Also, instead of painting it just buy a car-stripe (about 1" wide) in the colour of your choice and cover in that. Take your time, and you will be amazed how good it looks….and how easy it was to do.
Plus unlike paint, if you get any stone chips, its removed in 5secs and you can easily redo it. Plus, I think the roll I bought on ebay was about £4 for a 10m roll.