Those of you who've painted your car completely can you tell me what you did with the wiring tie backs in the engine compartment?

You can kind of see them in the pic right up under the lip overhanging the firewall.







I'm concerned that if I paint them up all nice & fresh & then go to wrap them over the wiring loom when I put it back they'll crack & the paint will look really crappy.

I know this is a rather anal retentive point I just don't want to go to all this work & have the paint look all F**ed up.

What have you guys done?

Thanks, Evan