Quote Originally Posted by the_vagabond View Post
I'll be getting a HAF for Christmas and plan on painting the inside flat black, but was wondering if
a) drilling the rivets out was necessary to painting the interior and
b) if I could get away with a light scuffing of the surface and paint as opposed to priming, etc.

I didnt take the rivets out, just taped around with blue painters tape after scuffing with 200 grit sand paper. worked great.

Make sure you get spray paint for metal. I used a Matte finish but semi-gloss or even gloos will look pimp

Now powder coating will look great. Too bad nearest shop to me is 190 miles over a snow covered pass, other wise that would have been my route.