Since you are going with base coat-clear coat you can use decals and no one will ever know. We first spray a light clear coat over the decal and then 3 or 4 heavy coats around but not on the decal. This is followed by a coat over the whole area. Wet sand the clear till decal cannot be felt when passing fingers over it. The decal will NEVER curl, bubble, or discolor as it it "decopaged" into the paint. 1957 tailgate done this way in 2016:
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Evan