My husband & I painted mine. We sanded it , layered on plastic flexible filler, then primer, paint & clear designed for plastic. It took a few weeks to complete, so I bought a dash top from a junkyard.
The big photo doesn't show it, but it's all pearlized.(You can see it in the smaller pic)
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And yes, there's a lot of glare. I am looking at buying a velour dash cover for sunny weather.That should solve that.[8]