Painting Outboard Cowlings

[Trayder]

I am re-doing the paint work on my 1996 Evinrude Ocean Pro's. They are currently sun beaten and look like crap.

My ever resourceful better half procured the OEM decal package (quite a feat as i guess they were the last 2 sets in the states) and i have taken the entire cowling set top and bottoms off of the engine and they now currently sit in my garage. BTW do you guys have any idea how freaking big cowlings are? I swear they are taking up 1/4 of the space in the garage!!!

Anyhow my question?

what is the best way of going about repainting these? I am unsure what they are made of ABS?, Fiberglass? I do not know.

My plan is to strip and sand them down and then prime and paint, apply decals and then clear coat? Is this a good route?

What brand primer/ paint / clearcoat would you reccomend? I feel lost. I am planning on taking one of the cowlings with me to the local auto paint shop but i would like to have a general sense of materials before i head in so any help is appreciated

tx
jason