G'day, SHE_SO,
If you do go down the paint option, you "MUST BE SURE TO",
Spend A LOT of time to make the console "very clean".
Use a Scourer pad,
Wipe all surfaces to be painted very well with Prepsol. (more than once)
Make sure you apply 1 or 2 light to medium coats of Plastic adhesion primer. ie. K&H (brand).
"THIS STEP IS A MUST DO"
Then just,
Base coat, Clear coat,
Add 1 extra clear coat, "protection"
Regards, Andrew...
PS If you need a workshop manual, You can download a copy from my File dump @
MobileMe - iDisk