These are freshly media blasted, so I'll wipe them down good and they should be ready. Not only do they recommend the primer on the back of the paint can, but the hi-temp clear coat too. I might do that depending on the finish I get.
Myself, we have always just done the paint on a clean dry well prepped base. The VHT is also very easy to touch up if needed. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Eastwood gets their paint from VHT as the pic posted looks very similar. One of the guys that works here tried the clear coat on his white headers and it worked well but yellowed the color.
