[Hotfingrs]

It's not a question of how often paint needs to be touched up. It's all personal preference. Some can live with rock chips and scratches and some can't. If you can't, forget about the pearl, you'll thank me the first time you try to touch it up. The problem areas would be the nose, rock from the car in front of you, and the the front of the rear fenders. Rocks thrown up by the front wheels. You can see the spats I had made just for this issue. One easy touch up that I have found with my pearl paint, use a pearl nail polish of the same color, to touch up little rock chips.