the haf is sweet! Modding mine right now. Big Lots of big fans and quite. Tough looking too. To paint i would first give it a good sand to take off any clear coat and roughen it up to give the paint something to stick too. But make sure u sand it even. Then wipe it down with paint thinner, not lacquer thinner. Dont touch it after u wipe it, it could leave finger print marks after u paint. Yes the oil from your fingers will leave a print. Now just paint. After u fin painting put a shot of clear, light sand and a final clear. done. That should do it, anybody got some tweaks to my suggestions?