NOT painting a Kikham?

[tchilds]

Hello everyone - I see some familiar names out there but need some more advice.

Just bought a Kirkham roller to be delivered in April or so - I've always planned on a royal blue car but found out from Kirkham that they ship the car assembled. Sounds great until you realize that to paint it - you have to disassemble EVERYTHING, paint the body, then put it all back together again and hope it all still works perfectly. This worries me significantly. I have met one body shop guy who will wrap everything on the car to paint it but three concerns exist there: 2-3months of time, $6-7000 dollars, and then, what if he accidentally oversprays something important or the paint lines are not good under the edges of the body?

Thus - I have 2 questions
1) Has anyone ever seen an unpainted aluminum body with painted black ghost stripes and, if so, does this look like a silver/black combination or does it look terrible?

2) How many people have seen unpainted aluminum cars and what do they look like - do they look unfinished or cool?

If both of those options are bad ones - any advice on painting a roller?

Thanks, Tres