regarding Cowl stripe paint and dash paint...
 

here is a photo of the 04C black cars cowl white out... the dash paint is definitely applied after the stripe paint, you can tell the black was sprayed from inside the car from the over spray patterns.

http://inlinethumb14.webshots.com/46...425x425Q85.jpg

CRG says the dashes were sprayed and masked before the color and stripe...