely pigmented factory colors that I have seen in the aisles at PepBoys, for example.

pretty much all spray can paint you will find at the local automotive store is lacquer enamel, with the exception of the water cured urethane and epoxy systems (like por-15, etc)