[warthog5]

Bryan before you go painting. I'd build some kind of removable box cover, to cover up all the switch's,guage's and such.

You can glue clete's to the fiberglass you have there now and attach it with screw's into the cleate's. Use finish washer's with a flat washer under them to keep the finish washer's from digging in.
You could build it out of 1/4 lauan and put a layer of 4oz cloth over it.

While it's cold out, were coverall's to keep clean and warmer. A tyvex suit will do very well for that in the winter time. No air flow thru them. In the summer there's no way I can wear them. To damn hot.