Today was finally time to put the first coat of primer on the cabin top. I feel that I’ve got the surfaces that will be painted as smooth as I can get them.
I actually started off by smoothing the carbon fiber overhead console with some 320 grit. I had scuffed it up previously with some rougher paper as I was going to paint it, but now I think I’m actually going to clear coat it to let the beautiful carbon fiber weave show through. I’m currently thinking it’s going to be a satin clear: 
After smoothing out the surface of the carbon fiber, I masked it all off, and gave it a good wipe down. Then I primed it with a good 2K high build primer from Sherwin Williams. This primer is a little thicker and will help smooth out any scratches or other small imperfections. As I sand it down, it will also give me a good idea of any further body work that’s required.
And as always, I didn’t record the actual priming process.