During the build, I primed most parts with rattle can, self etching primer. I used Scheme Designers to come up with a design that both my wife and would like, which I thought would be next to impossible. Incredibly the process went very quickly and my wife and I agreed to a design without much disagreement. I also bought the stencils from them which didn't come out exactly as we thought it should. I think the computer has a hard time taking into account the different curves, so you have to be careful laying them out. My good friend Jim Kidd did the most of the skilled work and actual spraying. He did an incredible job! He ended up putting pearl in the final clear coat which looks amazing. Fixes in the future will be a challenge however, but I knew this going in. I used Covering Infinity Finishes to hydro dip my instrument panel and center console. Looks great and relatively inexpensive. He also did the labeling which came out great.