If this is your first paint job the best advice i can give you is don't use candy.. every coat changes the color, and if you run it, it will be much darker where the run is and the only way to fix would be to sand it all off and start over.. and paint it until it's right.. also if you're painting it apart and have more kandy on one panel compared to the next it will be a different color. also HOK tends to be more tempermental that ppg or dupont from what i've experienced.
hope this helps.. good luck..