[cobrajeff]

If you want the vinyl to stick, I don't recommend powdercoating the dash. I powdercoated my front top bows - the result was that the adhesive for attaching the top material would not stick. I went out and bought a stronger adhesive - still wouldn't stick. I ended up grinding the powdercaoting off to bare metal to get the adhesive to stick.

I would bead-blast it and spray it with a "self-etching" (like Mar-Hyde) satin or flat-black paint. The self-etching paint should adhere well to the metal, and the adhesive should adhere well to the satin paint.

regards,

Jeff Burgy