Well, my whole plan of having the dash brushed and anodized fell apart. The bozo's who brushed it, must have spend 2 seconds with a piece of sand paper scratching up my dash before they anodized it. So, I went with the back up plan, which was to just use the vinyl that comes with the kit. In all honesty it turned out great, and I wonder if I even should have tried the anodized approach.