Seriously your safer bet would have been to go for a flat or satin black for now, and save up or wait for Summer !
And you've picked the coldest year we've had down here for ages !
Make sure you use an Accelerated Thinner and a fast Hardner if 2-pack.
Is it a one part Pearl or a Clear over Pearl over base Colour, because you say you have a colour dye it sounds more
like a Candy finish ?

If you have bare metal you will need to condition the metal before you paint. Deoxidine should be used to neutralize the metal. Once that is done it needs to be painted with etch primer. After that you can put the primer on then your topcoats and clear.

As for painting this time of year you must make sure its the correct temperature for the paint to flash of between coats, topcoat is very critical of cold weather because if its too cold the pain with bloom and you will not a any shine of the paint if your painting with gloss paint.

 

Being a novice with little experience id suggest dropping the candy and getting some practice swinging a gun first.

Laying down an even candy takes practice and skill to get it on.

Cudos for havin a go though

Sounds like a good plan. Use the silver base coat as your colour for now, and lay a few coats of clear over it to keep the UV out.
Then go crazy with your Candy when it warms up.

Well done.... Need pics!!

Good Work Sir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me like colour 

 

 

 

Fantastic result mate! Well done...too gutless to try it myself....opted to get it done properly but went very basic....again, well done..

very nice job mate