It's pretty straight forward. Paint is holding up just fine, no special high temp paint -- Just DupliColor Acrylic Lacquer Flat Black paint and clear coat, in rattle cans. It took me around 7+ hours to sand down by hand.. don't expect to use any power tools, there's simply no room to get in here. Your finger is your best bet..
Correct, those are the stock 6.1L beauty covers with 6.1L shaved off. Be sure to fill in underneath with a special bumper epoxy before shaving it off. Mounting requires some clips..
The Valvoline Oil TV Commercial that Sweet Mango starred in has been airing for a few months now I think. I see it often and I often get people on the forums/in person telling me they saw it. Airing on Discovery, TLC, Spike, ESPN, Speed, et cetera.
Glad I was able to help,
-R